Marina Zhurakhinskaya
marinaz@redhat.com
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com 2013, 2015
Petr Kovar
pknbe@volny.cz
Messages drop down from the top of the screen telling you when certain events happen.
Luca Ferretti
lferrett@gnome.org 2011, 2012
Flavia Weisghizzi
flavia.weisghizzi@ubuntu.com 2011, 2012

# Notifications and the notification list

# Cosa è una notifica?

If an application or a system component wants to get your attention, a notification will be shown at the top of the screen, or on your lock screen.

For example, if you get a new chat message or a new email, you will get a notification informing you. Chat notifications are given special treatment, and are represented by the individual contacts who sent you the chat messages.

Other notifications have selectable option buttons. To close one of these notifications without selecting one of its options, click the close button.

Clicking the close button on some notifications dismisses them. Others, like Rhythmbox or your chat application, will stay hidden in the notification list.

# The notification list

The notification list gives you a way to get back to your notifications when it is convenient for you. It appears when you click on the clock, or press Super V. The notification list contains all the notifications that you have not acted upon or that permanently reside in it.

You can view a notification by clicking on it in the list. You can close the notification list by pressing Super V again or Esc.

Click the Clear List button to empty the list of notifications.

# Nascondere le notifiche

If you are working on something and do not want to be bothered, you can switch off notifications.

You can hide all notifications by opening the notification list and switching Do Not Disturb to on at the bottom. Alternatively:

Open the Activities overview and start typing Settings.

Click on Settings.

Click on Notifications in the sidebar to open the panel.

Switch Do Not Disturb to on.

When Do Not Disturb is switched on, only very important notifications, such as when your battery is critically low, will pop up at the top of the screen. All notifications will still be available in the notification list when you display it (by clicking on the clock, or by pressing Super V), and they will start popping up again when you switch Do Not Disturb back to off.

You can also disable or re-enable notifications for individual applications from the Notifications panel.

# Hiding lock screen notifications

When your screen is locked, notifications appear on the lock screen. You can configure the lock screen to hide these notifications for privacy reasons.

## To switch off notifications when your screen is locked:

Open the Activities overview and start typing Settings.

Click on Settings.

Click on Notifications in the sidebar to open the panel.

Switch Lock Screen Notifications to off.