Turn off account notifications in Start: registry value DisableAccountNotificationsUserHKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications

Policy ID: DisableAccountNotifications
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows 10 Version 2004
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Account Notifications

Registry

DisableAccountNotifications

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications Current key

Enabled value: 1
Disabled value: 0

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"DisableAccountNotifications"=dword:00000001
; Disabled
"DisableAccountNotifications"=dword:00000000

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications" /v "DisableAccountNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications" /v "DisableAccountNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications' -Name 'DisableAccountNotifications' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountNotifications' -Name 'DisableAccountNotifications' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null