How to Unsubscribe from Web Browser Notifications

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If you’ve decided you no longer wish to receive push notifications on your web browser, its relatively simple to turn them. But the method of unsubscribing will depend on your browser (be it Safari, Chrome or Firefox) and platform (whether it’s Windows, Mac or Android).

Follow the instructions below to turn off web notifications.

Open Safari
In the top left hand corner of the screen, you should see the word ‘Safari,’ click this. Then select ‘Preferences’ from the list of options
Then, choose ‘Websites’ from the icons at the top of the window that has just opened
Select ‘Notifications,’ from the list on the left hand side
Identify the websites you’d like to stop receiving notifications from and change the option from ‘allow’ to ‘deny’

Open Firefox
Enter about:preferences#privacy into the URL box
Scroll down to ‘Permissions’
Select ‘Notifications’
Navigate to the ‘Settings’ option
Here, you will be met with a list of websites that you currently allow to send you notifications. Locate the website you’d like to unsubscribe from
You’ll notice that its status is ‘Allow’. Click this and change the status to ‘Block’
Make sure you hit ‘Save Changes’ at the bottom of the page

Sarah is a journalist, editor and the former Web Editor of homebuilding.co.uk. She began her career more than a decade ago, working on the editorial team of Public Sector Building magazine, before joining the wider Homebuilding & Renovating team as Social Media Editor in 2012. Since purchasing her first house in 2015, Sarah has been adding to the ever-increasing list of home improvements she needs to make; including extending over the garage, resurfacing the driveway, replacing existing flooring and revamping the kitchen. Fortunately, her time with Homebuilding means she is not short on design inspiration or top tips to tackle or project manage these tasks herself.