# Decide which work notifications to turn off

Audits your apps and alerts and tells you which to switch off, batch, or keep, with the exact settings to change.

- Topic: Productivity & Planning
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Productivity, Analyze, Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/decide-which-work-notifications-to-turn-off

## Prompt

```text
Help me cut down the notifications that pull me away from work.

**Devices:** [e.g. Windows laptop, iPhone, Android]
**Apps and tools that notify me:** [e.g. Outlook, Teams, Slack, Jira, Asana, Salesforce, calendar, news, personal apps]
**Channels or groups I'm in:** [rough count, and which matter]
**Things I truly cannot miss:** [e.g. "my manager's DMs", "on-call alerts", "client emails"]
**When notifications bother me most:** [e.g. "during focus blocks", "in meetings", "evenings"]

Return:
1. **Notification audit table:** | App / channel | Current behavior | Decision (keep, batch, mute, turn off) | Reason |
2. **Settings checklist:** step-by-step changes for each app and device (banners, badges, sounds, keyword alerts, VIP lists, scheduled summary or focus modes). If you're unsure of a menu path in my version, say so rather than guessing.
3. **Safety net:** how the things I can't miss will still get through (VIP senders, @mention-only, priority alerts).
4. **Focus profile:** a work focus mode and an after-hours mode, with what each allows.
5. **One-week test:** what to watch for to check nothing important got missed.

Default to fewer interruptions, but never mute safety, security, or on-call alerts my job depends on.
```

## What to fill in

- e.g. Windows laptop, iPhone, Android
- rough count, and which matter
- e.g. "my manager's DMs", "on-call alerts", "client emails"
- e.g. "during focus blocks", "in meetings", "evenings"

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