> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xpander.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Notifications

> Omni Desktop shows native notifications when a task finishes, an approval waits, an agent asks you something, a task waits for your computer, a schedule ran without it, or an agent asks for a folder or the browser.

The app tells you, with a native notification, when:

* **A task finishes**, with a short line of its result. Every conversation you started from the app tells you when it ends.
* **An approval waits for you.** Choose **Approve** or **Deny** right on the notification.
* **An agent asks you a question.** Answer with the notification's buttons, or type in its reply field, without opening the window. This works while an agent is [controlling your Mac](https://docs.xpander.ai/desktop/computer-control.md#when-the-agent-asks-you-something) too.
* **A task is waiting for your computer** because the app is not connected (**Waiting for your Mac**).
* **A scheduled task ran without your Mac**, because the app was not open when it fired. Choose **Run now** to run it again on this computer. See [Scheduled tasks on your Mac](https://docs.xpander.ai/desktop/scheduled-tasks.md).
* **An agent asks to use a folder.** See [Trusted folders](https://docs.xpander.ai/desktop/folders.md#when-an-agent-asks-for-a-folder).
* **An agent asks to use the browser**, or **is using the Omni browser**. See [Browser control](https://docs.xpander.ai/desktop/browser.md).

Click a notification to open that conversation in the window. Nothing fires for the conversation you are looking at, and opening a conversation clears its notifications. While something waits for you, the menu bar icon carries a dot.

## Turn them off

Turn **Notifications** off in [Settings](https://docs.xpander.ai/desktop/settings.md) > **Notifications** to stop them all. Focus and Do Not Disturb apply as usual, and you can manage the app's notification style in macOS System Settings > Notifications > Omni.

Conversations that did not start in the app follow the same notification settings as the web bell.


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