Windows 10: Difficulty disabling Focus assist

I am running Windows 11 Pro on a Dell laptop.This one is bafflingI tried using the suggestions I found with Google.A. Steps to disable Focus assist Select the Action Center icon on the taskbarSelect Focus assistSelect OffandB. Selecting Start > Settings > System > Focus****Yet something seemingly so easy has been an adventure.I CANNOT REMOVE THE DISPLAY IN THE RED BOX OF MY SCREEN SHOT.Note: The Notification area in the lower right corner at the far end of the taskbar.Footnote: The Windows 10 steps are different easier. Reminds me of Windows 10 Paint which is also simpler smil

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Unable to disable Focus Assist

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I do understand how frustrating it could be when the features are not working as they are supposed to work. We would like to know the troubleshooting steps that you have performed so that we can eliminate the recursion of the steps.

However, as you have mentioned that Focus Assist gets re-enabled automatically after disabling it. This issue may be due to a profile corruption. Hence, in order to eliminate possibilities, I would suggest you to create a new user account, disable
Focus Assist and check if the issue persists. Follow the steps from the article
Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10
to create a new user account.

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Questions about Focus Assist

Hello, *Smile

If you turn off Get notifications from apps and other senders, it will disable notifications from everything except Windows system notifications.

Turning on Focus Assist will turn off all notifications until you turn off Focus Assist.

Turn On or Off Focus Assist in Windows 10

Customize Focus Assist Priority List in Windows 10

Change Focus Assist Automatic Rules in Windows 10

 

Questions about Focus Assist

Thank you. Could you give me examples of Windows system notifications and can all of them be disabled? So, if I turn off the "get notifications from apps and other senders" setting I don't even have to disable other notifications' settings which remain turned on?

What if I turn off notifications and Focus Assist, may I still have any notifications?