How to clear all notifications in macOS?

andy4222 · February 19, 2022, 4:09am

Hi MPUers,

Is there a way to clear all notifications cards (from the notification center)? Searched online and those apple scripts don’t work anymore.

OS version: macOS Monterey 12.2

cornchip · February 19, 2022, 5:18am

Did you try this one?

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/lancethomps/a5ac103f334b171f70ce2ff983220b4f

close_notifications_applescript.js

function run(input, parameters) {

  const appName = "";
  const verbose = true;

  const scriptName = "close_notifications_applescript";

  const CLEAR_ALL_ACTION = "Clear All";
  const CLEAR_ALL_ACTION_TOP = "Clear";
  const CLOSE_ACTION = "Close";

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There’s a clarification about bundling deep in the comments if you’re having trouble with errors: https://gist.github.com/lancethomps/a5ac103f334b171f70ce2ff983220b4f?permalink_comment_id=3851658#gistcomment-3851658

andy4222 · February 19, 2022, 5:38am

Thanks @cornchip . I tried running this via Script Editor and it did not clear notifications that were hidden in the notification center

Wseries · February 19, 2022, 5:58am

If you’re a user of LanchBar you can use this custom action to show/dismiss notifications.

andy4222 · February 19, 2022, 6:15am

I’m an Alfred user. Not sure if this will work across apps

jec0047 · February 20, 2022, 1:02am

The scripts in the source linked by @Wseries are AppleScript so they should be adaptable to other automation platforms (with some effort, of course).

andy4222 · February 20, 2022, 4:46am

I ran this script from @Wseries (this one), via ScriptEditor and did not clear the notification automatically when the notification panel is collapsed. But when I run the script and immediately open the notification panel, then it clears them. How do I automate this?

jec0047 · February 20, 2022, 7:21am

Do you mean opening the notifications panel before running the script, or building a Alfred workflow from that script?

andy4222 · February 20, 2022, 7:51am

Do you mean opening the notifications panel before running the script

Yes. Because that script is only work when the notification panel is open. If it is closed/hidden, the script does nothing, atleast that is what happens when I run it via ScriptEditor. Maybe you might have a diff experience

jec0047 · February 21, 2022, 3:57pm

Sorry, I don’t know. I hardly use Notification Center myself, and a lot seems to have changed in Big Sur and Monterey. I wish I could be more helpful.