Kick notifications not working? Causes and fixes on PC

Your favorite streamer went live and the notification came late, or never came. Here is what to check, and how to get alerts you can count on.

Check these five things first

• You follow the streamer on Kick and notifications are turned on for that channel.
• Your browser is allowed to show notifications for kick.com (in Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Site settings > Notifications).
• Focus Assist or Do Not Disturb in Windows, or a Focus mode on macOS, is not hiding notifications.
• On a phone, battery saving is not stopping the Kick app from running in the background.
• A Kick tab is open. Browser notifications from a website usually only arrive while one of its tabs is open.

Get alerts without keeping Kick open

A browser extension can watch the channels you follow even when no Kick tab is open. KickAlert, a free extension for Chrome and Firefox, sends a desktop notification the moment a followed channel goes live.

1. Install KickAlert from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons.
2. Sign in to Kick in the same browser and click the KickAlert icon. Your followed channels appear in the list.
3. Turn on the bell for the channels you want alerts from. New installs start with alerts off, so you are not flooded.

Still nothing?

Open the channel's settings in KickAlert and press "Will this channel notify you?". It lists everything that could stop an alert: browser permission, the channel's mode, a pause, quiet hours, filters or the connection to Kick.