If you’re a Microsoft Outlook user, you probably have the option to turn off desktop email alerts. But what if you don’t want to turn them off? What if you just want to ignore them? In this article, we’ll show you how to turn off desktop email alerts in Outlook 2010 without having to go through the hassle of turning them off individually. We’ll also show you how to set up a schedule for when your desktop email alerts will be turned on and off. First, open Outlook and click on the Tools button. Then click on the Options button. On the Options screen, select the General tab and then select the Alerts check box. Now click on the OK button to close Outlook. Now open a new document or window and type " outlook 2010" into the address bar and hit return. You should now see an alert message telling you that Outlook is trying to send an email notification about a new document or window that has been opened. To ignore this alert, just hit return again without typing " outlook 2010" into the address bar.
Disable Notifications
With Outlook open click on the File tab to access Backstage View and click on Options.
Now in Outlook Options click on Mail then scroll down to Message arrival. Then uncheck Display a Desktop Alert and click OK. If you don’t want a sound to play when an email arrives you can uncheck that as well.
If you’re busy working on a project, having desktop email notifications popping up can be a huge distraction. Disabling them should help you get things done and improve productivity. If you’re an Outlook 2007 user check out our article on how to turn off desktop email notification in Outlook.
