How to mute notifications in Google Hangouts

You may be on a video call or need some time to focus and you'd prefer classic Hangouts not to ping each time someone sends a message.

How to mute notifications in Hangouts:

• In Gmail, go to the chat gadget down the left-hand side. If you don't see the chat gadget you may have it hidden, click the speech bubble icon at the bottom of the left-hand side column to reveal.

• Click the drop-down arrow next to your name.

• Next, select how long you want notifications to get muted for from the "Mute notification for..." box.

• You have now muted notifications.

How to mute notifications for specific chats:

• In Gmail, open the conversation you would like to mute.

• Click the settings cog in the top right of the chat window.

• Remove the “tick” from the notification box.

• This chat will no longer ping or popup when new messages are received.

• The chat will appear bold in your messages window when new messages have been received.