diff --git a/src-tauri/src/app/notification.rs b/src-tauri/src/app/notification.rs
index b781810eff..54b80bbef1 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/app/notification.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/app/notification.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ pub struct NotificationParams {
     title: String,
     body: String,
     icon: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    #[cfg_attr(not(target_os = "windows"), allow(dead_code))]
+    silent: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
@@ -166,11 +169,24 @@ pub fn send(
     }
 
     use tauri_plugin_notification::NotificationExt;
-    app.notification()
+    let notification = app
+        .notification()
         .builder()
         .title(&params.title)
         .body(&params.body)
-        .icon(&params.icon)
+        .icon(&params.icon);
+
+    // On Windows, omitting sound makes notify-rust emit a silent toast.
+    // "Default" selects the OS notification sound while honoring Web
+    // Notification's silent option. Other platforms keep existing behavior.
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    let notification = if params.silent {
+        notification
+    } else {
+        notification.sound("Default")
+    };
+
+    notification
         .show()
         .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to show notification: {e}"))?;
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/inject/event.js b/src-tauri/src/inject/event.js
index 9edffdd384..e8e9e08a6e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/inject/event.js
+++ b/src-tauri/src/inject/event.js
@@ -1469,7 +1469,13 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
       pendingFocusClick = null;
 
       invoke("send_notification", {
-        params: { id, title: this.title, body: this.body, icon: this.icon },
+        params: {
+          id,
+          title: this.title,
+          body: this.body,
+          icon: this.icon,
+          silent: this.silent,
+        },
       })
         .then((outcome) => {
           if (liveNotifications.get(id) !== this) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/event-link-guard.test.js b/tests/unit/event-link-guard.test.js
index 80eff151ce..9ebf028040 100644
--- a/tests/unit/event-link-guard.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/event-link-guard.test.js
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ describe("event link guard", () => {
             title: "Hello",
             body: "World",
             icon: "https://example.com/icon.png",
+            silent: false,
           },
         },
       ],
diff --git a/tests/unit/notification-bridge.test.js b/tests/unit/notification-bridge.test.js
index 80226a20f1..8008e3d2c8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/notification-bridge.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/notification-bridge.test.js
@@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ function loadNotificationBridge({
 }
 
 describe("notification bridge", () => {
+  it("forwards silent true, false, and default false to the native command", async () => {
+    const bridge = loadNotificationBridge();
+    new bridge.Notification("Default");
+    new bridge.Notification("Audible", { silent: false });
+    new bridge.Notification("Quiet", { silent: true });
+    await bridge.settle();
+    const notifications = bridge.invokeCalls.filter(
+      (call) => call.command === "send_notification",
+    );
+    expect(notifications.map((call) => call.payload.params.silent)).toEqual([
+      false,
+      false,
+      true,
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("preserves native event identity when EventTarget is not constructible", async () => {
     const bridge = loadNotificationBridge({
       nativeClick: true,