How to stop notifications from a site on Android

If ads or virus warnings keep popping up on your phone, a site has permission to send you notifications. Remove that permission in Chrome on your phone. It takes about a minute.

Step 1

In Chrome, tap the menu ⋮ (1) and tap Settings (2). The menu is in the top right corner, or bottom right if your address bar is at the bottom.

Chrome menu open on a phone, Settings highlighted

Step 2

Tap Site settings.

Chrome settings, Site settings highlighted

Step 3

Tap Notifications.

Site settings, Notifications highlighted

Step 4

Under “Allowed”, tap the site (1). Android opens the site’s notification settings: turn off the switch (2).

The site under Allowed, then Android’s notification switch for it highlighted

Done. The notifications stop at once. To stop all sites from asking, turn off the Notifications switch at the top of the list in step 4.

The pictures are simplified and show Chrome on Android. The menu names are Chrome’s own; the last screen is Android’s and looks a little different on each phone.

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