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In this blog post, we will discuss the steps to “Turn Focus On/Off: Enable or Disable Notifications for Apps on Mac”. Please see “Focus on Tasks: Limit Distraction: Get Things Done on Windows“, how to enable Siri on Mac devices, and Concept of DriveLock with a focus on Encryption. When you need to focus on a specific task, or just need a break from notifications on your Mac, you can turn on Do Not Disturb.

With “Do Not Disturb” activated, you won’t be interrupted by notifications as they come in. Instead, they’ll be quietly collected in the Notification Center for you to review later at your convenience.

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Enable or disable notifications for an App

Please follow these steps to “Turn off notifications for an app on MacOS”.

Note: If you just need to silence notifications to stay on task and minimize distractions, use a Focus such as Do Not Disturb or Work as discussed in the second part of this article.

To disable notifications, please launch the System Preference”, and click on “Notification & Focus”.

On the Notifications, select an app and disable “Allow Notifications” on the right.

Note: You won’t receive notifications until you select Allow Notifications again.

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Turn a Focus on or off

To temporarily Turn on or off Focus, you can utilize the Control Center to turn on a Focus such as Do Not Disturb or Personal. For example, when you need time to concentrate, then turn it off when you’re ready.

Note: You can also turn the Do Not Disturb Focus on or off by pressing and holding the Option key while you click the date and time in the menu bar, or by pressing the Moon symbol if available in the row of function keys on the keyboard.

To do this, from the menu bar on your Mac. Click the Control Center. In the Control Center, click the Do Not Disturb icon to turn it on indefinitely.

Click on the “Do Not Disturb” control to choose a different duration, such as one hour.

The Do Not Disturb icon appears in the menu bar to indicate Do Not Disturb is on. To close the Control Center, click anywhere on the desktop.

Schedule Do Not Disturb

To schedule a “Do Not Disturb” permanently on Mac. Select the Apple menu, click System Preferences, and click Notifications. If you have the System Preferences on your Dock, you can click on it on the fly.

Click Do Not Disturb at the top of the sidebar, then set options to schedule it. For me, I have entered the time for Do Not Disturb. All you need to do in this case is to enable it.