The website notification was intended to send important alerts to the user in real-time. In this way, they will not miss any notifications anytime.
However, edge notifications can be annoying these days when the website tries to send promotional offers very frequently. I hate notifications from any site or even the apps that aren’t relevant. Hence, I have disabled the email notifications on my android phone.
While Microsoft Edge does support push notifications like chrome browsers, this feature is being misused by marketers in a way that users are always bombarded by edge notifications. It goes to such an extent that I even receive edge notifications at 2 am which is rather annoying.
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Thankfully, the Android system settings allow us to completely block this edge notification. We can even customize to enable or disable notification from specific sites at our ease within the Edge Android browser.
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How to Block Notification in Edge Android?
The Microsoft edge notification is quite a useful feature when used nominally. However, due to the increase in marketing campaigns and digital advertisements, these have become quite a pain. Hence, most users prefer blocking these push notifications within the browser.
Here are the steps to block the edge notifications in Microsoft Edge Android:
- Launch Microsoft Edge App on Android.
- Tap on
the menu for options. - Select the Settings menu from the list.
- Tap on Privacy and Security.
- Choose Site permissions and then Notification.
- The notifications are default set to Ask first.
- Toggle the button to disable the notification completely.
That’s it. You won’t be receiving any edge notifications or request popups to allow or block notification.
However, if you want to customize the notification and allow only a few websites to send the notification, then you customize it using the Android settings page.
How to Customize Notifications for Edge in Android?
Alternatively, if you want to fully customize the notification based on the category — browser, download, news, etc. then I suggest using the Android app notification settings. You can enable or disable the notification based on sites of your choice.
Here are the steps to customize the edge notification in Microsoft Edge for Android:
- Launch the Android Settings.
- Open Apps & Notifications tab.
- Lookup and open the Microsoft Edge browser from the Apps list.
- Choose Notification options from the list.
- Enable or disable the Toggle buttons and Checkboxes based on your needs.
You can either completely block the notification for Edge Android or allow specific sites to send push notifications on your device. You can also disable the inbuilt notification like inPrivate mode, Downloads, News, etc.
I only allow the website or blogs I am interested in to send me notifications. The other sites are blocked from doing so.
Video demo on Notification Settings in Edge for Android
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Bottom Line: Edge Android Notification Settings
The edge notifications have been a pain for everyone these days. You can simply disable the notification from any website on your Edge browser on Android phones. I’d suggest customizing the notification such that you will still receive an important push notification and block the promotional ones.
I think this feature is extremely useful. It helps me stay away from annoying notifications and receive the ones that are needed by me. I do not receive any annoying edge notifications at 2 am now. Thank God!
Also, in case you want the notifications from some specific sites to pop up then you can customize the Edge notifications. To customize the notifications for the Edge Browser, you need to launch the Android settings. Under the App manager, you can open the Edge app and manage the notification settings as per your requirements.
Similarly, you can also configure the notification alerts on Edge (chromium) on the computer PC. The desktop version of notification settings has multiple options that aren’t available on the Edge mobile browser.
What are your notification settings in Edge for Android? Have you blocked all notifications on the browser?
FAQs
How to enable the notification in Edge Android?
For this, the notification must be disabled in your Edge Android. To enable the notification in Edge Android, launch the Edge and tap on the three dots at the bottom, and then tap on the Settings. From there open the Privacy and Security where you will find the Site settings. Now, tap on the Notifications and enable the toggle button.
How to Block the notifications in the Edge Android?
To block all the notifications from Edge Android, tap on the three dots present at the bottom of the screen and open the settings. In settings, tap on the Privacy and security from where you can go to the Site Settings. Finally, tap on Notifications and disable the toggle button.
How to Customize the Notification in Edge Android?
If you want to customize the notification of Edge Android then launch the Android settings and open the App manager. Tap on Microsoft Edge and open the Notification sections. Firstly, tap on the tab to enable the notification and then tap on the tabs as per the requirements.