RescueTime notifications and sound settings

RescueTime uses notifications to alert you about your progress throughout the workday with sounds and pop-up notifications.

Enabling operating system notifications

To receive RescueTime notifications, you must allow them in your system settings. These notifications will appear on your desktop and align with your Assistant feed and pinned alerts.

Windows

1. Open the Start Menu > Settings > System > Notifications & actions.
2. Scroll down to RescueTime in the right-hand panel and click on it. 
3. Toggle Notifications to the right to enable them.

To disable sounds and notifications, toggle Notifications to the left.

Mac

1. Open the Apple Menu > System Settings > Notifications.
2. Scroll down to RescueTime and click on it.
3. Toggle Allow Notifications to the right to enable them.

You can also customize how notifications appear and whether they include sounds.

To disable sounds and notifications, toggle Allow Notifications to the left.

RescueTime Assistant notifications

You can enable sounds for features like toggling pause, alerts, and Focus Sessions. 

To enable sounds:

1. Click the gear icon in your Assistant.
2. Click Status sounds to check the box.

To disable sounds:

1. Click the gear icon in your Assistant.
2. Click Status sounds to uncheck the box.