How to Stop Unwanted Website Notifications in Chrome

A pop-up blocker does not block every website notification. Google explains that a site you previously allowed to send notifications can still contact you after you disable pop-ups.

The steps below use Chrome on a computer. They change a website's browser permission; phone menus and operating-system notification controls have different procedures.

1. Identify the kind of interruption

What appears	Setting to check
An alert from a website	Notifications
A new browser window or unwanted redirect	Pop-ups and redirects

Google's pop-up troubleshooting guide treats these as separate controls. Start with Notifications if the interruption is a website alert.

Look for the sender's website address in the alert or in Chrome's allowed-notifications list. You need the site address, not the wording of its message. You can open Chrome settings directly without following a link in the alert.

If the sender is another browser or a separate installed app, this Chrome site-permission procedure is not the right control for that sender.

2. Block the unwanted site's notifications

1. In Chrome, select More (the three-dot menu at the top right), then Settings.
2. Open Privacy and security > Site Settings > Notifications.
3. Find Not allowed to send notifications and select Add beside it.
4. Enter the unwanted site's web address.
5. Select Add to save the rule.

These are Google's documented desktop notification controls. This route lets you set the block from settings without visiting the unwanted site.

Review the address before saving. For example, alerts.example.com and offers.example.net are different senders. Use the address associated with the alert you are trying to stop.

If you cannot identify the sender, compare the alert's address with the entries under Allowed to send notifications. Avoid guessing which unrelated site to block.

3. Check the rule and preserve useful alerts

Reopen Notifications and confirm that the intended address is in Not allowed to send notifications. Then review the allowed list for any site whose alerts you still need.

A site-specific permission takes precedence over the default permission, according to Google's site-settings guide. A block for one site lets you target that site without changing the rule for every other site.

The saved rule is your first success check. Continue normal use and watch for new alerts from that same address. A quiet period alone does not prove that you changed the correct permission.

Example: block an alert site, keep calendar reminders

This is a fictional permission plan and expected result, not a live Chrome test.

Suppose alerts.example.com sends unwanted messages, while you deliberately allowed calendar.example.org to send reminders. Both are initially allowed.

Add only the unwanted alert site's address to the blocked list. The desired final settings are:

Site	Desired setting
Unwanted alert site	Not allowed
Work calendar	Allowed

Check the two actual addresses in your settings, rather than relying only on these descriptive labels. If you accidentally blocked the calendar too, the example's goal has not been met.

For a trusted site you want to allow again, Google's notification guide documents Add beside Allowed to send notifications, followed by the site's address and Add. Use that for a deliberate exception you want.

If alerts continue after the change

Check these possibilities before repeating unrelated fixes:

• A different website is sending them. Compare the address on a newly arriving alert with the address you blocked.
• You changed another Chrome profile. Profiles keep settings separate. Select Profile at the top right and choose the profile you need, then review its notification settings. Google documents profile separation and switching.
• The interruption is a pop-up or redirect. Return to the first table and use Google's separate pop-up controls.
• The browser is managed. Open More and look for Managed by your organization at the bottom. An administrator can restrict features. If a required control is unavailable on a work or school browser, ask its administrator to review it. See Google's management check.

Blocking a website's notifications does not establish whether the computer has unwanted software. Google's pop-up guide also identifies malware as another possible cause of persistent interruptions; follow its linked troubleshooting if the problem does not match a website-notification permission.