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To silence or restore the chime that plays when a Focus session ends in Windows 11, open the Clock app, go to Settings, and switch End of session sound off or on. That control lives in the Clock app, not in Windows’ general notification settings, and it is separate from the break-end sound.
Change the Focus session sound in the Clock app
- Open Clock from the Start menu or by searching for it in Windows Search.
- In the Clock app, select Settings.
- Find End of session sound. Switch it off to silence the Focus session completion sound, or on to hear it again.
- Close Settings. Start a short Focus session on the same PC to confirm the change took effect.
This path comes from Microsoft-hosted community guidance in Microsoft Q&A, which an independent community tutorial also describes. Microsoft’s own Focus help article explains how Focus works but does not name this specific switch, so the exact wording and layout can differ between Clock app versions.
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Silence the break sound too, if needed
The same Clock Settings page includes a separate End of break sound toggle for break completions. A reader who wants no chimes at all during Focus should check both toggles. Changing one does not change the other.
Do not use the general notification sound settings
Windows also has general notification controls under Settings > System > Notifications, including per-app sound options. Those settings govern notifications from apps in general. They are not the documented route for the Focus end-of-session sound, so changing them is unlikely to fix the Focus chime specifically.
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Focus is a Windows feature that temporarily blocks notifications and turns on Do not disturb by default. Microsoft’s Focus support article states that you receive a notification when a session ends. If Do not disturb was already on before you started the session, it stays on after the session ends.
Turning off the end-of-session sound only silences that chime. It does not turn off Focus, the session timer, or the end-of-session notification, and it does not change your other notification behavior.
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People often search for this in different ways. A user on Microsoft Q&A asked how to stop a Windows alarm from sounding, which describes the same chime. If you mean the break alarm, use the End of break sound toggle described above.
What is not confirmed
- Whether the setting syncs across devices signed in with the same Microsoft account is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- Whether every Windows 11 and Clock app version uses identical labels is not established. If you do not see End of session sound, update the Clock app from Microsoft Store and check again.
The steps above were not tested on a range of machines for this article; they reflect the documented guidance cited here.
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