Control notifications for Google Meet and Chat

Allow Meet and Chat notifications in a browser

By default, Chrome alerts you whenever a website, app, or extension wants to send you notifications. You can change this setting at any time.

If you’re browsing in Incognito mode, you won’t get notifications.

Update notification settings in Chrome

If you turned off notifications for Meet and Chat, you can turn them back on.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click MoreSettings.
3. Under Privacy and security, click Site settings.
4. Click Notifications.
5. Select the Meet or Chat entry and click MoreAllow. For example:    
   • Meet—https://meet.google.com:443 
   • Chat—https://chat.google.com:443
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Update notification settings in other browsers

If you're using a product that supports additional web browsers, such as Chat, you must turn on notifications for that product in your browser. Each browser requires different steps for turning on notifications; see the online help for your browser for more information. 

Control notifications for Meet in Gmail

We recommend keeping Chat and Gmail notifications on so you can easily get back to an in-progress meeting, for example when you're in another app. However, if you must turn off notifications for chats and Gmail messages, follow these steps:

Note: This feature is available only for Android mobile devices.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app  .
2. At the top left, tap Menu , then Settings
3. Select your account.
4. Tap Notifications and select Meet notifications only.

Control notifications for Chat in Gmail

You can control what notifications you get on mobile devices for Chat in Gmail.

For all conversations

1. Open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu , then Settings
3. Select your account.
4. Tap Chat mobile notifications and choose an option:

• All Messages—Get a notification for all direct messages and all messages in spaces.
• New threads, threads I’m following and direct messages—Get a notification for all direct messages, the first message of every new thread, and all threads you’re following.
• Threads I’m following and direct messages—Get a notification for all direct messages and threads you’re following.
• Only @mentions and direct messages—Get a notification for direct messages and @mentions in Spaces.
• Off—Turn off all notifications.