On Mastodon, you can customise your notifications to adjust what triggers a notification to appear and what kind of notification it provides. The notification options you have 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 slider icon in the top right corner
- Scroll up and down the customisations menu to see all of the options
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 no real need to clear them, 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, go to the main timeline and click on the cog icon ⚙️ in the top right corner, then click on Notifications to see customisation options.
- 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
- Click ⚙️ Preferences
- If you’re on the desktop website, click Notifications on the left of the screen. If you’re on the mobile website click ☰ in the top right and then 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 of the screen