How to avoid notifications from the Google Photos assistant

Google Photos is a very useful tool that will come in handy if you need to manage and organize all the images you take from your mobile In addition, If you have a contracted plan in Google Drive – or you use the free one, which is offered by default to all users – it is likely that Google Photos will also be of great help to make automatic backup copies of all your albums.

But one thing is clear: if you've used Google Photos, you probably know that the service can be a bit pushy.If you don't regulate notifications, you will receive messages for almost everything. We are talking about cleaning recommendations, which can be very useful at certain times, but also notifications about albums that Google Photos has spontaneously created animations and other photographic compositions that no one has asked him to do, but that he has actually done and wants to show you.

If you have nothing else to do but manage your photos, this might come in handy. But the most normal thing is that you have other important occupations and that notifications from Google Photos only generate interruptions in your day to daya. If you're determined to stop all these interruptions, we recommend taking a look at the following tips.

Set up Google Photos notifications

If you do not want to be bothered with repeated notifications about the photos you have in the gallery and other suggestions that you prefer to ignore, you will have to access the configuration section of the service. In reality, it's very easy. Do the following:

1. Access Google Photos. If you can't find the icon, take a good look at the Google applications folder. The shortcut may be stored in here.

2. Once inside, get ready for action. The notification system in Google Photos is complex, in the sense that there are notifications for almost everything and if you don't want to be disturbed, you will have to disable them almost entirely but one by one. But let's get to the point.

3. Click on the hamburger icon (it is in the upper left part of the screen) and enter the Settings section (it is a little further down).Here, you will need to select the Notifications option From here you can configure your preferences in this regard.

Choose which notifications you want to receive and which not

In this section of notifications you can control what type of notifications you want to receive from Google Photos. You have different options, which are the following:

• Suggestions for sharing (when you have new photos to share with friends)
• Print promotions (if there are limited time offers or discounts)
• Photo Book Drafts (if about to expire)
• Suggested Picture Books (when you've received one to view)

At the end of this section you will find another section that reads “Notification settings on this device”, which is used to manage other notifications that They also come from Google Photos. You can deactivate all of them or choose, one by one, what type of notification you want to receive and what others you don't.

You have alerts from app icons, sounds, and notifications during backups (progress, suggestions, and alerts), plus others notices related to the Assistant, Others, Promotions or Sharing. From here you can decide and configure if you want to continue receiving notifications, but you want them to have no sound, if you only want vibration or if you want to set a specific priority. When you finish, you will have deactivated – to your liking – Google Photos notifications. You should not receive any more.