Disable Steam notifications in-game only

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Is it possible to disable Steam notifications (friend logs in, messages you, et cetera) in-game, and do so without disabling the community completely? That is to say I can still access Steam in-game - it just does not display the messages.

Emphasis that this is for in-game only, I don't want to just disable those notifications everywhere nor do I want to have to turn them on and off before and after I play a game.

Jean Claude · Accepted Answer

If you go in-game and do shift+tab, you get that odd overlay menu.
in the friends pop-out there is your name, and a settings symbol next to it.

click it and you get a "friends light settings" menu
go to the Notification tab and uncheck everything

badp · Answer

View → Settings → In-Game → Enable Steam Community In-Game (remove tick)

Wipqozn · Answer

It would appear that there is no way of disabling notifications in-game only, while still keeping the steam community enabled in-game.

Either notifications need to be turned off globally (View -> Settings -> Friends -> Uncheck all the "Display a Notification" check boxes), or the steam community needs to be disabled in-game in order to prevent me from receiving notifications in-game.

MudButt · Answer

You could change your status in chat to busy or away and this should eliminate notifications during game.

Disable Steam notifications in-game only

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