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May 9, 2018 · Focus assist gives you the flexibility to choose when to block interruptions. Turn on Focus assist whenever you want to get things done without distractions, like notifications, sounds, and alerts. Or set Focus Assist to turn on automatically at certain times during the day.
- Overview
- Don't be so animated
- Clean up taskbar clutter
- Simplify the Start menu
- Quiet down those notifications
- Read with fewer distractions
Windows offers lots of ways to minimize distractions so it's easier to focus on tasks. You can declutter your taskbar and simplify the Start menu, use Focus to manage your notifications, and use the Immersive Reader to minimize visual distractions when reading a web page in Microsoft Edge.
Minimize visual distractions by turning off animations, background images, and more.
1.Select Start > Settings > Accessibility > Visual effects.
2.To minimize distractions, do one or more of the following:
•To automatically hide the scrollbars in Windows, turn off the Always show scrollbars switch.
•To make some window backgrounds more opaque, turn off the Transparency effects switch.
•If you don't want Windows to show animations, turn off the Animation effects switch.
Choose which icons appear on the taskbar and reduce the number of items in view.
1.Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Taskbar.
2.Select Taskbar items and Taskbar corner icons to expand those sections and turn off the switches for the items you don't want to see on the taskbar.
3.To select which icons can appear in the taskbar corner, select Taskbar corner overflow. Turn on the switches for the icons that you want to see in the taskbar corner. The icons with the switches turned off won't show directly on the taskbar—they'll only appear in the taskbar corner overflow menu.
You can select what to show in the Start menu—keeping distractions at a minimum and finding what you need quickly.
1.Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Start.
2.To simplify the Start menu, do one or more of the following:
•To show or hide recently added apps, toggle the Show recently added apps switch on or off.
•To show or hide the apps you use the most, toggle the Show most used appsswitch on or off.
•To show or hide your recently opened items, toggle the Show recently opened items in Start, Jump Lists, and File Explorer switch on or off.
Choose the notifications you want to see and hear
1.Select Start > Settings > System > Notifications, then adjust the settings. 2.To see and hear fewer notifications, turn on Do not disturb. 3.If you want to choose notifications from certain apps, select Set priority notifications. Modify these options to get the notifications you want to see when do not disturb is turned on.
Limit late-night notifications
1.Select Start > Settings > System > Notifications. 2.In Turn on do not disturb automatically, select During these times to turn it on. 3.Choose when do not disturb turns on, turns off, and how often it repeats. 4.You can also choose the types of tasks that will turn on do not disturb automatically.
Choose which apps display notifications
If notifications are distracting when they appear on your screen, adjust which apps display notifications and fine-tune how they appear. 1.Select Start > Settings > System > Notifications. 2.In Notifications from apps and other senders, turn off the apps you don't want notifications from and turn on the apps you do want to get notifications from. 3.To define where the notifications appear for each app, select a specific app, then change the options as desired.
To read a web page on a simpler and cleaner layout, use the Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge. For more info on the Immersive Reader, go to Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge.
1.To start using the Immersive Reader, open the web page you want to read in Microsoft Edge, and then press the function key + F9. Alternatively, select (Enter Immersive Reader) on the address bar.
2.The page opens on a simpler layout. To change how the page is displayed, review the options on the toolbar at the top of the page. Under Text preferences, for example, you can modify the background color using themes or change the font.
3.To exit the Immersive Reader, select (Exit Immersive Reader) on the address bar or press the function key + F9.
Windows actually has a flag to enable focus-follows-mouse ("active window tracking"), which can be enabled easily via the monstrous "SystemParametersInfo" Win32 API call. There are third-party programs to enable the flag, such as X-Mouse Controls, or you can perform the call directly using PowerShell.
Mar 19, 2024 · Learn how to turn on or off and configure Focus Assist on Windows 10 to mute all notifications from apps while you are working or want to rest.
Apr 2, 2020 · For Windows 10 users, though, there’s an often-overlooked feature called Focus Assist that can come to the rescue. Flick a switch and you’ll banish notifications, alerts and more from...
Apr 30, 2018 · Windows 10's "Focus Assist" feature is a "Do Not Disturb" mode that hides notifications. Windows automatically activates it when you're playing PC games or mirroring your display---and you can have Windows automatically activate it on a schedule, too. This feature was added in the April 2018 Update.
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Jan 11, 2023 · Find out how to use Focus Assist in Windows 10 to remove distracting notifications and focus on your tasks.
