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You can now turn off Skype notifications in OneDrive and Outlook

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Updated onDecember 12, 2019

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In a bid to make Skype a universal communication platform for all of its services, Microsoft baked the program into a wide array of services, includingOneDriveandOutlook. However, the action led many users to complain about the inability to turn off Skype notifications in Microsoft’s portfolio of websites. Now, it appears the Redmond giant has heard the complaints loud and clear and fixed the issue.

The notification issue started to crop up after Microsoft introduced a plug-in-free version of its Skype pane to Outlook.com, OneDrive.com and other portfolio of websites. As a consequence, the update resulted in the loss of a significant feature that lets users disable Skype notifications.

Fortunately, Windows reporter Paul Thurrott spotted a new button in the Settings menu underNotificationswhich gives users back the ability to turn notification sounds off in OneDrive and Outlook. Moreover, he disclosed that he turns off Skype notification alerts because he finds them “superfluous and annoying.”

How to disable Skype notification alert sounds

The new button seems to have quietly come into being. Nonetheless, it only means your complaint might not have fallen on deaf ears. Now, here’s how to turn off the notification sounds in Outlook.com or OneDrive.com:

Keep in mind that if you turn off the notification sounds in Outlook.com, the change is reflected in OneDrive.com or other Microsoft websites too. Have you checked out the new button already? Share your thoughts about it in the comments.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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