How to Decrease or Increase the Windows 10 Notification Display Time


Windows 10 Action Center keeps a stack of all notifications that arrive from different applications. When an application sends out a notification, it is displayed for 5 seconds, and then it disappears. While five seconds are enough to draw your attention and help you get a glance at the message, sometimes you wish it stayed a little longer. In this post, we will share how you can decrease or increase the Windows 10 notification display time.


Increase Windows 10 notification display time

The best way to reach out to missed notifications is to click on the Action Center. It will reveal all the notifications grouped by the applications. It also means that if you have too many of them, it becomes difficult to find the one you were looking for. If you are in such a situation, it is best to increase the time for which notifications stay on the screen. Here is how you can change it:


01. Use Win+I to open Settings.

02. Navigate to Home ➡ Easy Of Access ➡ Display

03. Scroll to the end till you find the dropdown to change notifications- Show notifications for


04. Here you can change time from the default 5 seconds to 7, 15, 30, or go for even longer 1 minute or 5 minutes.


Change Windows 10 Notification timing

Done that, notifications will stay longer, but here is a small warning. Choose the length wisely. If you have notifications from multiple apps, the screen will be filled with notification cards.

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