[solved] Is there any way to turn off group notifications on Steam?

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Is there any way to turn off group notifications on Steam? I am talking about new overlay. In older versions of Steam, there was Friends tab in settings where you could disable group notifications. In new overlay there's no such a thing.

EDIT: The only solution that comes to my mind is using the old overlay (Launch steam shortcut -nochatui -nofriendsui)

Solution

Launch Steam with old overlay (add "-nochatui -nofriendsui" in properties)
Go to Steam > Settings > Friends and disable notifications for group events and announcements
Switchback to new UI (delete "-nochatui -nofriendsui" in properties)

SteamCleaner solution

6 years ago*

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jiggakills

Yea I've been having problems with this too lately, used to have it turned off then they changed how it worked :(

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HoLYAssAsIN

Open the group. Click the bell and choose accordingly.

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HoLYAssAsIN

When you open chat on the bottom left you see your group chats. If you open one, there will be the ''bell'' on the top right. Click it and you can manage when you receive group notifications.

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RDMCz

I think this works only for groupchat. Not for group events and announcements.

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HoLYAssAsIN

Yeah,it seems i misunderstood your question. Sorry about that. :/
But i don't get any notifications about group announcements so i can't say what's going wrong.

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RDMCz

I have a theory that if you had turned off those notifications in old UI and updated to Steam with new UI, you're ok. But if you fresh install new version of Steam, it cannot be turned off.

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HoLYAssAsIN

That makes sense. Btw, as it may sound stupid, did you check for any subscriptions in the groups you getting notifications for?

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Tzaar

You are correct, sir.

For some reason, mine had turned themselves back on when the new UI was still in beta, after Steam crashed on me.
The only way I was able to shut them off again was to opt back out of the beta, shut them off again, and opt back in.

Unfortunately, there's no "beta" to opt in or out of anymore in that regard, but I'm betting there's a setting parameter in one of the Steam files where that "switch" can be flipped. ;) Unfortunately, I'll have to leave determining that for certain to those better equipped to find and dissect those files.

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Jordanlol

You can revert to the old UI with 2 commands that you can then remove to load the new UI again if you so chose, but the old UI has been fragmented off and is missing a few things like a Voice setting tab and calling options. -nochatui -nofriendsui

You might try reverting and seeing if the option you're looking for is there.
Ah, was already suggested.

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RDMCz

Yes, I did what is described in possible solution and now I am testing it. No popups yet. Looks like it works.

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maruten

Only thing I can think of is:

go to Activity (you can get there by click your name located after Community in the top bar and then Activity)
Click Friend Activity Settings
Uncheck everything under 'A group I belong to'

But not 100% sure if that only works for Activity or also for the Steam notifications so sorry if I gave the wrong info

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RDMCz

Unfortunately this works only for Activity tab.

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maruten

It does? damn!
Sorry for not being any help then, hope someone else can help you with it!

6 years ago