How to Turn Off Microsoft Edge Notifications on Mobile and PC

While you may have enabled push notifications from your favorite websites to receive updates as they come in, it doesn’t take long for it to become a nuisance. I mean, you already have apps on your devices, which makes it so hard to manage notifications that the extra fuss of website notifications sometimes seems unnecessary.

Fortunately, browsers like Microsoft Edge make it easy for you to disable these annoying alerts on both mobile and PC.

Let’s say you are tired of constantly receiving promotions or irrelevant notifications from websites. In that case, this post will show you several ways to turn off notifications in Microsoft Edge. So let’s get started.

How to Turn Off All Notifications in Microsoft Edge for PC

Ideally, Edge will ask your permission before allowing any website to push notifications. But if you don’t mind getting any of them, here’s how to turn off all notifications in Microsoft Edge for PC.

Stage 1: Launch Microsoft Edge. Click on the three-dot menu icon in the top right to open Settings.

Step 2: Use the left pane to navigate to cookies and site permissions. Under Site permissions, scroll down to click on Notifications.

Stage 3: Turn off the switch next to Ask before posting (recommended).

And that’s about it. Edge will no longer send you any notifications.

How to Turn Off Notifications from Certain Websites in Microsoft Edge for PC

Now let’s say you want to disable notifications for only a few specific websites and receive notifications from others. In this case, Edge also allows you to turn off notifications on a per site basis. Here’s how.

Stage 1: Open Settings in Microsoft Edge and go to Cookies and site permissions.

Step 2: Go to Notifications. Here, under the Block section, you can add the URLs of the website from which you no longer want to receive notifications. Click the Add button in the Block section.

Stage 3: Type the URL of the website you want to block and press Add again.

You can repeat these steps to block more websites. Likewise, you can allow certain websites to send notifications by adding them under the Allow section.

Alternative Method

While blocking the above websites is easy, entering a URL can be tedious if you want to block too many websites. Fortunately, there is a simpler way to turn off notifications for these websites. Here’s how.

Stage 1: Open Settings in Microsoft Edge and go to Cookies and site permissions.

Step 2: Under Site permissions, click All sites.

Stage 3: Here you will find all the websites you have visited. Click the arrow next to the website for which you want to turn off notifications.

Step 4: Use the drop-down menu next to Notifications and select Block from the list.

How to Turn Off All Notifications in Microsoft Edge for Mobile

If you’re using the mobile version of Microsoft Edge, the browser also allows push notifications on Android devices. (No, iOS doesn’t allow Edge to push notifications by default.) So if you want to turn off all notifications from Microsoft Edge for Android, follow the steps below.

Stage 1: Launch Microsoft Edge on your phone. Tap the three-dot menu icon at the bottom to open Settings.

Step 2: Go to Privacy and security. Under Privacy, tap on Site permissions.

Stage 3: Now go to Notifications and turn off the switch next to Notifications.

This will prevent Edge from sending alerts on your Android.

How to Turn Off Notifications from Certain Websites in Microsoft Edge for Mobile

Similar to its desktop counterpart, Microsoft Edge for Android lets you turn off notifications for certain websites. Here’s how.

Stage 1: Open Settings on your Android. Go to Apps & notifications. Find Microsoft Edge from the application list.

Step 2: Next, go to Notifications. Under Sites you will find websites that are allowed to send notifications to your phone. Turn off the switch next to the website URL if you no longer want to receive notifications from it.

Alternatively, under General, you can disable the corresponding toggles next to Browser, Active downloads, Incognito, Media playing to turn off these notifications.

Turn off Distractions

Push notifications have come a long way. But some websites often abuse this feature to sell their products. Usually, allowing this type of notification means that you will fill these notification panels very quickly and you may miss a few important ones.