This tutorial will show you how to personalize your notifications experience by turning on or off get notifications from widgets you want for your account in Windows 11.
Widgets in Windows are interactive elements that display dynamic content and provide quick access to various apps and features. You can view your location's current weather conditions directly on the taskbar and hover over the icon to see concise, scannable information on topics like sports, stocks, local news, and breaking headlines. Widgets are designed to help you staying informed and organized by presenting personalized information at a glance.
Widgets are displayed on the Widgets board, which contains a collection of cards, each representing a widget with relevant information and actions related to an app. On the Widgets board you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests.
In addition to receiving live updates on the taskbar from the weather widget, you can also receive updates from other widgets such as sports, finance, and breaking news.
Widgets display weather information on the taskbar most of the time. When something important happens related to one of your other widgets of feeds, you might receive an announcement from that widget. These announcements are meant to be quick and glanceable. If you don't interact with them, the taskbar will return to displaying weather information.
A badge notification might appear on your taskbar for notifications that need to persist for longer than a few seconds, such as severe weather alerts or breaking news. When you open the Widgets board, a banner will appear at the top of the board providing more information on what triggered the notification badge.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26300.8346 (Experimental 25H2) and build 26220.8680 (Beta 25H2), Microsoft is limiting taskbar alerts until you choose to open and engage with the Widgets experience.
Reference:
Stay up to date with Widgets in Windows - Microsoft Support
Learn more about how to use the widgets board to keep track of the things you care about.
support.microsoft.com
When you are in a focus session, widgets' announcements and badges are not displayed on the taskbar.
Contents
- Option One: Personalize Notifications for Widgets with Copilot Discover On
- Option Two: Personalize Notifications for Widgets with Copilot Discover Off
EXAMPLE: Feed announcements on Widgets icon on taskbar, and Notifications on Copilot Discover dashboard
This option is only available when Copilot Discover is turned on for Widgets Board.
1 Open Widgets (Win+W).
2 Click/tap on the Discover button on the left side, and click/tap on the Personalize settings (account) icon at the top right corner. (see screenshot below)
3 Do step 4 (on) or step 5 (off) for how you want to personalize your notifications for widgets.
4. Turn On or Off Notifications for Specific Widgets
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Notifications tab. (see screenshot below)
B) Turn on Get notifications.
C) Turn on (default) or off widgets you want to get notifications from.
D) When finished, close the Personalize dialog.
5. Turn Off Notifications from All Widgets
A) Click/tap on the Notifications tab. (see screenshot below)
B) Turn off Get notifications.
C) Close the Personalize dialog.
This option is only available when Copilot Discover is turned off for Widgets Board.
1 Open Widgets (Win+W).
2 Click/tap on the Discover button on the left side, and click/tap on the Personalize settings (account) icon at the top right corner. (see screenshot below)
3 Do step 4 (on) or step 5 (off) for how you want to personalize your notifications for widgets.
4. Turn On or Off Notifications for Specific Widgets
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Notifications tab. (see screenshots below)
B) Turn on Get notifications.
C) Click/tap on a widget (ex: "News") you want to turn on/off notifications from.
The selected number next to a widget indicate how many notifications are currently turned on for it.
D) Check (on - default) or uncheck (off) available notifications for this widget for what you want.
E) Repeat steps 4C and 4D for any other widgets you want to select notifications for.
F) When finished, close the Personalize dialog.
5. Turn Off Notifications from All Widgets
A) Click/tap on the Notifications tab. (see screenshot below)
B) Turn off Get notifications.
C) Close the Personalize dialog.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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