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Turning off notifications in the Chrome browser

Websites can ask whether they may show desktop notifications. These notifications can sometimes be useful, but they are mostly advertising and news notifications. If the student clicks Yes when asked, they can expect small pop-ups at the bottom right of the screen from then on. These pop-ups do not appear in the browser but on top of everything else. They are often messages about games, crypto or fake news (clickbait) that link to distracting websites. Once "Yes" has been clicked, it is hard to turn them off again.

In the Admin console, all these notifications can be blocked in one go. Go to:

Devices > Chrome > Settings > Users & browsers

Scroll to Notifications and select the organisational unit on the left for which you want to set this.
Choose Do not allow sites to show desktop notifications and click SAVE at the top right.

All done.

Oh, if there are websites that should be allowed to show notifications, you can enter them directly below this setting.

Updated on: 03/11/2026

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