Also means
to disable
Usage Note
Disattivare is the standard technical and everyday verb for switching something off or disabling it — disattivare un allarme (to deactivate an alarm), disattivare un account (to disable an account). It takes avere as its auxiliary in compound tenses: ho disattivato il sistema ('I deactivated the system'). Its opposite is attivare (to activate).
Examples
"Ho disattivato le notifiche sul telefono."
Natural Translation
I deactivated the notifications on my phone.
Literal Translation
I-have deactivated the notifications on-the phone.
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