It will need to first select the notification with the Win+Shift+V shortcut, and then after a short delay, execute the Delete key. The script itself shouldn’t too hard to write and AutoHotKey will be up to the job. It might be possible to execute it with one shortcut but you’d need a script to do the job. They’re incredibly rigid in terms of customization options and the keyboard shortcut that can dismiss them has to be executed in two steps. These notifications have been designed to work more intuitively on a touch screen, there’s no mistaking it. It won’t mark it as a ‘read’ notification and you will be able to view it again in the Action Center. This is the equivalent of swiping the notification away. Once selected, you can dismiss it by tapping the Delete key.

When you see a desktop notification appear, use the following keyboard shortcut to select it.Ī white outline appears around the notification to indicate that it has been selected. The trick to this is being able to select the notification, and recognizing that it has been selected.

Windows 10 notifications not clearing