How to Change Notification Sound in Windows 10? [Step-by-Step Guide]

Windows 10 has a feature called Toast Notification which gives notifications for different applications. Notifications always appear above the taskbar, in the lower-right corner of the screen, and they have a special sound. The system always plays the same sound for all notifications, which may become annoying after a while. Windows has an option that you can change your notification. In this article, we are going to tell you how to change notification sound in Windows 10?.

How to Change Default Sounds of Notifications on Windows 10

Follow the steps below to change the sound of your notifications in Windows 10:

1. Go to the Settings.
2. Select Personalization.
3. Select Themes.
4. Choose Sounds.
5. Click on the Notification option in the Sound tab, under the Program Events.
6. Choose a different sound in the Sounds drop-down menu.

Note: In this list you can also select None to stop the sound.

Note: You can change the sounds for other notifications such as New Mail Notification, New Text Message Notification, etc.

• Select Apply.
• Hit OK.

After finishing this procedure, you will get notifications with specific sound that you have chosen.

How to Place Sound File in Windows Media Folder to Adjust Custom Notification Sound

1. Download your file.
2. Get your custom sound file in .wav file format.
3. Copy the sound file and paste it in C:\Windows\Media. With the change of the system folder, you should set administrator scores for this action.
4. Select Continue to proceed.
5. After copying the file to the folder, it will be accessible through system sound settings.

How to Disable Notifications Sound

Method 1:

1. Hold Windows + I to enter Setting.
2. Select System under Setting.
3. In the left sidebar, select Notifications and Actions.
4. Turn off the option of Get Notifications from Apps and Other Senders.

Method 2:

1. Hold Windows + R to enter Run box.
2. In the Run box, type control mmsys.cpl.
3. Select OK.
4. Click on Sounds.
5. Choose None from drop-down menu under the Sound Scheme.

Note: If you would like to turn off one of the application notifications, it can be easily changed via individual Sound Settings. You should just select settings that you want to turn off or change the sound from the program events list.

Select the sound you would like to have, or choose No Sound for muting the sound of notifications.

Click on Apply.

How to Disable Notifications Sound of Individual Apps from System > Apps & Notifications

System Settings might be available differently from one user to another. Some users have Settings which leads to System Menu. Follow the steps below to disable the sound of individual apps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Choose System.
3. Click on Notification & Actions.
4. Scroll down to find a list of applications.
5. Under Get Notifications from These Senders, select the application you would like to show or not show notifications.
6. Turn off the notifications of the specific application only.

How to Change Mail Notification Sound in Windows 10

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. In the top-right search box, type Sound.
3. Choose Sound from the result to open Sound Settings.
4. Go to Sounds.
5. In the program events, select Desktop Mail Notification.
6. Click on the bar under Sounds.
7. Choose a sound from the opened list.
8. In the program events, select New Mail Notification.
9. Select the sound bar.
10. Choose a sound from the list.
11. Select OK.

How to Change Text Message Notification Sound in Windows 10

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Enter Hardware and Sound.
3. Select Change System Sounds.
4. Click on Instant Message Notification from program events in the Sounds Settings.
5. Under Sounds, click on the bar,
6. Choose a sound from the list.
7. In program events, choose New Text Message Notification.
8. Click on the sound bar.
9. From the opened menu, choose a sound.
10. Hit OK.

Conclusion

Whenever you think that notification sounds are annoying to you, you can easily change or stop the notification sound. Here, there were some methods for changing or stopping notification sounds. Are notifications sound annoying to you? How did you stop them? What kind of sound do you think is suitable for notifications? Share your ideas with us.