How-To: Turn off notifications for Malwarebytes Premium for Windows

Notifications can be distracting from your work or create a disturbing experience. Some of these notifications may not be necessary to the user, and they can be turned off.

Malwarebytes categorizes notifications as either non-critical or critical. Most critical notifications cannot be turned off, but we understand if a user does not want to receive pop-ups that are purely informative.


Critical notifications include warnings when Real-Time Protection is off, for example. A non-critical notification will inform you of smaller items, such as when a task is complete.

To disable non-critical notifications:

• Go to Settings
• Click the Applications tab
• Scroll down to Notifications
• Click or slide the toggle to OFF

Note : Critical notifications cannot be disabled, excluding Real-Time Protection reminders.

Or change how quickly notifications close:

If you choose to leave notifications enabled, you can select the amount of time the notifications remain displayed on your screen.

 

• Click on the drop down menu next to Close notifications after:
• Select the number of seconds desired.

Here is a list of critical notifications that still appear even if notifications are disabled:

• Trial Expired
• License Expired
• Malware Detected
• Non-Malware Detected
• Scan Complete – Malware Detected
• Scan Complete – Non-Malware Detected
• A new version of Malwarebytes is ready to be installed
• Databases Out of Date
• Protection Disabled

 

Below are notifications that require the user's attention for a resolution:

• Malware Detected
• Non-Malware Detected
• Scan Complete - Malware Detected
• Scan Complete - Non-Malware Detected
• Upgrade Available
• Databases Out Of Date
• Update Failed
• Protection Disabled
• Reboot Required