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Federico Poloni
Asked: 2018-05-11 14:08:52 +0800 CST

Turn off "Dropbox almost full" notification

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Dropbox for Linux has the annoying habit to send a desktop notification every few hours telling me that my space is almost full. Is there a way (under Gnome-based Ubuntu 17.10 and newer) to filter out this message, while retaining all other notifications (both from Dropbox and other programs)?

Notifications work using Dbus, if I understand correctly, so I wonder if there is a way to 'intercept' this call to filter it out without having to patch and recompile Gnome.

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1 Answers

  1. I don't have DropBox installed, but here's how you can configure Gnome3 desktop notifications per application:

    • Open Settings → Notifications
    • Click the application you want to disable notifications from
    • You'll be able to turn off the application's notifications, or configure various other aspects.

    Notifications window

    On re-reading your question, I see you want to retain other DropBox notifications - so this isn't the answer you're looking for. I've asked much the same question (but phrased more generically) at Does Gnome3 have a method to filter desktop notifications?

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