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You can (and should) specify which apps are allowed to junk up your

screen. Open → → System → “Notifications & actions” and scroll
down to “Get notifications from these senders” to see the master list, with
one entry for every app that might ever want your attention. (Or just tell

Cortana, “Open notification settings.”)

You’ll quickly discover that every app thinks it’s important; every app wants
its notifications to blast into your face when you’re working.

You, however, may not agree. You may not consider it essential to know
when your kid’s Plants vs. Zombies score has changed, for example.

So: Tap an app’s name to open its individual Notifications screen. Here

you’ll find settings along these lines:

Notifications is a duplicate of the master on/off switch on the

previous Settings screen. Turning this off turns off all notifications
from this app.

Show notification banners. That’s a reference to the “toast”
rectangles that slide onto your screen in real time. You can turn
them off for this app.

Keep notifications private on the lock screen. This option
prevents this app’s messages from appearing on the Lock screen,
for your face-saving pleasure.

Show notifications in action center. The Action Center, described
starting on Figure 2-29, collects all the notifications you’ve missed

since you last looked. By turning off this switch, you’re saying, “I
don’t care about this app. Don’t even bother showing me.”

Play a sound when a notification arrives. Some apps also ding or
chime to get your attention when their notifications appear—unless
you shut them up here.

Number of notifications visible in action center. Some apps, like
Facebook and Twitter, could swamp your screen with updates