How to Unblock Notifications on Chrome?

Web push notifications allow for rapid communication with a loyal website audience.

A person visits a favourite website and, with a single click, subscribes to get notifications. However, subscribers may knowingly or unknowingly block notifications.

You will learn how to re-subscribe to the website and unblock notifications in the Chrome browser.

How to enable web push alerts on Chrome?

By default, a website utilising push technology requests permission to deliver alerts to a visitor. The request displays in the browser's service window.

You won’t receive notifications when your browser is in incognito mode.

Also, you won’t be able to subscribe to push notifications of any website if the function is blocked in the browser settings:

To change this go to Chrome settings – chrome://settings/content/notifications. Where you see “Ask before sending (recommended)”, turn on the slider switch.

To unblock web push from a specific website in the desktop version:

• Open a website in Chrome

• Click on the information icon to the left of the URL;

• Next to “Notifications”, select either “Ask” or “Allow”.

• Reload the page to apply the updated settings.

You can also make changes for Notifications using advanced browser settings:

1. Find Menu at the top right corner.

2. Click on “Settings”

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1. Go to the “Advanced” list and click on ‘Privacy and Security’.

   
2. Select “Site settings”.

   
3. Find “Notifications”.

4. A list of blocked websites is displayed.

5. To unblock push notifications for a single website click on the 3-dot menu icon to the right of its URL, and choose “Allow”.

6. You can also allow notifications from a website by adding its URL to the list below.
7. After entering the site name click “Add” and the website will appear in the “Allow” list.