If you have enabled notifications in Freshchat but are still not getting push notifications, you need to check your browser settings and enable push notifications in your browser.


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How to enable push notifications in Google Chrome


How notifications work

By default, Chrome alerts you whenever a website, app, or extension wants to send you notifications. You can change this in settings at any time. However, If you’re browsing in Incognito mode, you won’t get notifications.


To allow or block notifications in your Chrome browser,

  1. Go to your Chrome browser.

  2. At the top right corner, click More > Settings, or if you’re a Mac user, from the menu bar at the top, select Chrome > Preferences

  3. Go to Advanced > Privacy and Security

  4. Click Site settings.

  5. Click Notifications. 

  6. Choose to block or allow notifications:

  • To block all notifications: Turn off Ask before sending.

  • To block a specific website: Next to "Block," click Add. Enter the site and click Add.

  • To allow a site: Next to "Allow," click Add. Enter the site and click Add.

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You can go to 'View Site Information' in your Address bar and choose to block or allow notifications. You can also block any sites or apps from sending you notifications. 


How to enable push notifications in Firefox


If you’re a Mac user,

  1. Go to the menu, select Firefox > Preferences > Privacy and Security > Settings > Click Allow or Block next to the website.

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In your Address bar, go to Site Information > Show Connection Details > More Information > Permissions and under 'Send Notifications', you can allow or block notifications.



If you’re a Windows user,

  1. Click on the hamburger menu icon in the top right corner next to the home icon

  2. Select Options > Content

  3. Click the ‘Choose’ button next to Notifications

Here you can see a list of websites for which you’ve allowed notifications. You can remove the sites from which you don’t want to get push notifications.


How to enable push notifications in Safari

  1. Go to Safari in the top menu > Preferences > Websites > Notifications

  2. You will find the websites listed where you can select Allow or Deny to enable or disable notifications from the website.


How to enable push notifications in Microsoft Edge

  1. Click on the More icon in the top right corner 

  2. Go to Settings > Advanced > Manage

  3. Click on the website for which you want to enable/disable push notifications

  4. Move the toggle to the right to enable and to the left to disable notifications