A Website is Sending Me Push Notifications. How do I Unsubscribe?

Push notifications are only sent to your browser after you have permitted websites to do so. However, there are times when you no longer want to receive push notifications and want to turn them off.

To unsubscribe, follow the instructions in this article corresponding to your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari) and platform (Android).

How to Disable Notifications in Chrome

To disable notifications in the Chrome browser:

1. Open Chrome on your system.
2. Click on the menu icon (⋮) on the top right.

3. Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Site settings > Notifications. A list of your notification subscriptions appears.

   Note: If you're using a Windows or Linux operating system, you can right-click on the notification and choose to disable future notifications from that site.
4. To unsubscribe, click on the menu (⋮) icon corresponding to it and select the Remove option.

To ensure all related data for the unsubscribed notification is deleted, we recommend clearing the cookies in Chrome.

To clear the cookie data:

1. Launch any webpage of a specific site in your browser.
2. Right-click on the page and select Inspect. The Developer Tools panel appears on the page.
3. Go to Application > Storage > Clear site data.

How to Disable Notifications in Firefox

To disable notifications in the Firefox browser:

1. Open Firefox on your system.
2. Click on the menu icon (☰) on the top right.
3. Go to Preferences > Privacy & security > Permissions > Notifications.
4. Look for the Notifications option and click on the Settings button corresponding to it. A list of your notification subscriptions appears.
5. Select the ones you wish to unsubscribe from and click Remove Website. Besides, if you wish to unsubscribe from all, click Remove All Websites.

To ensure all the related data of the unsubscribed notification is deleted, we recommend clearing the cookie data in Firefox.

To clear the cookie data:

1. Launch any webpage of a specific site in your browser.
2. Right-click on the page and select Inspect Element. The Developer Tools panel appears on the page.
3. Go to the Storage tab and expand the following sections: Cookies and Local Storage.
4. Right-click on the website you wish to clear the data from and select Delete All.

Disabling Notifications in Safari

If you wish to disable notifications in the Safari browser:

1. Go to Preferences > Websites, and from the left panel, select Notifications. A list of your notification subscriptions appears.
2. Select the ones you wish to unsubscribe from and click Remove.

To ensure all related data for the unsubscribed notification is deleted, we recommend clearing the cookies in Safari.

To clear the cookie data:

1. Go to Preferences > Privacy and click Manage Website Data.
2. Search the website you wish to clear data for and click Remove.
3. Once complete, click Done.

How to Disable Notifications in Opera

To disable the notifications in the Opera browser:

1. Open Opera on your system.
2. Click on the menu icon (⚙) on the top right.
3. Go to Advanced > Privacy & security > Site Settings > Notifications and from the left panel, select Notifications. A list of your notification subscriptions appears.
4. Select the ones you wish to unsubscribe from and click Delete.

To ensure all the related data of the unsubscribed notification is deleted, we recommend clearing the cookie data in Opera using this procedure (as used for the Chrome browser).

How to Disable Notifications in Android Phones

To disable the notifications on an Android phone:

1. Open Chrome on your phone.
2. Click on the menu icon (⋮) on the top right.
3. Go to Settings > Advanced > Site settings > Notifications. A list of your notification subscriptions appears.
4. Select the ones you wish to unsubscribe from and select either Block or Remove.

Need more help?

For further assistance or more information, contact Wingify Support.