# Disable live notifications?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663 "2020-06-23T08:45:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/1 "2020-06-23T08:45:47Z")
Is there a way to properly disable live notifications? For some forums I don’t want popups for new posts. But still every time I go to the forum it says at the top
> Do you want live notifications when people reply to your posts?
The answer to that question is “no”, but discourse stubbornly refuses to take that as an answer – I have dismissed that question a dozen times now and it keeps coming back.
How do I make it stop?
(I don’t admin that instance myself so I do not know which version they have installed.)
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/2 "2020-06-23T08:56:49Z")
Go to your `preferences -> notifications` and disable this ‘live notifications’
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/3 "2020-06-23T09:12:34Z")
Yeah that’s where I went, but there it only offers to _enable_ notifications:
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/5 "2020-06-23T09:35:53Z")
> [@Finding what version of Discourse you're using](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-tell-what-version-of-discourse-i-am-on/104326):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to find the version of Discourse you’re using by inspecting the website’s source code. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users Understanding what version of Discourse you are using can be important for troubleshooting, ensuring compatibility with plugins, and staying up-to-date. Here are the steps you can follow to determine the version of Discourse running on a given site. Summary This guide will cover: Viewing the source code of a Discour…
> [@RalfJung](#):
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> I do not know which version they have installed
They might be on older version
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/6 "2020-06-23T09:57:51Z")
It says “Discourse 2.4.5”.
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### Author:  [@Qursch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Qursch)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/7 "2020-06-23T10:58:33Z")
Instead of dismissing the pop up, you should be able to click the ‘Enable Notifications’ button, then when your browser prompts you, click ‘Deny’ (or your browsers alternative). Discourse should register this and stop asking you. It will also change your settings to look like this:
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/8 "2020-06-23T11:11:20Z")
Thanks, that worked.
I still think there is a bug here though: in order to permanently disable notifications, I had to click “enable notifications”. That is not exactly intuitive. 😉
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-live-notifications/155663/9 "2020-06-24T13:33:21Z")
Actually, I have to take this back. After restarting my browser and logging in again, the request to enable notifications is back. Discourse really doesn’t take “no” for an answer…