How to Open and Use Action Center in Windows 10
In Windows 10, action center is where to find your app notifications, as well as quick actions, which give you quick access to commonly used settings and apps.
The action center will show you all of your past notifications until you clear them. This can be useful if you had a notification pop-up, and you missed what it said.
Starting with Windows 10 build 14328, the Action Center icon has moved to the far corner of the taskbar so it is more distinct from other icons – making it easier to interact with it. There is a badge that now displays the number of notifications you have missed, and we are making it easier for you to know what app your notifications are from by adding a subtle animation to the icon (showing the sender app’s logo) whenever you receive notifications that do not show a toast. Individual app notifications in Action Center no longer show the app icon repeated for each notification and will only be seen in the header that groups together all the notifications specific for that app. This change allows for more space in Action Center to show more content.
Starting with Windows 10 build 15019, newly downloaded apps and games from the Store will now show download progress inside of the Action Center.
Starting with Windows 10 build 16215, the Action Center has been redesigned to provide much clearer information separation and hierarchy. And the new design for Action Center also includes elements of the Fluent Design System such as acrylic.
This tutorial will show you how to open and use Action Center for notifications and quick actions in Windows 10.
Action Center Icon Descriptions:
= No new notifications in action center.
= New notifications available in action center.
= Quiet hours is turned on.
Contents
- Option One: How to Open Action Center in Windows 10
- Option Two: How to Clear Notifications in Action Center
- Option Three: How to View Notification in Action Center
- Option Four: How Use Quick Actions in Action Center
1 Do step 2, 3, 4, or 5 below for what you would like to do.
2 Press the Windows + A keys.
3 On a touchscreen, swipe inwards from the right screen border.
4 Click/tap on the Action Center system icon on the taskbar.
5 Right click or press and hold on the Action Center system icon on the taskbar, and click/tap on Open Action Center.
Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328, the Action Center icon has moved to the far corner of the taskbar so it is more distinct from other icons – making it easier to interact with it.
1 Do step 2, 3, or 4 below for what you would like to do.
2 To clear all notifications at once, click/tap on Clear All at the top right corner of the Action Center.
3 To clear all notifications from a specific app, select an app title (ex: Mail), and either...
- Click/tap on the X to the right.
- Press the Delete key.
- Drag the app tile to the right with mouse or touchpad.
- On a touchscreen swipe the app tile to the right.
- Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342, select an app's name and click the middle button scroll wheel on your mouse.
4 To clear a single notification, select a notification, and either...
- Click/tap on the X to the right.
- Press the Delete key.
- Click/tap on a notification from an app to open it and clear it.
- Drag the notification to the right with mouse or touchpad.
- On a touchscreen, swipe the notification to the right.
- Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342, select a notification and click the middle button scroll wheel on your mouse.
1 Do step 2 or step 3 below for what you would like to do.
2 Click/tap on a notification from an app (ex: Mail) to open the app.
3 Click/tap on the arrow to the right of a notification to expand and view all of the notification.
1 At the bottom of the Action Center, click/tap on Expand or Collapse, and click/tap on the button of the quick action you want to open. (see screenshot below)
That's it,
Shawn
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