OneDrive users on Windows occasionally see the ‘Look back at your memories‘ and ‘On this day‘ notifications displaying your photos and other images saved to OneDrive. While this can be a good thing, It can also be a distraction. In some cases, it can also be a privacy issue if you don’t want your photos to be displayed in random notifications.
If you don’t like this behavior, we’ll show you a simple way to turn off or disable OneDrive memories notifications such as ‘On this day’ and ‘Look back at your memories’. Let’s get started.
Disable OneDrive Memories Notifications on Windows
1. First, right-click on the OneDrive icon on the taskbar.
2. Click on the Gear icon and select Settings to open OneDrive settings.
3. In the OneDrive settings window, navigate to the Notifications tab.
4. Turn off the Notify me when “On this day” memories are available toggle.
5. Close the OneDrive settings window.
From now on, you will not see the OneDrive memories notifications such as ‘Look back at your memories‘ and ‘On this day‘ on Windows 10 & 11.
Stop OneDrive Memories Emails
If you don’t want to receive on this day memories emails from OneDrive, follow the below procedure to disable those email notifications.
1. Launch the browser of your choice.
2. Open the OneDrive website in your browser and log into your account.
3. Click the Settings icon (it looks like a gear) on the top right corner.
4. Click the Options link.
5. Navigate to the Notification tab on the sidebar.
6. Uncheck the On this day memories are available checkbox under Send me email when section.
7. Click Save.
That’s it. From now on, OneDrive will not send ‘On this day’ memories email notifications.
And there you have it. It’s that simple to disable OneDrive memories notifications on Windows and emails. If you have any questions, comment below and we’ll answer.
