diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index ec96c8d3f..7c8d15c56 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
-    add_subdirectory(sendnotifications)
-endif()
-
 if(NOT APPLE)
+    add_subdirectory(sendnotifications)
     add_subdirectory(sftp)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/mousepad/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/mousepad/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d54052c9..915b4c8a4 100644
--- a/plugins/mousepad/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/mousepad/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ kdeconnect_add_plugin(kdeconnect_mousepad SOURCES mousepadplugin.cpp abstractrem
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     target_sources(kdeconnect_mousepad PUBLIC waylandremoteinput.cpp ${SRCS})
-
     target_sources(kdeconnect_mousepad PRIVATE ${wayland_SRCS})
     target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_mousepad Wayland::Client Qt::WaylandClient PkgConfig::XkbCommon)
-    target_sources(kdeconnect_mousepad PUBLIC waylandremoteinput.cpp)
 
     if (WITH_X11)
         find_package(LibFakeKey REQUIRED)
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c9288183..9b5423dd1 100644
--- a/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ target_sources(kdeconnect_sendnotifications PRIVATE
     notificationslistener.cpp
     notifyingapplication.cpp
 )
+
 target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_sendnotifications
     kdeconnectcore
     Qt::DBus
@@ -12,9 +13,16 @@ target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_sendnotifications
     Qt::Gui
     KF${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::IconThemes
     KF${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::ConfigCore
-    PkgConfig::GIO
 )
 
+if(WIN32)
+    target_sources(kdeconnect_sendnotifications PRIVATE windowsnotificationslistener.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_sendnotifications windowsapp)
+else()
+    target_sources(kdeconnect_sendnotifications PRIVATE dbusnotificationslistener.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_sendnotifications PkgConfig::GIO)
+endif()
+
 # Config
 kdeconnect_add_kcm(kdeconnect_sendnotifications_config)
 
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/dbusnotificationslistener.cpp b/plugins/sendnotifications/dbusnotificationslistener.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..479ac7d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/dbusnotificationslistener.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Holger Kaelberer <holger.k@elberer.de>
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Fushan Wen <qydwhotmail@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "dbusnotificationslistener.h"
+
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <QDBusArgument>
+#include <QDBusInterface>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QScopeGuard>
+#include <dbushelper.h>
+
+#include <kiconloader.h>
+#include <kicontheme.h>
+
+#include <core/kdeconnectplugin.h>
+
+#include "plugin_sendnotifications_debug.h"
+
+DBusNotificationsListener::DBusNotificationsListener(KdeConnectPlugin *aPlugin)
+    : NotificationsListener(aPlugin)
+{
+    setupDBusMonitor();
+}
+
+DBusNotificationsListener::~DBusNotificationsListener()
+{
+    g_dbus_connection_remove_filter(m_gdbusConnection, m_gdbusFilterId);
+    g_object_unref(m_gdbusConnection);
+}
+
+void DBusNotificationsListener::setupDBusMonitor()
+{
+    GError *error = nullptr;
+    m_gdbusConnection = g_bus_get_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION, nullptr, &error);
+    g_assert_no_error(error);
+    m_gdbusFilterId = g_dbus_connection_add_filter(m_gdbusConnection, DBusNotificationsListener::onMessageFiltered, this, nullptr);
+
+    g_autoptr(GDBusMessage) msg =
+        g_dbus_message_new_method_call("org.freedesktop.DBus", "/org/freedesktop/DBus", "org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring", "BecomeMonitor");
+
+    GVariantBuilder *arrayBuilder = g_variant_builder_new(G_VARIANT_TYPE("as"));
+    g_variant_builder_add(arrayBuilder, "s", "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'");
+    g_variant_builder_add(arrayBuilder, "s", "member='Notify'");
+
+    g_dbus_message_set_body(msg, g_variant_new("(asu)", arrayBuilder, 0u));
+    g_dbus_connection_send_message(m_gdbusConnection, msg, GDBusSendMessageFlags::G_DBUS_SEND_MESSAGE_FLAGS_NONE, nullptr, &error);
+    g_assert_no_error(error);
+}
+
+bool DBusNotificationsListener::parseImageDataArgument(GVariant *argument,
+                                                       int &width,
+                                                       int &height,
+                                                       int &rowStride,
+                                                       int &bitsPerSample,
+                                                       int &channels,
+                                                       bool &hasAlpha,
+                                                       QByteArray &imageData) const
+{
+    if (g_variant_n_children(argument) != 7) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    g_autoptr(GVariant) variant;
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 0);
+    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    width = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 1);
+    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    height = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 2);
+    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    rowStride = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 3);
+    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    hasAlpha = g_variant_get_boolean(variant);
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 4);
+    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    bitsPerSample = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 5);
+    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    channels = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 6);
+    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    imageData = g_variant_get_bytestring(variant);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+QSharedPointer<QIODevice> DBusNotificationsListener::iconForImageData(GVariant *argument) const
+{
+    int width, height, rowStride, bitsPerSample, channels;
+    bool hasAlpha;
+    QByteArray imageData;
+
+    if (!parseImageDataArgument(argument, width, height, rowStride, bitsPerSample, channels, hasAlpha, imageData))
+        return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
+
+    if (bitsPerSample != 8) {
+        qCWarning(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Unsupported image format:"
+                                                      << "width=" << width << "height=" << height << "rowStride=" << rowStride
+                                                      << "bitsPerSample=" << bitsPerSample << "channels=" << channels << "hasAlpha=" << hasAlpha;
+        return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
+    }
+
+    QImage image(reinterpret_cast<uchar *>(imageData.data()), width, height, rowStride, hasAlpha ? QImage::Format_ARGB32 : QImage::Format_RGB32);
+    if (hasAlpha) {
+        image = image.rgbSwapped(); // RGBA --> ARGB
+    }
+
+    QSharedPointer<QIODevice> buffer = iconFromQImage(image);
+    if (!buffer) {
+        qCWarning(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Could not initialize image buffer";
+        return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
+    }
+
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+QSharedPointer<QIODevice> DBusNotificationsListener::iconForIconName(const QString &iconName)
+{
+    int size = KIconLoader::SizeEnormous; // use big size to allow for good
+                                          // quality on high-DPI mobile devices
+    QString iconPath = KIconLoader::global()->iconPath(iconName, -size, true);
+    if (!iconPath.isEmpty()) {
+        if (!iconPath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".png")) && KIconLoader::global()->theme()->name() != QLatin1String("hicolor")) {
+            // try falling back to hicolor theme:
+            KIconTheme hicolor(QStringLiteral("hicolor"));
+            if (hicolor.isValid()) {
+                iconPath = hicolor.iconPath(iconName + QStringLiteral(".png"), size, KIconLoader::MatchBest);
+                // qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Found non-png icon in default theme trying fallback to hicolor:" << iconPath;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (iconPath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".png")))
+        return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>(new QFile(iconPath));
+    return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
+}
+
+GDBusMessage *DBusNotificationsListener::onMessageFiltered(GDBusConnection *, GDBusMessage *msg, int, void *parent)
+{
+    static unsigned id = 0;
+    if (!msg) {
+        return msg;
+    }
+
+    const gchar *interface = g_dbus_message_get_interface(msg);
+    if (!interface || strcmp(interface, "org.freedesktop.Notifications")) {
+        // The first message will be from org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring
+        return msg;
+    }
+    const gchar *member = g_dbus_message_get_member(msg);
+    if (!member || strcmp(member, "Notify")) {
+        // Even if member is set, the monitor will still notify messages from other members.
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    g_autoptr(GVariant) bodyVariant = g_dbus_message_get_body(msg);
+    Q_ASSERT(bodyVariant);
+
+    // Data order and types: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/notification-spec/notification-spec-latest.html
+    g_autoptr(GVariant) variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 0);
+    const QString appName = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
+    // skip our own notifications
+    auto listener = static_cast<DBusNotificationsListener *>(parent);
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 2);
+    const QString appIcon = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
+    if (!listener->checkApplicationName(appName, std::reference_wrapper<const QString>(appIcon))) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 7);
+    const auto timeout = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
+    if (timeout > 0 && listener->m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalPersistent"), false)) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 6);
+    std::unordered_map<QString, GVariant *> hints;
+    GVariantIter *iter;
+    const gchar *key;
+    GVariant *value = nullptr;
+    g_variant_get(variant, "a{sv}", &iter);
+    while (g_variant_iter_loop(iter, "{sv}", &key, &value)) {
+        hints.emplace(QString::fromUtf8(key), value);
+    }
+    g_variant_iter_free(iter);
+
+    QScopeGuard cleanupHints([&hints] {
+        for (auto &[_, hint] : hints) {
+            g_variant_unref(hint);
+        }
+    });
+
+    int urgency = -1;
+    if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("urgency")); it != hints.end()) {
+        if (g_variant_is_of_type(it->second, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE)) {
+            urgency = g_variant_get_byte(it->second);
+        }
+    }
+    if (urgency > -1 && urgency < listener->m_plugin->config()->getInt(QStringLiteral("generalUrgency"), 0))
+        return nullptr;
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 3);
+    QString ticker = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 4);
+    const QString body = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
+
+    if (!body.isEmpty() && listener->m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalIncludeBody"), true)) {
+        ticker += QStringLiteral(": ") + body;
+    }
+
+    if (listener->checkIsInBlacklist(appName, ticker)) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 1);
+    const unsigned replacesId = g_variant_get_uint32(variant);
+
+    // qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Sending notification from" << appName << ":" <<ticker << "; appIcon=" << appIcon;
+    NetworkPacket np(PACKET_TYPE_NOTIFICATION,
+                     {{QStringLiteral("id"), QString::number(replacesId > 0 ? replacesId : ++id)},
+                      {QStringLiteral("appName"), appName},
+                      {QStringLiteral("ticker"), ticker},
+                      {QStringLiteral("isClearable"), timeout == 0}}); // KNotifications are persistent if
+                                                                       // timeout == 0, for other notifications
+                                                                       // clearability is pointless
+
+    // sync any icon data?
+    if (listener->m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalSynchronizeIcons"), true)) {
+        QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconSource;
+        // try different image sources according to priorities in notifications-
+        // spec version 1.2:
+        if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image-data")); it != hints.end()) {
+            iconSource = listener->iconForImageData(it->second);
+        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image_data")); it != hints.end()) { // 1.1 backward compatibility
+            iconSource = listener->iconForImageData(it->second);
+        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image-path")); it != hints.end()) {
+            iconSource = iconForIconName(QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(it->second, nullptr)));
+        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image_path")); it != hints.end()) { // 1.1 backward compatibility
+            iconSource = iconForIconName(QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(it->second, nullptr)));
+        } else if (!appIcon.isEmpty()) {
+            iconSource = iconForIconName(appIcon);
+        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("icon_data")); it != hints.end()) { // < 1.1 backward compatibility
+            iconSource = listener->iconForImageData(it->second);
+        }
+
+        if (iconSource)
+            np.setPayload(iconSource, iconSource->size());
+    }
+
+    listener->m_plugin->sendPacket(np);
+
+    qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Got notification appName=" << appName << "replacesId=" << replacesId << "appIcon=" << appIcon
+                                                << "summary=" << ticker << "body=" << body << "hints=" << hints.size() << "urgency=" << urgency
+                                                << "timeout=" << timeout;
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/dbusnotificationslistener.h b/plugins/sendnotifications/dbusnotificationslistener.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60554b025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/dbusnotificationslistener.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Fushan Wen <qydwhotmail@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "notificationslistener.h"
+
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+
+class DBusNotificationsListener : public NotificationsListener
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit DBusNotificationsListener(KdeConnectPlugin *aPlugin);
+    ~DBusNotificationsListener() override;
+
+private:
+    void setupDBusMonitor();
+
+    // virtual helper function to make testing possible (QDBusArgument can not
+    // be injected without making a DBUS-call):
+    virtual bool parseImageDataArgument(GVariant *argument,
+                                        int &width,
+                                        int &height,
+                                        int &rowStride,
+                                        int &bitsPerSample,
+                                        int &channels,
+                                        bool &hasAlpha,
+                                        QByteArray &imageData) const;
+    QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconForImageData(GVariant *argument) const;
+    static QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconForIconName(const QString &iconName);
+
+    static GDBusMessage *onMessageFiltered(GDBusConnection *connection, GDBusMessage *msg, int incoming, void *parent);
+
+    GDBusConnection *m_gdbusConnection = nullptr;
+    unsigned m_gdbusFilterId = 0;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.cpp b/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.cpp
index 2a37893e1..12d874d4b 100644
--- a/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.cpp
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.cpp
@@ -5,28 +5,18 @@
  */
 #include "notificationslistener.h"
 
-#include <unordered_map>
+#include <QBuffer>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 
 #include <KConfig>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
-#include <QDBusArgument>
-#include <QDBusInterface>
-#include <QImage>
-#include <QScopeGuard>
-#include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QtDebug>
 
-#include <kiconloader.h>
-#include <kicontheme.h>
-
-#include <core/device.h>
 #include <core/kdeconnectplugin.h>
 
-#include <dbushelper.h>
-
 #include "notifyingapplication.h"
+
 #include "plugin_sendnotifications_debug.h"
-#include "sendnotificationsplugin.h"
 
 NotificationsListener::NotificationsListener(KdeConnectPlugin *aPlugin)
     : QObject(aPlugin)
@@ -36,22 +26,6 @@ NotificationsListener::NotificationsListener(KdeConnectPlugin *aPlugin)
     qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<NotifyingApplication>("NotifyingApplication");
 #endif
 
-    GError *error = nullptr;
-    m_gdbusConnection = g_bus_get_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION, nullptr, &error);
-    g_assert_no_error(error);
-    m_gdbusFilterId = g_dbus_connection_add_filter(m_gdbusConnection, NotificationsListener::onMessageFiltered, this, nullptr);
-
-    g_autoptr(GDBusMessage) msg =
-        g_dbus_message_new_method_call("org.freedesktop.DBus", "/org/freedesktop/DBus", "org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring", "BecomeMonitor");
-
-    GVariantBuilder *arrayBuilder = g_variant_builder_new(G_VARIANT_TYPE("as"));
-    g_variant_builder_add(arrayBuilder, "s", "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'");
-    g_variant_builder_add(arrayBuilder, "s", "member='Notify'");
-
-    g_dbus_message_set_body(msg, g_variant_new("(asu)", arrayBuilder, 0u));
-    g_dbus_connection_send_message(m_gdbusConnection, msg, GDBusSendMessageFlags::G_DBUS_SEND_MESSAGE_FLAGS_NONE, nullptr, &error);
-    g_assert_no_error(error);
-
     setTranslatedAppName();
     loadApplications();
 
@@ -61,8 +35,6 @@ NotificationsListener::NotificationsListener(KdeConnectPlugin *aPlugin)
 NotificationsListener::~NotificationsListener()
 {
     qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Destroying NotificationsListener";
-    g_dbus_connection_remove_filter(m_gdbusConnection, m_gdbusFilterId);
-    g_object_unref(m_gdbusConnection);
 }
 
 void NotificationsListener::setTranslatedAppName()
@@ -94,88 +66,45 @@ void NotificationsListener::loadApplications()
     // qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Loaded" << applications.size() << " applications";
 }
 
-bool NotificationsListener::parseImageDataArgument(GVariant *argument,
-                                                   int &width,
-                                                   int &height,
-                                                   int &rowStride,
-                                                   int &bitsPerSample,
-                                                   int &channels,
-                                                   bool &hasAlpha,
-                                                   QByteArray &imageData) const
+bool NotificationsListener::checkApplicationName(const QString &appName, std::optional<std::reference_wrapper<const QString>> iconName)
 {
-    if (g_variant_n_children(argument) != 7) {
+    if (m_translatedAppName == appName) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    g_autoptr(GVariant) variant;
+    auto it = m_applications.constFind(appName);
+    if (it == m_applications.cend()) {
+        // new application -> add to config
+        NotifyingApplication app;
+        app.name = appName;
+        if (iconName.has_value()) {
+            app.icon = iconName.value();
+        }
+        app.active = true;
+        m_applications.insert(app.name, app);
+        // update config:
+        QVariantList list;
+        for (const auto &a : std::as_const(m_applications)) {
+            list << QVariant::fromValue<NotifyingApplication>(a);
+        }
+        m_plugin->config()->setList(QStringLiteral("applications"), list);
 
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 0);
-    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
-        return false;
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        return it->active;
     }
-    width = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 1);
-    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    height = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 2);
-    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    rowStride = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 3);
-    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    hasAlpha = g_variant_get_boolean(variant);
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 4);
-    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    bitsPerSample = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 5);
-    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    channels = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(argument, 6);
-    if (g_variant_is_of_type(variant, G_VARIANT_TYPE_ARRAY)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    imageData = g_variant_get_bytestring(variant);
-
-    return true;
 }
 
-QSharedPointer<QIODevice> NotificationsListener::iconForImageData(GVariant *argument) const
+bool NotificationsListener::checkIsInBlacklist(const QString &appName, const QString &content)
 {
-    int width, height, rowStride, bitsPerSample, channels;
-    bool hasAlpha;
-    QByteArray imageData;
-
-    if (!parseImageDataArgument(argument, width, height, rowStride, bitsPerSample, channels, hasAlpha, imageData))
-        return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
-
-    if (bitsPerSample != 8) {
-        qCWarning(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Unsupported image format:"
-                                                       << "width=" << width << "height=" << height << "rowStride=" << rowStride
-                                                       << "bitsPerSample=" << bitsPerSample << "channels=" << channels << "hasAlpha=" << hasAlpha;
-        return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
-    }
-
-    QImage image(reinterpret_cast<uchar *>(imageData.data()), width, height, rowStride, hasAlpha ? QImage::Format_ARGB32 : QImage::Format_RGB32);
-    if (hasAlpha)
-        image = image.rgbSwapped(); // RGBA --> ARGB
+    auto appIt = m_applications.constFind(appName);
+    return appIt->blacklistExpression.isValid() && !appIt->blacklistExpression.pattern().isEmpty() && appIt->blacklistExpression.match(content).hasMatch();
+}
 
+QSharedPointer<QIODevice> NotificationsListener::iconFromQImage(const QImage &image) const
+{
     QSharedPointer<QBuffer> buffer = QSharedPointer<QBuffer>(new QBuffer);
-    if (!buffer || !buffer->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly) || !image.save(buffer.data(), "PNG")) {
+    if (!buffer->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly) && !image.save(buffer.data(), "PNG")) {
         qCWarning(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Could not initialize image buffer";
         return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
     }
@@ -183,171 +112,4 @@ QSharedPointer<QIODevice> NotificationsListener::iconForImageData(GVariant *argu
     return buffer;
 }
 
-QSharedPointer<QIODevice> NotificationsListener::iconForIconName(const QString &iconName)
-{
-    int size = KIconLoader::SizeEnormous; // use big size to allow for good
-                                          // quality on high-DPI mobile devices
-    QString iconPath = KIconLoader::global()->iconPath(iconName, -size, true);
-    if (!iconPath.isEmpty()) {
-        if (!iconPath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".png")) && KIconLoader::global()->theme()->name() != QLatin1String("hicolor")) {
-            // try falling back to hicolor theme:
-            KIconTheme hicolor(QStringLiteral("hicolor"));
-            if (hicolor.isValid()) {
-                iconPath = hicolor.iconPath(iconName + QStringLiteral(".png"), size, KIconLoader::MatchBest);
-                // qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Found non-png icon in default theme trying fallback to hicolor:" << iconPath;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (iconPath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".png")))
-        return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>(new QFile(iconPath));
-    return QSharedPointer<QIODevice>();
-}
-
-GDBusMessage *NotificationsListener::onMessageFiltered(GDBusConnection *, GDBusMessage *msg, int, void *parent)
-{
-    static unsigned id = 0;
-    if (!msg) {
-        return msg;
-    }
-
-    const gchar *interface = g_dbus_message_get_interface(msg);
-    if (!interface || strcmp(interface, "org.freedesktop.Notifications")) {
-        // The first message will be from org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring
-        return msg;
-    }
-    const gchar *member = g_dbus_message_get_member(msg);
-    if (!member || strcmp(member, "Notify")) {
-        // Even if member is set, the monitor will still notify messages from other members.
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    g_autoptr(GVariant) bodyVariant = g_dbus_message_get_body(msg);
-    Q_ASSERT(bodyVariant);
-
-    // Data order and types: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/notification-spec/notification-spec-latest.html
-    g_autoptr(GVariant) variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 0);
-    const QString appName = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
-    // skip our own notifications
-    auto listener = static_cast<NotificationsListener *>(parent);
-
-    if (appName == listener->m_translatedAppName) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 2);
-    const QString appIcon = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
-
-    NotifyingApplication app;
-    if (!listener->m_applications.contains(appName)) {
-        // new application -> add to config
-        app.name = appName;
-        app.icon = appIcon;
-        app.active = true;
-        app.blacklistExpression = QRegularExpression();
-        listener->m_applications.insert(app.name, app);
-        // update config:
-        QVariantList list;
-        for (const auto &a : std::as_const(listener->m_applications))
-            list << QVariant::fromValue<NotifyingApplication>(a);
-        listener->m_plugin->config()->setList(QStringLiteral("applications"), list);
-        // qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Added new application to config:" << app;
-    } else {
-        app = listener->m_applications.value(appName);
-    }
-
-    if (!app.active) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 7);
-    const auto timeout = g_variant_get_int32(variant);
-    if (timeout > 0 && listener->m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalPersistent"), false)) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 6);
-    std::unordered_map<QString, GVariant *> hints;
-    GVariantIter *iter;
-    const gchar *key;
-    GVariant *value = nullptr;
-    g_variant_get(variant, "a{sv}", &iter);
-    while (g_variant_iter_loop(iter, "{sv}", &key, &value)) {
-        hints.emplace(QString::fromUtf8(key), value);
-    }
-    g_variant_iter_free(iter);
-
-    QScopeGuard cleanupHints([&hints] {
-        for (auto &[_, hint] : hints) {
-            g_variant_unref(hint);
-        }
-    });
-
-    int urgency = -1;
-    if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("urgency")); it != hints.end()) {
-        if (g_variant_is_of_type(it->second, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE)) {
-            urgency = g_variant_get_byte(it->second);
-        }
-    }
-    if (urgency > -1 && urgency < listener->m_plugin->config()->getInt(QStringLiteral("generalUrgency"), 0))
-        return nullptr;
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 3);
-    QString ticker = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 4);
-    const QString body = QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(variant, nullptr));
-
-    if (!body.isEmpty() && listener->m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalIncludeBody"), true)) {
-        ticker += QStringLiteral(": ") + body;
-    }
-
-    if (app.blacklistExpression.isValid() && !app.blacklistExpression.pattern().isEmpty() && app.blacklistExpression.match(ticker).hasMatch()) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    variant = g_variant_get_child_value(bodyVariant, 1);
-    const unsigned replacesId = g_variant_get_uint32(variant);
-
-    // qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Sending notification from" << appName << ":" <<ticker << "; appIcon=" << appIcon;
-    NetworkPacket np(PACKET_TYPE_NOTIFICATION,
-                     {{QStringLiteral("id"), QString::number(replacesId > 0 ? replacesId : ++id)},
-                      {QStringLiteral("appName"), appName},
-                      {QStringLiteral("ticker"), ticker},
-                      {QStringLiteral("isClearable"), timeout == 0}}); // KNotifications are persistent if
-                                                                       // timeout == 0, for other notifications
-                                                                       // clearability is pointless
-
-    // sync any icon data?
-    if (listener->m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalSynchronizeIcons"), true)) {
-        QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconSource;
-        // try different image sources according to priorities in notifications-
-        // spec version 1.2:
-        if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image-data")); it != hints.end()) {
-            iconSource = listener->iconForImageData(it->second);
-        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image_data")); it != hints.end()) { // 1.1 backward compatibility
-            iconSource = listener->iconForImageData(it->second);
-        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image-path")); it != hints.end()) {
-            iconSource = iconForIconName(QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(it->second, nullptr)));
-        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("image_path")); it != hints.end()) { // 1.1 backward compatibility
-            iconSource = iconForIconName(QString::fromUtf8(g_variant_get_string(it->second, nullptr)));
-        } else if (!appIcon.isEmpty()) {
-            iconSource = iconForIconName(appIcon);
-        } else if (auto it = hints.find(QStringLiteral("icon_data")); it != hints.end()) { // < 1.1 backward compatibility
-            iconSource = listener->iconForImageData(it->second);
-        }
-
-        if (iconSource)
-            np.setPayload(iconSource, iconSource->size());
-    }
-
-    listener->m_plugin->sendPacket(np);
-
-    qCDebug(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_SENDNOTIFICATIONS) << "Got notification appName=" << appName << "replacesId=" << replacesId << "appIcon=" << appIcon
-                                                 << "summary=" << ticker << "body=" << body << "hints=" << hints.size() << "urgency=" << urgency
-                                                 << "timeout=" << timeout;
-
-    return nullptr;
-}
-
 #include "moc_notificationslistener.cpp"
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.h b/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.h
index 7a4631b50..29ab84fd8 100644
--- a/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.h
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/notificationslistener.h
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <QBuffer>
-#include <QDBusAbstractAdaptor>
-#include <QDBusArgument>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <core/device.h>
+#include <optional>
 
-#include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <QIODevice>
+
+#include <core/device.h>
 
 class KdeConnectPlugin;
 class Notification;
 struct NotifyingApplication;
 
+#define PACKET_TYPE_NOTIFICATION QStringLiteral("kdeconnect.notification")
+
 class NotificationsListener : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -27,31 +27,18 @@ public:
     ~NotificationsListener() override;
 
 protected:
+    bool checkApplicationName(const QString &appName, std::optional<std::reference_wrapper<const QString>> iconName = std::nullopt);
+    bool checkIsInBlacklist(const QString &appName, const QString &content);
+    QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconFromQImage(const QImage &image) const;
+
     KdeConnectPlugin *m_plugin;
-    QHash<QString, NotifyingApplication> m_applications;
-
-    // virtual helper function to make testing possible (QDBusArgument can not
-    // be injected without making a DBUS-call):
-    virtual bool parseImageDataArgument(GVariant *argument,
-                                        int &width,
-                                        int &height,
-                                        int &rowStride,
-                                        int &bitsPerSample,
-                                        int &channels,
-                                        bool &hasAlpha,
-                                        QByteArray &imageData) const;
-    QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconForImageData(GVariant *argument) const;
-    static QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconForIconName(const QString &iconName);
-
-    static GDBusMessage *onMessageFiltered(GDBusConnection *connection, GDBusMessage *msg, int incoming, void *parent);
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void loadApplications();
 
 private:
     void setTranslatedAppName();
-    QString m_translatedAppName;
 
-    GDBusConnection *m_gdbusConnection = nullptr;
-    unsigned m_gdbusFilterId = 0;
+    QHash<QString, NotifyingApplication> m_applications;
+    QString m_translatedAppName;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.cpp b/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.cpp
index 44b807978..151a3331b 100644
--- a/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 #include "sendnotificationsplugin.h"
 
-#include "notificationslistener.h"
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
+#include "dbusnotificationslistener.h"
+#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+#include "windowsnotificationslistener.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <KPluginFactory>
 
@@ -15,7 +19,11 @@ K_PLUGIN_CLASS_WITH_JSON(SendNotificationsPlugin, "kdeconnect_sendnotifications.
 SendNotificationsPlugin::SendNotificationsPlugin(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args)
     : KdeConnectPlugin(parent, args)
 {
-    notificationsListener = new NotificationsListener(this);
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
+    notificationsListener = new DBusNotificationsListener(this);
+#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    notificationsListener = new WindowsNotificationsListener(this);
+#endif
 }
 
 SendNotificationsPlugin::~SendNotificationsPlugin()
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.h b/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.h
index 563b0f672..32124e797 100644
--- a/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.h
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/sendnotificationsplugin.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "core/kdeconnectplugin.h"
 
-#define PACKET_TYPE_NOTIFICATION QStringLiteral("kdeconnect.notification")
-
 /*
  * This class is just a proxy for NotificationsDbusInterface
  * because it can not inherit from QDBusAbstractAdaptor and
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/windowsnotificationslistener.cpp b/plugins/sendnotifications/windowsnotificationslistener.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e3913626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/windowsnotificationslistener.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Fushan Wen <qydwhotmail@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "windowsnotificationslistener.h"
+
+#include <QImage>
+
+#include <core/kdeconnectplugin.h>
+
+#include <winrt/Windows.ApplicationModel.h>
+#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.Collections.h>
+#include <winrt/Windows.Storage.Streams.h>
+
+#include "plugin_sendnotifications_debug.h"
+
+using namespace winrt;
+using namespace Windows::ApplicationModel;
+using namespace Windows::Foundation;
+using namespace Windows::Foundation::Collections;
+using namespace Windows::UI::Notifications;
+using namespace Windows::UI::Notifications::Management;
+using namespace Windows::Storage::Streams;
+
+WindowsNotificationsListener::WindowsNotificationsListener(KdeConnectPlugin *aPlugin)
+    : NotificationsListener(aPlugin)
+{
+    setupWindowsUserNotificationListener();
+}
+
+WindowsNotificationsListener::~WindowsNotificationsListener()
+{
+    UserNotificationListener::Current().NotificationChanged(m_notificationEventToken);
+}
+
+void WindowsNotificationsListener::setupWindowsUserNotificationListener()
+{
+    // Register the notification listener
+    const UserNotificationListenerAccessStatus accessStatus = UserNotificationListener::Current().RequestAccessAsync().get();
+    if (accessStatus != UserNotificationListenerAccessStatus::Allowed) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Register the event handler for notifications
+    m_notificationEventToken = UserNotificationListener::Current().NotificationChanged({this, &WindowsNotificationsListener::onNotificationChanged});
+}
+
+void WindowsNotificationsListener::onNotificationChanged(const UserNotificationListener &sender, const UserNotificationChangedEventArgs &args)
+{
+    // Get the notification from the event arguments
+    const UserNotificationChangedKind changeKind = args.ChangeKind();
+    if (changeKind == UserNotificationChangedKind::Removed) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const UserNotification userNotification = sender.GetNotification(args.UserNotificationId());
+    if (!userNotification) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const AppDisplayInfo appDisplayInfo = userNotification.AppInfo().DisplayInfo();
+    const std::wstring_view appDisplayName = appDisplayInfo.DisplayName();
+    const QString appName = QString::fromWCharArray(appDisplayName.data(), appDisplayName.size());
+    if (!checkApplicationName(appName)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const winrt::Windows::UI::Notifications::Notification notification = userNotification.Notification();
+    const NotificationBinding toastBinding = notification.Visual().GetBinding(KnownNotificationBindings::ToastGeneric());
+    if (!toastBinding) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const auto textElements = toastBinding.GetTextElements();
+    if (textElements.Size() == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    std::wstring ticker = static_cast<std::wstring>(textElements.GetAt(0).Text());
+    if (m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalIncludeBody"), true)) {
+        for (unsigned i = 1; i < textElements.Size(); ++i) {
+            ticker += L"\n" + textElements.GetAt(i).Text();
+        }
+    }
+
+    const QString content = QString::fromStdWString(ticker);
+    if (checkIsInBlacklist(appName, content)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    static unsigned id = 0;
+    NetworkPacket np(PACKET_TYPE_NOTIFICATION,
+                     {{QStringLiteral("id"), id++},
+                      {QStringLiteral("appName"), appName},
+                      {QStringLiteral("ticker"), content},
+                      {QStringLiteral("isClearable"), true}}); // A Windows notification is always clearable
+
+    if (m_plugin->config()->getBool(QStringLiteral("generalSynchronizeIcons"), true)) {
+        const RandomAccessStreamReference appLogoStreamReference = appDisplayInfo.GetLogo(Size(64, 64));
+        if (appLogoStreamReference) { // Can be false when Package.appxmanifest doesn't contain icons
+            // Read the logo stream into a buffer
+            IRandomAccessStreamWithContentType logoStream = appLogoStreamReference.OpenReadAsync().get(); // TODO Port to coroutine
+            DataReader reader(logoStream);
+            reader.LoadAsync(static_cast<uint32_t>(logoStream.Size())).get();
+            std::vector<unsigned char> bufferArray;
+            bufferArray.resize(reader.UnconsumedBufferLength());
+            if (!bufferArray.empty()) {
+                reader.ReadBytes({bufferArray.data(), bufferArray.data() + bufferArray.size()});
+
+                QImage image;
+                if (image.loadFromData(bufferArray.data(), bufferArray.size())) {
+                    // Write the logo buffer to the QIODevice
+                    QSharedPointer<QIODevice> iconSource = iconFromQImage(image);
+                    if (iconSource) {
+                        np.setPayload(iconSource, iconSource->size());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    m_plugin->sendPacket(np);
+}
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/windowsnotificationslistener.h b/plugins/sendnotifications/windowsnotificationslistener.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..948cc24b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/windowsnotificationslistener.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Fushan Wen <qydwhotmail@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "notificationslistener.h"
+
+#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.h>
+#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Notifications.Management.h>
+#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Notifications.h>
+
+class WindowsNotificationsListener : public NotificationsListener
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit WindowsNotificationsListener(KdeConnectPlugin *aPlugin);
+    ~WindowsNotificationsListener() override;
+
+private:
+    void setupWindowsUserNotificationListener();
+    void onNotificationChanged(const winrt::Windows::UI::Notifications::Management::UserNotificationListener &sender,
+                               const winrt::Windows::UI::Notifications::UserNotificationChangedEventArgs &args);
+
+    winrt::event_token m_notificationEventToken;
+};