JaapsTools

18.5.2

Functions/Clear-Notifications.ps1


function Clear-Notifications {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
    )

    Start-Job -ScriptBlock {
        powershell -noprofile -Command {
            [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] | Out-Null

            # get the list of all registry keys
            $notifications = Get-ChildItem HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings | Select-Object Name

            # iterate through the keys, extract the name that will be used in the clear function, and clear the notifications
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $notifications.Count; $index++) {
                $name = $notifications[$index]
                $split = $name -split "\\"
                $last = $split[$split.Count - 1]
                $last = $last.Substring(0, $last.Length - 1)
        ([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::History).clear($last)
            }
        }
    } | Out-Null
}