How to prevent notifications from a skype group?

Question

I'm a member of a high-traffic skype group, which is often too much noise for me to concentrate with.

Can I prevent messages to the group from popping up as new notifications?

Not really mute since that implies the audio settings but prevent desktop notifications, correct. — Brad Patton, Apr 11 '13 at 15:25
Looks like there are only Options for Skype as a whole not individuals or groups. — Brad Patton, Apr 11 '13 at 15:27

score 28 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:23

28

type /alertsoff in skype groupchat.

answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:23

jeka

6

Make sure that there is no space before /alertsoff - otherwise, it will be handled as a message, instead as of a Skype command. (telling the whole company, on the group chat, I didn't want to hear from them was awkward... ;) ) – Cedric Oct 07 '15 at 08:56
1

Does not work in newer versions of Skype: "Invalid command, please try again" – Draif Kroneg Oct 20 '20 at 10:36

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:27

25

There is a setting, although I've never used it so far (names might be off due to localization):

Open the conversation/group you'd like to modify.
Go to the Conversations menu.
Find the Notification Settings....
Here you can modify how/if/when to open the specific group or show messages as popups.

Notification Settings window (German version)

answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:27

Mario

2

I never have to google to find this kind of settings in Whatsapp/WeChat/etc... Microsoft has a lot to learn... – Rosdi Nov 10 '17 at 01:31
Is this still working in recent versions of Skype on Linux ? I can't find the "conversations" menu and "notification settings" for a specific group.... – Antonello Oct 07 '21 at 12:24
1

@Antonello Can't check right now but I'm pretty sure they removed this or more specifically never added this to the new/rewritten client. – Mario Oct 08 '21 at 05:21

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

8

You can issue the following commands in a conversation that:

/alertsoff - Stops annoying popups but still keep you alive in a group
/alertson - Brings back popups

Much more commands in this link

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

answered Sep 19 '16 at 13:31

Surya R Praveen

3 Answers3