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How to disable Windows pop-up toast notification when Elements Scheduled Scan starts or finishes?

Issue:

How to disable the Windows pop-up toast notification what is shown to the local user when Elements Endpoint Protection Scheduled Scan starts or finishes? Can this be turned off?

Resolution:

The Scheduled Scan notification can be turned off from the profile settings:

  1. Log in to the Elements Security Center portal 
  2. Navigate to the Security Configurations > Profiles page
  3. Open the profile that is being used by the devices
  4. Go to the Manual Scanning settings page
  5. In the Scheduled scanning section, disable Show notifications to user
  6. Click Save profile

Now the start and finish notifications for scheduled scans will no longer be shown to the local users.