{"id":20805,"date":"2025-04-27T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=20805"},"modified":"2025-04-27T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:08:15","slug":"turn-on-do-not-disturb-on-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/turn-on-do-not-disturb-on-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Ways to Turn on &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; is an useful feature in Windows 11, which can silence notifications from apps, system updates or alerts, so you can stay focused during a meeting or game without distractions. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you the most common ways to turn on &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Use System Tray to Turn on &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on time and date in the system tray on the far right corner. When the notification center pops up, click the bell icon in the top-right corner.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/notification-center.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"424\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/notification-center.png 375w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/notification-center-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will enable the &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; mode immediately and you&#8217;ll see the bell icon on the right side of the taskbar. If there is no bell icon, Do Not Disturb is currently turned off.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/do-not-disturb-bell-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"184\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/do-not-disturb-bell-icon.png 378w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/do-not-disturb-bell-icon-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Use Settings App to Turn on &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key + <strong>I<\/strong> keyboard shortcut to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/common-ways-to-open-settings-app-in-windows-11\/\">open the Settings app<\/a>. Choose <strong>System<\/strong> in the left sidebar and click <strong>Notifications<\/strong> on the right.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notifications.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notifications.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notifications-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can either turn on &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; by flipping the &#8220;<strong>Do not disturb<\/strong>&#8221; setting to the <strong>On<\/strong> position,\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/turn-on-do-not-disturb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/turn-on-do-not-disturb.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/turn-on-do-not-disturb-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tor click the &#8220;<strong>Turn on do not disturb automatically<\/strong>&#8221; to expand its settings. From there you can schedule quiet hours, or tick the box &#8220;<strong>When playing a game<\/strong>&#8221; or others to configure when the &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; should be activated automatically.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enable-do-not-disturb-automatically.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enable-do-not-disturb-automatically.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/enable-do-not-disturb-automatically-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above methods allows you to turn on &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; easily on your Windows 11 computer. In addition, you can also turn on &#8220;Do not disturb&#8221; by starting a Focus session.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; is an useful feature in Windows 11, which can silence notifications from apps, system updates or alerts, so you can stay focused during a meeting or game without distractions. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you the most common ways to turn on &#8216;Do Not Disturb&#8217; in Windows 11. 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