How to stop desktop notifications for recommended apps

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The issue you are facing:
I am getting a lot of desktop notifications regarding recommended Apps.
This is on macOS 10.14

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N):
No, I had this issue before where I sometimes over night got several dozen notifications.

I disabled an installed app called " Recommendations" in the hopes that would stop desktop notifications, but reenabled again when I saw this was for file recommendations.

Can I actually disabled “app recommendatins” without disabling desktop notifications all together?

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Have the desktop app running
  2. Wait for desktop notifications to flock in

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Just to note for others on macOS:

  1. I had to open the desktop app (top bar icon > Settings …)
  2. open the “Activity” tab
  3. find the entry with the same info as the OS notification
  4. dismiss it by clicking on the “x”

I will mark this as the solution, but the thanks goes to kesselb.

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