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Turn notifications on or off

You can set up FydeOS to get notifications, like meeting reminders, from websites, apps, and extensions.

If you get pop-ups or ads, learn how to block or allow pop-ups.

How notifications work

By default, FydeOS alerts you whenever a website, app, or extension wants to send you notifications. You can change this setting at any time.

When you browse sites with intrusive or misleading notifications, FydeOS automatically blocks notifications and recommends you continue to block these notifications.

If you’re browsing in Incognito mode, you won’t get notifications.

Allow or block notifications from all sites

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. At the top right, click **More ** > Settings.
  3. Under “Privacy and security,” click Site settings.
  4. Click Notifications.
  5. Choose to block or allow notifications:
    • Allow or Block all: Turn on or off Sites can ask to send notifications.
    • Block a site: Next to “Block,” click Add. Enter the site and click Add.
    • Allow a site: Next to “Allow,” click Add. Enter the site and click Add.
    • Allow quieter notification prompts: Allow sites to ask to send notifications, then click Use quieter messaging (blocks notification prompts from interrupting you). You won’t get notifications after you ignore multiple notifications from a site, or if other users typically don’t allow notifications from a site.

You can also block any sites or apps from sending you notifications.

Important: If you allowed notifications for a site that FydeOS marked as abusive or misleading, FydeOS may block those notifications and require the site to request your permission to send a push notification. You can change the setting to allow notifications.

Fix issues with notifications

If you want to receive notifications from a site but aren’t getting them:

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. Go to the site you want to get notifications from.
  3. Select View site information .
  4. Next to Notifications, select Allow from the drop down menu.

Block pop-ups from a site

If you want to block pop-ups from a site, please do the following:

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. At the top right, click **More ** > Settings.
  3. Under “Privacy and security,” click Site settings.
  4. Click Pop-ups and redirects.
  5. Under “Allow”, look for the site.
  6. To the right of the site, click **More ** > Block.

If the site isn’t listed, next to “Block,” click Add. Enter the site’s web address, and then click Add. To capture all pop-ups across the site, use the pattern [*.]example.com.

Turn off notifications on your FydeOS device

Next to the clock, click the notification. It can look like an app or extension icon with a number next to it.

  • Dismiss a notification: Click Remove .
  • Dismiss all notifications: Click Clear all .
  • Stop future notifications: Click Settings ⚙️. To the left of the site, app, or extension, uncheck the box.

If you haven’t gotten a notification recently, you’ll see No notifications .