Block Notifications from Websites

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Block Notifications from Websites

I've been trying (and failing) to block requests from websites to allow them to send notifications. Currently, in Safari's Settings (Websites>Notifications) the window for Configured Websites is blank (It says No Configured Websites) and the block for 'Allow websites to ask … is unchecked. But still when I visit many, many websites a dropdown appears asking for permission to send me notifications. I'm using Safari 17.3.1 on macOS 13.6.4.

Am I doing something wrong, am I understanding the situation incorrectly, is this capability broken, etc?

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srb

Posted on Mar 13, 2024 7:51 AM

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Answer 1

John Galt

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Mar 13, 2024 12:06 PM in response to Steven Blunk

You're not doing anything wrong. A website could conceivably ask to send Notifications, but if that checkbox is de-selected then you should not encounter the subsequent confirmation dialog.

Refer to Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community. In the example illustrated, the first dialog might resemble this one, which can obviously say anything in any desperate effort to get you to succumb:

You should not encounter the second one, which arises from Safari itself:

If you are still getting that second dialog asking for confirmation (Don't Allow / Allow) despite having de-selected that Allow websites to ask… checkbox then I have no explanation. It is possible clever website designers have figured a way around Safari's settings, but this is wild speculation on my part.

Try selecting and subsequently re-selecting that checkbox (i.e. "turn it off and on again") to re-write your Safari settings.

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Steven Blunk Author

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Mar 13, 2024 1:23 PM in response to John Galt

I'm back, John. It appears to have worked this time. (There was a lot of shutting Safari down and restarting it.) At any rate, when tested here Test Block Notifications I get exactly what I'd expect.

Thanks again

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Steven Blunk Author

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Mar 13, 2024 12:57 PM in response to John Galt

Thank you, John. Sadly, it's the second one that I'm getting. It was actually after reading the article you referenced (or one a lot like it) that I turned off the option to allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications. I've tried toggling that on/off and will see how things go.

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John Galt

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Mar 13, 2024 2:20 PM in response to Steven Blunk

Great! So as I understand, it was necessary to toggle that setting, and perhaps restarting Safari was also required. I'll make a note of it.

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