There are times when you might prefer not to be interrupted or distracted by the appearance (banners) and sound of notification bubbles popping up. (If you don’t see it, click “Expand” at the right edge.) When this feature is turned on, your computer doesn’t show alert bubbles, wake up your screen when call comes in, or make any noises that might disturb you. An option menu will appear with an on/off control for Quiet Hours.Īlternatively, click the “Action Center” and turn on/off the “Quiet Hours” title. Right click or press and hold on the “Action Center icon” on the taskbar notification area. Turn On or Off Quiet Hours from the Action Center We’re hopeful that the timing aspect of this feature will be restored in later releases of Windows 10. In the meantime, we do have some instructions for setting your Quiet Hours by editing the Windows Registry or Local Group Policy Editor. At the time of this writing, the Quiet Hours options have been reduced to On and Off. so you wouldn’t be disturbed by notifications during work or sleep. For example – you could set your quiet hours to be from 10 p.m.
When the Quiet Hours feature first debuted in Windows 8, you could configure it to turn on and off automatically at specific times. RELATED: How to Change the Default Quiet Hours in Windows 10
