On Mastodon, you can customise your notifications to adjust what triggers a notification to appear and what kind of notification it provides. The customisation options depend on what you are using to access Mastodon.
Customising notifications on the website and web app
If you’re using Mastodon through your server’s website or web app, you will have the largest number of options for customising your notifications.
- Log in through your server’s website or web app
- Click on 🔔 Notifications
- Click on the double arrows icon in the top right corner
- Scroll up and down the customisations menu to see all of the options (please do scroll, there are a LOT more options visible when you scroll)
As well as customising how notifications are displayed, this menu also lets you clear notifications away. Be careful if you use this, as once the notifications are cleared you cannot get them back. There’s usually no need to clear notifications, but some people prefer it.
Customising notifications on the app store apps
The options for customisation of Mastodon notifications tend to be more limited on the app store apps.
- On the official app, click on 🔔 Notifications and then the circle-with-lines icon in the top right corner to see notification settings
- Third party apps will have various different interfaces for customising notifications, but they’ll usually be in their settings sections
What about email notifications?
Email notifications on Mastodon are a totally separate system that happens to have a similar name. To adjust your email notifications:
- Log in through your server’s website or web app
- Click ⚙️ Preferences (or ☰ and then ⚙️ Preferences if you’re using the mobile website)
- If you’re on the desktop website, click Email notifications on the left of the screen. If you’re on the mobile website click ☰ in the top right and then Email notifications.
- Choose your email notification settings. If you don’t want to receive any emails, untick all the boxes.
- Click the Save Changes button in the top right corner