
Change Notifications settings on Mac
You can change when notifications are displayed, and change notification settings for individual apps.
You can use Apple Intelligence to summarize long or stacked notifications, making them easier to understand at a glance. See Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions with Apple Intelligence.
Note: Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. To check whether Apple Intelligence is available for your device, language, and region, see the Apple Support article How to get Apple Intelligence.

Change when notifications are displayed
You can choose whether to allow notifications when the display is sleeping, locked, mirrored, or shared. If notifications are turned off, others can’t see notifications on your computer when, for example, you are giving a Keynote presentation or are away from your computer.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Notificationsin the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Go to Notification Center, then do any of the following:
Choose when previews are shown: Click the “Show previews” pop-up menu, then choose Always, When Unlocked, or Never.
Choose whether to allow notifications when the display is sleeping: Turn “Allow notifications when the display is sleeping” on or off.
Choose whether to allow notifications when the screen is locked: Turn “Allow notifications when the screen is locked” on or off.
Choose whether to allow notifications when mirroring or sharing the display: Turn “Allow notifications when mirroring or sharing the display” on or off.
Choose whether to summarize notification previews with Apple Intelligence: Click “Summarize notifications,” then turn Summarize Notifications on or off. Below Summarize Notification Previews From, turn Summarize Notifications on or off for each app.
Note: Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. To check whether Apple Intelligence is available for your device, language, and region, see the Apple Support article How to get Apple Intelligence.
Change notification settings for apps
You can change notification settings for individual apps. For each app on your Mac, you can turn notifications on or off, set the notification style, and more.

On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Notificationsin the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Go to Application Notifications, then click the app you want to change notification settings for.
Turn “Allow notifications” on or off.
If you turned on notifications, select a notification style, then set any additional options you want.
To learn about the options, click
at the bottom of the window.