How to Disable all Taskbar Balloon Notifications in Windows

If you hate seeing all the popup notification balloons that Windows shows.  

These range from computer security alerts, to update alerts, and more.  

Today we will teach you how to disable these system notification balloons in Windows 8, 8.1, and 10.

Here how:

1. Open the Registry Editor by pressing Win + R keys to open a Run box. Type in regedit and click OK button.

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2. Navigate to the following key:

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced


3. Right-click in the right-pane and select New --> DWORD (32-bit) Value

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4.  Name the new DWORD value as EnableBalloonTips

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5. Double-click on the EnableBalloonTips value and ensure that the value is set to “0”.

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6. Reboot your computer.


The batch script attached to this tutorial can be use to disable or enable all the system notification balloons.

Disabled system notification balloons can be enabled (turn on) by launching the batch script and type N, press Enter key.

Please note that this batch script is about disabling system notifications not application specific notifications.