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Disable Notification Tray/Calendar

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

Info

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Description

Disables all Notifications INCLUDING Calendar

Preview Code
{
  "Content": "Disable Notification Tray/Calendar",
  "Description": "Disables all Notifications INCLUDING Calendar",
  "category": "z__Advanced Tweaks - CAUTION",
  "panel": "1",
  "Order": "a026_",
  "registry": [
    {
      "Path": "HKCU:\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer",
      "Name": "DisableNotificationCenter",
      "Type": "DWord",
      "Value": "1",
      "OriginalValue": "0"
    },
    {
      "Path": "HKCU:\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\PushNotifications",
      "Name": "ToastEnabled",
      "Type": "DWord",
      "Value": "0",
      "OriginalValue": "1"
    }
  ],
  "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/z--Advanced-Tweaks---CAUTION/DisableNotifications"
}

Registry Changes

Applications and System Components store and retrieve configuration data to modify windows settings, so we can use the registry to change many settings in one place.

You can find information about the registry on Wikipedia and Microsoft's Website.

Registry Key: DisableNotificationCenter

Type: DWord

Original Value: 0

New Value: 1

Registry Key: ToastEnabled

Type: DWord

Original Value: 1

New Value: 0

View the JSON file