I turned off most Windows notifications, and I'm not going back

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. I turned off most Windows notifications, and I'm not going back Your PC does not need your attention this badly! Windows notifications are a productivity tax. Here's how to control -- or better yet, eliminate -- them. Well, maybe not notifications themselves, but what they implicitly represent: pieces of information or action that you need to act on or react to .