How to view previous Firefox notifications?

I got a message notification from Firefox, but it wasn't on the screen for long. I'd like to read what it said again. How do I view previous notifications?

Paul Atreides

Posted 2017-11-25T18:33:28.760

Reputation: 311

10Asking how to view previous firefox notifications seems to be perfectly clear to me.

What is unclear? – Terry Carmen – 2018-02-06T03:40:52.767

2Yes, it is clear for me too. Firefox allos Web push notifications, but so far, if you miss the message, there is no way to tell from which website it came from. – ronnyfm – 2018-06-22T16:30:32.937

2Here's my vote for re-opening this.... – Rob Penridge – 2018-10-10T16:40:27.510

yes, I just missed my notifications as it is so fast, and seemingly no way to revisit them: https://www.reddit.com/r/PushBullet/comments/1uwd1c/is_there_a_notification_history_in_firefox/

– Peter Teoh – 2018-10-10T23:48:44.537

4@TerryCarmen Welcome to the world of StackExchange, where questions get downvoted and closed for no clear reason. – neverMind9 – 2019-02-13T17:52:48.343

At this moment this is not possible natively. If someone wrote an extension that could manage the incoming notifications it would be possible. So far I do not know of any extensions that can do this. – Elmo – 2019-08-21T09:39:55.327

Answers

The Firefox extension Service Worker Control has a companion extension called Service Worker Control - Push Notification History.

Using a pair of add-ons to achieve this probably isn't ideal, but they're both tiny at 9.48KB and 22.33KB respectively, and they do work smoothly. One was last updated a month ago, the other 2 months ago.

Method

The best way to install add-ons is always from within the Firefox browser itself, where you can select the 'Add-ons' option from the Firefox menu, which opens an 'Add-ons Manger' tab. Search for them by name at the top of the tab and, once located in search results, add-ons can be installed by clicking the blue 'Add to Firefox' button, followed by clicking 'Allow' on the subsequent security warning.

For these particular add-ons further configuration is necessary: within the Add-ons Manager click the three dots to the right of the Service Worker Control add-on, select Options, and then check the 'Enable push notification history' checkbox. A list of push notifications will now be available in the Firefox toolbar, and also from within the Service Worker Control addon Options.

electric-skeptic

Posted 2017-11-25T18:33:28.760

Reputation: 51

Please explain briefly how the user can use these add-ons to achieve the desired effect. Please do not respond in comments; [edit] your answer to make it clearer and more complete. – G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' – 2019-09-10T16:47:55.160

@G-Man Good idea, have added some directions. Thank you. – electric-skeptic – 2019-09-10T17:29:46.090

-3

I presume you are talking about desktop notifications. For Windows 10:

You can click "Action Center" icon in the taskbar or press WIN+A - this will display all notifications that you haven't dismissed or clicked on (ie. took the recommended action, say from antivirus, etc).

If you did interact with notifications, they are gone from the action center but you might be able to access some of the data if you know which app pushed the notification through the event viewer, tho it's not a real backup of notifications, but it might help.

Zchesus

Posted 2017-11-25T18:33:28.760

Reputation: 65

Definitely says "Firefox notifications" up there. These are a.k.a. Web Push Notifications

– Rich – 2019-07-31T16:54:23.663

Yeah, unfortunately, seems that Firefox "Web Push Notifications" don't show up with the regular desktop notifications – Aaron Wallentine – 2019-10-30T23:03:11.250