Windows 10 shows notifications and alerts from Windows Applications, Apps and System Notification in the Action Center. The Action Center will keep all notification sorted by time and app and will keep them in the overview till you clear the Action Center Notifications.
They made this system to make sure you don’t miss important notifications and if you did, that you can read up on them at any moment you like. However some user’s don’t like this,
The Tweak
Method 1: Local Group Policy Editor
1. Press the Windows + R key on your keyboard
2. A run Window will appear, now type gpedit.msc and click on OK
If you get a message that the program cannot be found, then your Windows version does not have Group Policy editor, it’s only included in Windows 8 Pro, Enterprise en Windows 10 Pro (and higher) skip to the registry edit method on the next page.
3. Under User Configuration unfold Administrative Templates
4. Now Start Menu and Taskbar
5. Double-click Remove Notifications and Action Center and choose Enabled
6. Click on OK and then close Group Policy Editor
You might need to sign-out and sign-in for the changes to take effect.
If you rather use Registry Editor or don’t have GPEdit.msc then see the next page.
Method 2: Registry Edit
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
1. On your keyboard press the Windows flag and the R key at the same time (Windows +R) or open Start.
2. Now type Regedit.exe (1) and click on OK (2)
3. Now Unfold HKEY_CURRENT_USER
4. Then Unfold SOFTWARE
5. Then Unfold Policies
6. Then Unfold Microsoft
7. Then Unfold Windows
8. Then Unfold Explorer
9. Now double-click on DisableNotificationCenter and change the value of DisableNotificationCenter to 1
If the key does not exists then right-click an empty spot and choose New then choose DWORD. Then name it DisableNotificationCenter and value 1.
11. Click on OK and close Regedit. A reboot might be neccesarry for the changes to take effect upon your system.
If you wish to disable this tweak at a later moment just repeat the steps above and change the value back to the orginal value, which was 0. If you have any questions regarding this tweak, please feel free to ask them.