Safari Not Asking for Notification Permission on Websites? Here’s How to Trigger It Manually

🛑 Problem:

Many users encounter — myself included — have encountered an issue where Safari on Mac does not prompt them to allow notifications for certain websites—even though they know the site supports it. This can happen when:

• The website doesn’t explicitly ask for notification permissions.
• Safari requires a user interaction before showing the prompt.
• The user previously dismissed the request, and Safari won’t show it again automatically.

✅ Quick Fix: Trigger the Notification Permission Prompt Manually

If you’re trying to get a site to show the “Allow Notifications” prompt, and it’s not doing it automatically, here’s a safe and working workaround.

📌 Step-by-step:

1. Open the website you want notifications from.
2. Open Safari’s Developer Console:

• • Press Command + Option + C

3. Paste the following code and hit Enter:

var btn = document.createElement('button');
 btn.textContent = 'Enable Notifications';
 btn.style.position = 'fixed';
 btn.style.top = '10px';
 btn.style.right = '10px';
 btn.style.zIndex = '9999';
 btn.style.padding = '10px 15px';
 btn.style.backgroundColor = '#007aff';
 btn.style.color = '#fff';
 btn.style.border = 'none';
 btn.style.borderRadius = '5px';
 btn.style.cursor = 'pointer';
 btn.onclick = function() {
  Notification.requestPermission().then(function(permission) {
   console.log('Notification permission status:', permission);
   btn.remove(); // optionally remove the button after click
  });
};

// Add to top of body
document.body.prepend(btn);

// Optionally, also append to bottom
// document.body.appendChild(btn.cloneNode(true));

4. Click the blue “Enable Notifications” button that appears at the top-right of the screen.

5. Safari will now prompt you to allow or deny notifications for the site.

📢 Summary:

If a website isn’t asking for notification permission in Safari:

• It’s not broken — it just needs a user interaction.
• You can manually create a button to trigger the request.
• This works across almost all modern versions of Safari.