Once you completed the steps, you'll continue to get toast notifications and Action Center will work as before, but you'll not get annoyed with the same sound over and over again every time a new notification arrives. On the 'Sounds,' drop-down menu, select (None).

Under 'Windows,' scroll and select Notifications.

In the case, you have a lot of apps installed on your system, and you don't want to repeat the steps, you can use Control Panel to turn off sound for all notifications. How to disable sound for notifications using Control Panel However, if you're looking to mute all your apps, the easiest way to do this is to use Control Panel. The only caveat with this approach is that you need to configure apps individually, which is fine if you're planning to keep a few high-priority apps with sound.

5 to turn off sound for other apps.Īfter completing the steps, apps you configured won't play sounds, but you'll see a banner in the bottom-right corner, and the notification will continue to be listed in Action Center as they arrive. Turn off the Play a sound when a notification arrives toggle switch. Under 'Get notifications from these senders,' click the app you want.

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