How To Turn Off iMessage On Your Mac

While iMessage is a convenient way to stay in touch with friends and family on your iPhone & Mac, iMessage notifications can be distracting when you’re trying to work or concentrate. In this article, we’ll show you how to turn off iMessage on your Mac, mute iMessage notifications, customize notification settings, and sign out of iMessage when you no longer need to use it. Each of these guides outline the steps needed for MacOS Ventura.

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How to Turn Off iMessage on Mac

If you’re no longer using iMessage on your Mac or want to temporarily disable it, you can easily turn it off in the Messages app. Here’s how:

1. Open the Messages app on your Mac.
2. Click on the “Messages” tab in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
3. Select “Settings” from the drop-down menu.
4. Click on the “iMessages” tab.
5. Choose your iMessage account from the list and click the “sign out” button.

This will turn off iMessages on your Mac.

How to Mute iMessage Notifications on Mac

If you don’t want to receive any iMessage notifications on your Mac, you can mute them in Notifications Settings. Here’s how:

1. Open the System Settings app on your Mac.
2. Click on the “Notifications” tab on the left hand side..
3. Scroll down and then select “Messages”
4. Click on the “Notifications” tab.
5. Toggle off the “Allow Notifications” button

This will mute notifications from Messages app so new iMessage notifications wont’ pop-up on your screen.

Here you can also change settings like which type of notification (None, Banners, Alerts) are displayed and then if you want sounds or other notifications options enabled.

How to Silence iMessage Notifications on Mac

If you still want to receive iMessage notifications on your Mac, but find the default alert sound or style too distracting, you can change the notification settings to something more suitable. Here’s how:

1. Open the Messages app on your Mac.
2. Click on the “Messages” tab in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
3. Select “Settings” from the drop-down menu.
4. Click on the “General” tab.
5. Uncheck the “Play Sound Effects” option

This should silence iMessage notifications on your mac, but you may also need to turn off sounds in the notification settings. To do so:

1. Open the System Settings App
2. Scroll down and select Notifications on the left hand side
3. Open the Messages section
4. Toggle off “Play Sound for Notification”

With both these options turned off you should receive notifications but they should be silenced and not make a sound.

Temporarily Disable iMessage Notifications on Mac

If you want to temporarily silence all notifications on your Mac, including iMessage, you can use the Do Not Disturb feature in the Notifications preferences. Here’s how:

1. On the right hand side of the menu bar Click the Control Center Icon
2. Once open, select Focus and then “Do Not Disturb” you can select if you want this enabled for 1 hour or another set of time.
3. You can also schedule Do Not Disturb to automatically turn on and off during certain times of the day or night.

Once enabled, no notifications, including iMessage notifications, will disrupt you.

Sign Out of iMessage on Mac

If you want to sign out of iMessage on your Mac, you can do so in the Messages app. Here’s how:

1. Open the Messages app on your Mac.
2. Click on the “Messages” tab in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
3. Select “Settings” from the drop-down menu.
4. Click on the “iMessage” tab.
5. Select your iMessage account from the list
6. Click on the “Sign Out” button.
7. Confirm that you want to sign out of iMessage by clicking “Sign Out” again.
8. You will no longer be able to send or receive iMessages on your Mac until you sign back in with your Apple ID.

The steps above provide different options to control how you receive messages, notifications, and sounds from the Messages app on your Mac. With over 50 billion messages sent a day on iMessage, it’s important to control how you receive the information.