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Channel notifications

You can configure desktop, mobile, and email notifications on a channel by channel basis.

Configure notifications for a single channel

These settings will override any default channel notification settings. In muted channels, channel notification settings apply only to unmuted topics.

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Hover over a channel in the left sidebar.

  2. Click on the ellipsis ().

  3. Click Channel settings.

  4. Select the Personal tab on the right.

  5. Under Notification settings, toggle your preferred notifications settings for the channel.

Access this feature by following the web app instructions in your mobile device browser.

Implementation of this feature in the mobile app is tracked on GitHub. If you're interested in this feature, please react to the issue's description with 👍.

Configure default notifications for all channels

These settings only apply to channels where you have not explicitly set a notification preference.

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Go to Notifications.

  2. In the Notification triggers table, toggle the settings for Channels.

Access this feature by following the web app instructions in your mobile device browser.

Implementation of this feature in the mobile app is tracked on GitHub. If you're interested in this feature, please react to the issue's description with 👍.

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