diff --git bp-notifications/bp-notifications-classes.php bp-notifications/bp-notifications-classes.php
index 5be2531..6cb4af0 100644
--- bp-notifications/bp-notifications-classes.php
+++ bp-notifications/bp-notifications-classes.php
@@ -321,6 +321,19 @@ class BP_Notifications_Notification {
 			$where_conditions['is_new'] = "is_new = 0";
 		}
 
+		// active
+		if ( ! empty( $args['active'] ) ) {
+			$active_components = array_keys( buddypress()->active_components );
+
+			$ac_clean = array();
+			foreach ( $active_components as $ac ) {
+				$ac_clean[] = $wpdb->prepare( '%s', $ac );
+			}
+
+			$ac_in = implode( ',', $ac_clean );
+			$where_conditions['active'] = "component_name IN ({$ac_in})";
+		}
+
 		// search_terms
 		if ( ! empty( $args['search_terms'] ) ) {
 			$search_terms = like_escape( esc_sql( $args['search_terms'] ) );
@@ -556,6 +569,7 @@ class BP_Notifications_Notification {
 			'component_name'    => false,
 			'component_action'  => false,
 			'is_new'            => true,
+			'active'            => true,
 			'search_terms'      => '',
 			'order_by'          => false,
 			'sort_order'        => false,
@@ -578,6 +592,7 @@ class BP_Notifications_Notification {
 			'component_name'    => $r['component_name'],
 			'component_action'  => $r['component_action'],
 			'is_new'            => $r['is_new'],
+			'active'            => $r['active'],
 			'search_terms'      => $r['search_terms'],
 		) );
 
@@ -759,6 +774,7 @@ class BP_Notifications_Notification {
 		$r = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
 			'user_id'      => bp_loggedin_user_id(),
 			'is_new'       => true,
+			'active'       => true,
 			'page'         => 1,
 			'per_page'     => 25,
 			'search_terms' => '',
diff --git bp-notifications/bp-notifications-template.php bp-notifications/bp-notifications-template.php
index 2ca2610..22dbe38 100644
--- bp-notifications/bp-notifications-template.php
+++ bp-notifications/bp-notifications-template.php
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ class BP_Notifications_Template {
 		$r = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
 			'user_id'      => 0,
 			'is_new'       => true,
+			'active'       => true,
 			'page'         => 1,
 			'per_page'     => 25,
 			'order_by'     => 'date_notified',
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ class BP_Notifications_Template {
 		$this->pag_num      = $pag_num;
 		$this->user_id      = $r['user_id'];
 		$this->is_new       = $r['is_new'];
+		$this->active       = $r['active'];
 		$this->search_terms = $r['search_terms'];
 		$this->page_arg     = $r['page_arg'];
 		$this->order_by     = $r['order_by'];
@@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ class BP_Notifications_Template {
 		$notifications      = BP_Notifications_Notification::get_current_notifications_for_user( array(
 			'user_id'      => $this->user_id,
 			'is_new'       => $this->is_new,
+			'active'       => $this->active,
 			'page'         => $this->pag_page,
 			'per_page'     => $this->pag_num,
 			'search_terms' => $this->search_terms,
@@ -481,6 +484,7 @@ function bp_has_notifications( $args = '' ) {
 	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
 		'user_id'      => $user_id,
 		'is_new'       => $is_new,
+		'active'       => true,
 		'page'         => 1,
 		'per_page'     => 25,
 		'max'          => false,