Windows 11 can surface “tips”, “suggestions”, and post-update “welcome” prompts as notifications, which can crowd out the alerts that matter. Disabling these system suggestions keeps Notification center focused on real app and system events instead of feature nudges and promotional reminders.
These messages are controlled by Settings → System → Notifications, where Windows groups its own suggestion-style notifications separately from per-app notifications. Turning off the dedicated suggestion toggles prevents Windows from generating the welcome experience and “get more out of Windows” prompts.
The exact toggle wording can shift between feature updates, and the setting is applied per user profile, so each account may need the same change. Disabling these switches does not block notifications from individual apps that advertise or suggest content through their own notification settings.
Steps to disable tips and suggestions in Windows 11:
- Open Settings from the Start menu.
Win + I opens Settings directly.
- Select System.
- Select Notifications.
- Scroll down to Additional settings.
- Expand Additional settings.
- Disable the “Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and when signed in to show what's new and suggested” toggle.
- Disable the “Suggest ways to get the most out of Windows and finish setting up this device” toggle.
- Disable the “Get tips and suggestions when using Windows” toggle.
Some builds use slightly different wording, but the three suggestion switches are grouped under Additional settings.
- Open Notification center (Win + N).
- Confirm “welcome experience” or other suggestion prompts no longer appear as notifications.
Mohd Shakir Zakaria is a cloud architect with deep roots in software development and open-source advocacy. Certified in AWS, Red Hat, VMware, ITIL, and Linux, he specializes in designing and managing robust cloud and on-premises infrastructures.
