Windows 11 Do Not Distrub constantly turns itself on

Anonymous
2022-10-30T03:49:24+00:00

I have turned it off in Windows setting multiple times but it keeps turning back on. I do not want it on and I have never wanted it on. I did not know it was even a possibility to turn it on until it started doing it on its own.

How do I turn it off and leave it turned off for good?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-22T19:21:06+00:00

    Symptom:

    • In my case (Win11), the Bell icon to the right of the Date/Time in the Systray seems to randomly display with a "zz" in it,
      • When I hover mouse it pops-up with, "No new notifications (Do not disturb on)", even though I did not turn DND on.
    • When I check Settings>Notifications, I find DND is toggled On.
    • When I toggle it Off, the Bell icon in the Systray displays without the "zz" and notifications are working again.
    • Then, what initially seemed to be a random occurrence, DND would be turned on again periodically throughout the day.

    Issue:

    • Under Settings>Notifications>Turn on do not disturb automatically, **** I had the option checked (On) for "When using an app in full-screen mode".
    • What I found was that when I was using Zoom in full-screen mode, which I do a few times per day, DND was turned on automatically.
    • To test it, I went in/out of full-screen mode in Zoom, and you can see in real-time that the Systray Bell icon goes in and out of DND.

    Solution:

    • My solution was to uncheck (Off) the "When using app in full-screen" option, as more often than not, I want notifications on while I'm using Zoom. If for some reason I do not to receive notifications while using Zoom, I will manually set DND to On.

    Hope this helps!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-23T05:29:08+00:00

    They need to remove these garbage features that nobody asked for if they cannot even get them to function. Windows today is complete trash

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-23T02:04:10+00:00

    A couple of weeks ago, Do Not Disturb randomly started turning on repeatedly, constantly, and incessantly. I've followed all of the directions and suggestions everyone in this thread has provided. Every setting set on my system clearly indicates that Do Not Disturb should literally NEVER turn on for any reason unless I manually were to turn it on. Thus far nothing, including updating to the latest OS, will stop Do Not Disturb from turning on roughly 15-20 minutes after I turn it off.

    As of today, this is still happening on my Dell Inspiron 14 PLUS 7420 laptop, running Windows 11. I am ready to chuck it out the window because of this issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-18T13:08:25+00:00

    This doesn't work unless I am misunderstanding how to use regedit

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-03T08:04:12+00:00

    Nothing seems to work. As usual, Microsoft ignoring what people want and not bothering to give any response.

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