diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/BalloonLayoutImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/BalloonLayoutImpl.java
index d4668982fa0a..ebcf22f23f00 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/BalloonLayoutImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/BalloonLayoutImpl.java
@@ -253,6 +253,20 @@ public class BalloonLayoutImpl implements BalloonLayout {
     }
   }
 
+  public void closeAll() {
+    myCloseAll.run();
+  }
+
+  public void closeFirst() {
+    if (!myBalloons.isEmpty()) {
+      remove(myBalloons.get(0), true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public int getBalloonCount() {
+    return myBalloons.size();
+  }
+
   private static int getVisibleCount() {
     return Registry.intValue("ide.notification.visible.count", 2);
   }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/NotificationActions.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/NotificationActions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6078fc7fb085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/NotificationActions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.ui
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.IdeFrame
+
+/**
+ * @author Alexander Lobas
+ */
+
+abstract class NotificationAction : AnAction() {
+  override fun update(e: AnActionEvent) {
+    val layout = getBalloonLayout(e)
+    e.presentation.isEnabled = layout != null && layout.balloonCount > 0
+  }
+
+  protected fun getBalloonLayout(e: AnActionEvent) = e.getData(IdeFrame.KEY)?.balloonLayout as BalloonLayoutImpl?
+}
+
+class CloseFirstNotificationAction : NotificationAction() {
+  override fun actionPerformed(e: AnActionEvent) {
+    getBalloonLayout(e)?.closeFirst()
+  }
+}
+
+class CloseAllNotificationsAction : NotificationAction() {
+  override fun actionPerformed(e: AnActionEvent) {
+    getBalloonLayout(e)?.closeAll()
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties
index 94e69d8e377b..d9bdb53bbb53 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties
@@ -942,6 +942,9 @@ action.CloseAllUnpinnedEditors.description=Close all editors which are not pinne
 action.CloseContent.text=_Close
 action.CloseContent.description=Close currently focused content
 group.EditorTabsGroup.text=Editor _Tabs
+action.CloseFirstNotification.text=Close First
+action.CloseAllNotifications.text=Close All
+group.Notifications.text=Notifications
 action.SplitVertically.text=Split _Vertically
 action.SplitVertically.description=Split editor area into 2 tab groups and move the current tab to the right group
 action.SplitHorizontally.text=Split _Horizontally
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml
index 95fdcbe2d8f0..ee6a165d818a 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml
@@ -481,6 +481,11 @@
           <action id="AddNewTabToTheEndMode" class="com.intellij.ide.actions.TabsAddedToTheEndSwitcher"/>
         </group>
 
+        <group id="Notifications" popup="true">
+          <action class="com.intellij.ui.CloseFirstNotificationAction" id="CloseFirstNotification"/>
+          <action class="com.intellij.ui.CloseAllNotificationsAction" id="CloseAllNotifications"/>
+        </group>
+
         <group id="BackgroundTasks" popup="true">
           <action id="ShowProcessWindow" class="com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.ShowProcessWindowAction"/>
           <action id="AutoShowProcessWindow" class="com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.AutoShowProcessPopupAction"/>