Windows 10 Notifications bring in important information which is key to keep you productive. On the other hand, they are disturbing, and most of the time they disappear before we actually get to read and act on it. Then comes in the Action center on Windows 10, a single point for conveniently managing and responding to your notifications. Collecting notification and alerts is the key role of the Action Centre. It makes it easier for the user to find old notifications and take appropriate action. But again, receiving a barrage of notifications is not at all welcomed. This is even truer when users have multiple apps sending out notifications every time something happens, which ultimately floods into your action center. Hold on, here’s some good news you can delete old notifications in the action center.
Delete old notifications in Windows 10 Action Center
Let us walk through how to delete old notification in action center. There are four different ways to achieve this. Those as follows: Let’s look at each of these options in detail. 1] Delete notification one at a time To delete notifications one at a time, click the Action Center icon on the taskbar, now point at a notification and hit the pop-up delete icon.
This option is great when users do not wish to delete all the notifications but only the ones which are unwanted. 2] Clear all notification from specific applications: Action Centre groups notifications under different heads based on the application, like Mail, Google Chrome, and SupportAssist. To delete all notifications from specific applications, click Action Center icon on the taskbar, now point at a notification from the application and hit the pop-up delete icon.
This option is useful when users want to completely delete old notifications from one or more applications that send many notifications which are not that useful. 3] Clear all notification in one click: Tap on the Action Center icon on the taskbar, and then click Clear All Notification icon on the right-down corner in the ACTION CENTER.
When users know they do not need the cluttered notification in the Action Centre and wish to clear it, they can use Clear All Notifications option to clear off all notifications in one go. 4] Clear all notifications with the keyboard: In Windows 10, it is possible to clear all notification of the Action Center notifications with the keyboard. Follow the next steps to achieve the same.
Open Action Center with WinKey + ASet Focus on Clear All Notifications Shift + Tab. (Note, you may have to press Shift+Tab more than once to set focus on the clear all notifications.Hit Space to clear all notificationsTo check if the notifications have been cleared, press WinKey + A once again.
Clear up your Action Center With these tips in mind, you can clear the unwanted notification in your Action center and keep it better organized!
Where to see the old Notifications in Windows 10?
Click on the See more link in the Notification Center and see if you can see your old message. Apart from this, as far as I know, there is no way to view past notifications in the Action Center. If you dismiss a notification or select the notification, as a response, they will just get deleted.