Google Plus - Checking Notifications

Google+ sends notification to notify us about the recent activity, such as photos/videos shared with us. This icon at appears on the page is the notification icon and we can choose to receive the notification through emails, text messages, etc. Enabling notifications is important as it gives us the benefit of knowing what is happening on the platform.

It comes in handy when we receive a notification of any offensive or annoying post while we are not online. It is easy to either immediately delete the post or block the user. Notifications can be turned off at any point of time using the account settings.

How to Control the Notifications?

For Android Users

Following are the steps to change notification on/off in Android app.

Step 1 − Open the Google+ account.

Step 2 − Click the Menu icon.

Step 3 − Select the “Settings”.

Step 4 − Click the Account Name and open the option “Notifications”.

Step 5 − Check or uncheck the option of notifications as required.

For PC Users

Following are the steps to change notification on/off in on a personal computer.

Step 1 − Open the Google+ account.

Step 2 − Go to Google+ Settings.

Step 3 − Scroll down the page to the option “Receive notifications”.

Step 4 − Check or uncheck the option of notifications as required.

Choose Who Can Directly Send Notifications

There’s another option to receive notifications about a particular post shared within circles. We can also receive notifications if people outside the circle comment on that post.

For Android Users

Step 1 − Open the Google+ account.

Step 2 − Open the Menu option.

Step 3 − Select the Settings and go to “Account settings”. Choose the account that we wish to get updates for.

Step 4 − Click the Notifications and finally select the option “Who can notify me”.

For PC Users

Step 1 − Open the Google+ account.

Step 2 − Click Google+ Settings.

Step 3 − Choose the option “Who can notify me”. Select the appropriate option from the available choices.