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How do I block Microsoft yellow info bar ads?
Any solution to this yet?
I've been getting a yellow bar ad in Excel for over a week. It states:
"Pro Tip: Get the answers you need from your numbers with Power BI"
There are no settings to turn this off. I don't want advertising Microsoft. Plain and simply. My company pays a LOT (every year) for our licenses. It should not be subsidized with ads.
No way to turn it off and having it show up in the yellow bar, which you know people will look at because that's where important messages are displayed, is a shady business practice. While I'm not surprised based on the atmosphere at MS this last half decade, it is annoying.
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Did you try to disable the notifications from Windows 10 settings..
Settings - System - Notifications and actions -
Turn the Notification Off...
Thanks
Robin Nishad
My Windows notifications have been disabled since the day I installed. I'm not sure this would affect what I'm seeing in Excel anyway.
To be clear this is not a windows pop-up notification. OP and I are speaking about the yellow info bar that Office uses. The one right below the ribbon. This yellow bar is typically used to notify users of dangerous content and other important messages. Having it show ads everyday is not only annoying but is going to make me less likely to pay attention to actual important messages.