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title: "How to set up Notifications in the Active Console"
description: "Notifications in the Active Console are set up using the Notifier menu, allowing on-screen pop-up alerts for critical and warning cells. You can enable, disable, or customize these notifications and filters through the Notifier settings."
url: "https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/faq/geneos/115004029249-geneos-how-to-set-up-notifications-in-the-active-console/index.html"
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The Active Console can display on screen pop-up notifications. This is set up using the Notifier menu, accessible from the **Tools > Notifier** or by clicking the Notifier icon in the toolbar.

![Notifier](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/faq/images/geneos/tools-notifier.png)

By default, the Notifier window will show two active filters. The first one will show critical alerts on cells and the second will show warning alerts on cells.

Under the General Settings section at the top you will notice the **Notifications** dropdown is set to **Disabled**. If you wish to enable the default notifications, you can choose **Always Enabled** or **Enabled when Minimised** options.

![Notifications setting](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/faq/images/geneos/enable-notifications-settings.png)

If you wish to disable one of the default filters, you can do that via the Status section of the entry, and uncheck the **Active** box.

Instructions on how to add filters can be found in the [Notifier Manager](https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/current/visualization/active-console/tools/notifier-manager/index.html#notifier-filter-table) documentation.

We also have an [FAQ article](https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/faq/geneos/115004021165-geneos-active-console-how-do-i-set-up-notifications-with-a-custom-sound-alert-and-how-do-i-setup-a-specific-sound-for-a-user-or-a-user-list/index.html) that goes over setting up notifications with a custom sound alert.