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# Chrome: Block notifications, Auto-Delete your Data
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-51/
- Published: 2022-11-04T01:30:42.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:12:16.000Z
- Description: #51
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Chrome

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## Block (annoying) Notifications on Chrome

If you find yourself constantly receiving pop-ups like this and having to click “Block” every time, here’s an easy fix!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-11.png)

1. Input “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in your Chrome address bar and press <Enter>
2. Select the “Use quieter messaging” option (Chrome saves your preference automatically)
3. Note: You can use the more extreme “Don’t allow sites to send notifications” BUT this might affect video conferencing platforms (e.g. Google Meet, Zoom)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-12.png)

If you disabled or blocked a notification by mistake, no worries, you can simply click on the Lock icon to enable them on a specific website

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-13.png)

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## Auto-delete your Data on Chrome

If you’re privacy conscious, you might not want Chrome collecting your data…well, forever

1. Navigate to [https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols](https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols?ref=jeffsu.org)
2. Scroll down to the “Auto-delete”
3. Under “Auto-delete activity older than” to select an appropriate time frame for you

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-14.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-15.png)

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- CMD+Y (or CTRL+H on Windows) to open up Chrome History

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