Photo by Mark Duffel on Unsplash Google Chrome has a built-in feature that allows websites to send pop-up notifications to your screen. The intention of this feature was to alert you about new information on your favourite websites. The problem is that it's a nuisance, and is often abused by unethical websites to pop-up spam or harmful messages. Our recommendation -- turn it off! Here's how: On your computer, open Chrome. Paste or click on this link - chrome://settings/content/notifications Turn off Sites can ask to send notifications . Scroll down to the Allow section. Click the three dots and delete any site entries, except the mandatory Google Apps