How To Disable Alerts in SharePoint

Disable Alerts

stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname alerts-enabled -propertyvalue false -url http://Web_App-URL


Enable Alerts
stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname alerts-enabled -propertyvalue true -url http://Web_App-URL


Set the Timer Job
stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname job-immediate-alerts -propertyvalue “every 5 minutes” -url http://Web_App-URL



NOTE: you can also use -pn in place of -propertyname & -pv inplace of -propertyvalue. e.g.

stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname alerts-enabled -propertyvalue false -url http://Web_App-URL

can aslo be written as

stsadm -o setproperty -pn alerts-enabled -pv false -url http://Web_App-URL