[Tip] Enable/Disable Google Chrome Notifications to Show in Windows 10 Action Center

Google Chrome uses its own built-in Notification Center to show web/push notifications sent by websites as shown in following screenshot:

The above screenshot shows default classic style notification which used to appear in older versions of Chrome web browser.

With the release of new versions of Google Chrome, the browser now uses Windows 10 native notifications (also known as Toast) system i.e. Action Center to show website notifications as shown in following screenshot:

The above screenshot shows new modern notification shown by Google Chrome using Windows 10’s Action Center.

If you are using Google Chrome web browser in Windows 10 operating system and you upgraded Chrome to the latest version, you might have noticed that suddenly all notifications from Google Chrome have started showing in Windows 10 Action Center just like other modern (UWP/Store) apps.

Actually Google has enabled the native notifications feature in Chrome for 50% users, so some users are getting Chrome notifications in its own built-in classic notification center and some are getting the new notifications in Windows 10 Action Center. Google will enable the feature for all users very soon in coming days.

Now there might be 2 types of Chrome users. One which have this new feature enabled but they want to disable the feature as Windows 10 Action Center and its notifications get broken in newer Windows 10 testing (Insider Preview) builds. They want to keep Chrome notifications separate from other system notifications to easily distinguish between them. Second type of Chrome users who don’t have the new feature enabled but want to enable the new native notifications to take benefit of Windows 10 Action Center features such as Focus Assist (Quiet Hours), etc.

The availability of native notifications feature is decided by a preference set in Google Chrome’s hidden secret advanced configuration page. If the preference is set to enabled, users get notifications in Windows 10 Action Center. If the preference is set to Disabled, the users get notifications in Chrome window.

If you are using Google Chrome and want to enable new native notifications feature to show all notifications in Windows 10 Action Center or if you want to disable new native notifications feature so that you get all notifications in old style, this tutorial will help you.

You just need to check out following simple steps to enable/disable native notifications feature in Google Chrome to turn on/off Chrome notifications in Windows 10 Action Center:

1. Open Google Chrome web browser and type chrome://flags/ in addressbar and press Enter. It’ll open the advanced configuration page.

2. Now type notifications in the “Search flags” box and look for following option:

3. If new modern notifications are not activated in your computer and you want to enable native notifications so that all Chrome notifications pop-up in Windows 10 Action Center, select “Enabled” from the drop-down box.

If you want to disable new native notifications and want to bring back/restore classic notifications so that all Chrome notifications pop-up in Google Chrome’s own window, select “Disabled” from the drop-down box.

4. Google Chrome will ask you to restart the browser. Click on “Relaunch now” button to restart Google Chrome.

Now all notifications from Chrome will appear as set by you in Flags page.

PS: If you are a Mozilla Firefox user, check out following tutorial to enable/disable Windows 10 Action Center support:

[Tip] Enable/Disable Mozilla Firefox Notifications to Show in Windows 10 Action Center