How can I stop game bar pop-up notification?

Hi there,

I had the same issue a while ago — those Game Bar notifications can really interrupt the experience, especially when you're trying to focus. Here's what worked for me:

Disable Game Bar completely:
Go to Settings > Gaming > Xbox Game Bar and toggle Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game Bar to Off.

Turn off notifications:
Navigate to Settings > System > Notifications, then scroll down and turn off notifications for Xbox Game Bar or anything related to gaming if you don’t need them.

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Hope this helps! 

You can turn off this Game Bar notification by disabling background recording or the Game Bar itself.

Try the following steps:

Option 1: Turn off Game Bar entirely
1. Go to Settings > Gaming > Game Bar
2. Toggle “Open Xbox Game Bar using this button on a controller” to Off
3. Optionally, uncheck “Remember this as a game” if you’ve marked the game window as such before

Option 2: Disable background recording
1. Go to Settings > Gaming > Captures
2. Toggle “Record what happened” to Off
(This disables background recording and removes that popup)

Option 3: Hide notifications
1. Go to Settings > System > Notifications
2. Scroll to Xbox Game Bar and turn Off notifications specifically for it

Close Xbox Game Bar settings and locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\GameBar in the Registry Editor. Change the values of AllowAutoGameMode and UseNexusForGameBarEnabled to 0.

Hi there,

I had the same issue a while ago — those Game Bar notifications can really interrupt the experience, especially when you're trying to focus. Here's what worked for me:

Disable Game Bar completely:
Go to Settings > Gaming > Xbox Game Bar and toggle Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game Bar to Off.

Turn off notifications:
Navigate to Settings > System > Notifications, then scroll down and turn off notifications for Xbox Game Bar or anything related to gaming if you don’t need them.

Also, if you’re into relaxing while gaming or traveling, I recently came across a service that offers https://dcdiscoveryusa.com/ — it's been a great way to unwind offline and explore history in style. Thought I'd share in case you're into mixing tech-free downtime with real-world experiences!

Hope this helps! 

Hi thickthstreat​ ,

Good day!

Please press [Windows + G] and Then You can see below Game Bar, Go to Settings and Turn Off the notifications.

Hi thickthstreat​ ,

Good day!

Just press "Window + G" and You will see below Game Bar and Go to Settings and turn off the notifications.