How to Turn Off Notifications or Notifications in Ubuntu
Unity is shell graphics for the Gnome Desktop Environment used as User Interface on Ubuntu. As of Unity 7, the developers did not include a feature that would allow Ubuntu users to turn off notifications or notifications automatically defaults.
Notifications are basically important things, notifications will notify users when there is an update on the application or system, the update can be to fix bugs on previous versions or the addition of new features.
But notifications don’t just display notifications about updates, notifications tell you about many things, from notifications about updates to notifications about new incoming emails and so on, which can appear constantly.
Some users find these notifications annoying, but not all. If you are a user who finds notifications annoying, you can turn them off using the NoNotifications application.
NoNotifications allows users to choose two options that can be used, namely turning off notifications in “Do Not Disturb” mode and turning notifications back on with “Show Notifications” mode.
NoNotifications is very easy to use, users don’t need to enter into settings system to turn notifications on and off. Users only need to open the NoNotifications application, then on menu bar will appear a icon circle.
Users simply select icon on menu bar button to turn notifications on or off again.
To install NoNotifications on Ubuntu to easily turn off notifications, open Terminal by pressing the combination CTRL + ALT + T on the keyboard or via the Ubuntu Dash.
Then type the following command to add the PPA repository and install NoNotifications on Ubuntu.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vlijm/nonotifs
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nonotifs
Wait until the download and installation process is complete. After the installation process is complete and successful, open NoNotifications via the Ubuntu Dash.
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| NoNotifications App in Ubuntu Dash |
Or by typing the following command in Terminal:
nonotifs
After successfully opening, then on menu bar a symbol will appear icon circular shape as shown below.
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| NoNotifications (Most Icon in Menu Bar) |
To turn off notifications, select icon The circle on menu bar the. Then two options will appear to choose from.
Select “Don’t disturb” to turn off notifications, then icon the circle will change color to red as shown below.
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| Notifications turned off |
To turn notifications back on, do the same, click icon circular in menu bar the. Then select “Show Notifications”, which will be marked with icon which will change to green as shown below.
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| Notifications turned on |
