# Notifications

> **TL;DR**
> `File | Settings | Appearance and Behavior | Notifications` for Windows and Linux
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> `IntelliJ IDEA | Settings | Appearance and Behavior | Notifications` for macOS
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> `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) ![the Settings icon](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.settings.svg)

Use this page to enable and disable notifications about certain events, change their presentation, and optionally enable their logging.

| Item | Description |
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|  Display balloon notifications |     Select this checkbox to enable event notifications for IntelliJ IDEA. (The notifications, generally, are shown in the balloons that appear on the screen when the corresponding events take place.)       Regardless of the state of this option, you will always find all notifications from the current session in the [Notifications tool window](notifications.html).     |
| Enable system notifications |    Select this checkbox to allow showing system notification.       On Windows, you may want to disable this option to hide IntelliJ IDEA icon from the system tray.    |
| Notification location | Select where you want to see notifications. |
|  Popup type |    If the Display balloon notifications checkbox is selected, the settings in this column specify how the notifications for the selected group of events are shown.      The available display options are:       * Balloon: The balloons with the notification messages appear on the screen for a short period of time and then disappear automatically. The notifications are also shown in the Status bar, and added to the list of notifications.    * Sticky balloon: The notification balloons stay on the screen unless you close them.    * Tool window balloon: The notification balloons are shown only if an appropriate tool window is open.    * No popup: The notifications for the corresponding group of events are not shown.    |
|  Show in tool window | If the checkbox for a group of events is selected, the corresponding events are logged and can be seen in the [Notifications](notifications.html) tool window. |
| Play sound | Enable sound notifications. This option lets you know that an operation has finished even if you switched to another window with the IDE working in the background. |
| Read aloud | Read the selected notifications out loud. The Read aloud column is available only on macOS. You can configure voice settings in macOS preferences. For more information about accessibility features on macOS, refer to [the                 official Apple documentation](https://www.apple.com/accessibility/mac/). |

## How it works

* [Notifications](notifications.html)

## See also

### Procedures

[Notifications](notifications.html)