Unable to toggle off notifications on Mac running macOS Tahoe

I was planning on turning off unnecessary app notifications on my MacBook and I cannot toggle off the notification. Same with apps I want to toggle on. It just won't allow me to toggle the "Allow Notifications" on or off. Please help.


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Original Title: notifications not turning on or off

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 4, 2025 10:08 AM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2025 10:23 AM

Turn off notifications for an app or website on Mac - Apple Support


If you can't change the settings for some applications, typically that's because your Mac is managed by an organization (employer or school) and has restricted the settings to which you have access. If that's the case, you'll need to contact the IT department of the organization about this issue.

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Oct 4, 2025 10:23 AM in response to japhishere

Turn off notifications for an app or website on Mac - Apple Support


If you can't change the settings for some applications, typically that's because your Mac is managed by an organization (employer or school) and has restricted the settings to which you have access. If that's the case, you'll need to contact the IT department of the organization about this issue.

Oct 9, 2025 8:53 PM in response to japhishere

I found how to make it happen:


I literally have to click where you see the red circle in the toggle, maybe for you it's another spot, carefully click all around the toggler until you find it, I have seen the same issue in other type of selection like drop downs where I have to click in an specific area to activate it, this is for sure a bug in MacOS Tahoe.


Hope this works for you.

Nov 8, 2025 11:53 AM in response to reynosoorlando

It's yet another bug for this update. 26 on the Mac and iPhone have been absolutely Windows ME level trash. Only on the iPad is it halfway decent. But even it has issues.


Apple has clearly reached its peak, where they're now twiddling their thumbs with nothing to do but tweak graphics (and hope that it obscures from the fact that their AI solution has absolutely tanked). And even the graphic 'choices' are horrible. I would love to hear Jony Ive's true thoughts on Apple's new direction.

Unable to toggle off notifications on Mac running macOS Tahoe

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