How to turn off the Hey, look at that Points! notifications from Xbox Game Bar?

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How to turn off the Hey, look at that Points! notifications from Xbox Game Bar?
Posted On: March 17, 2023

Every once in a while on the PC, mostly when I start playing a game but sometimes if I'm not playing anything, I get a little popup from the Xbox Game Bar that says "Hey, look at that -- Points! Get them before they're gone!" with no additional details besides instructions to open the game bar:.


It doesn't seem to be associated with any particular game.


When I open the game bar, there isn't really anything there that has to do with "points":.


This has been going on for about a month now. I don't really care about these points.


My question is: What is this pop-up trying to tell me and, more importantly, how do I make it stop?


Question from user Jason C at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

I take it you mean the pop-up shown below?


It seems this can be turned off using the "Notify me when I earn Rewards points" toggle, which is on the Notifications tab under Settings.


According to this thread, up to at least January 2022 it wasn't possible to turn these off separately, unless all notifications were turned off.


The Notifications tab seen in the image above (Settings → Notifications) is not there any more. I think you now have to log in to your Xbox Social Profile, and (de)activate the notifications there, but it's hard to find any information on this as most sources online still refer to the old situation.


Answer from user Joachim at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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How to turn off the Hey, look at that Points! notifications from Xbox Game Bar?
Posted On: March 17, 2023

Every once in a while on the PC, mostly when I start playing a game but sometimes if I'm not playing anything, I get a little popup from the Xbox Game Bar that says "Hey, look at that -- Points! Get them before they're gone!" with no additional details besides instructions to open the game bar:.


It doesn't seem to be associated with any particular game.


When I open the game bar, there isn't really anything there that has to do with "points":.


This has been going on for about a month now. I don't really care about these points.


My question is: What is this pop-up trying to tell me and, more importantly, how do I make it stop?


Question from user Jason C at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

I take it you mean the pop-up shown below?


It seems this can be turned off using the "Notify me when I earn Rewards points" toggle, which is on the Notifications tab under Settings.


According to this thread, up to at least January 2022 it wasn't possible to turn these off separately, unless all notifications were turned off.


The Notifications tab seen in the image above (Settings → Notifications) is not there any more. I think you now have to log in to your Xbox Social Profile, and (de)activate the notifications there, but it's hard to find any information on this as most sources online still refer to the old situation.


Answer from user Joachim at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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