Get notifications for new email

Waiting for an important email you don’t want to miss? Set up notifications in Gmail so you’ll know as soon as it arrives.

Set up notifications

On Android devices Note: If you use multiple accounts in the Gmail app, you need to change this setting for each account. Open the Gmail app. At the top, tap Menu Settings . Select your account and scroll to Notifications. Tap Inbox notifications and select your notification settings. (Optional) To change notification settings for certain labels in your inbox: Tap Manage labelstap a label, such as Important. Tap Sync messagesLast 30 days or All. If you don't synchronize messages, you can't turn on notifications for that label. Choose the notification settings for that label. Repeat steps for any other labels you want to get notifications for. Note: Your Android device has other notification settings that are separate from the Gmail app. On Apple iOS devices Note: If you use multiple accounts in the Gmail app, you need to change this setting for each account. Open the Gmail app. At the top, tap Menu Settings. Tap your account. In the Notifications section, tap All new emails. When you see a notification on your device, swipe it to the left to Reply or Archive. On the web Open Gmail. At the top right, click Settings See all settings. Scroll down to Desktop notifications and select New mail notifications on or Important mail notifications on (if you use Priority Inbox). Click Save Changes. Note: Notifications appear on Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari when you're signed in to Gmail and have it open. Turn notification sounds on or off On Android devices Open the Gmail app . At the top left, tap Menu Settings . Select your account. Under “Notifications,'' tap Notification sounds.  Under “Email” or "Chat and spaces," tap Notification sound  Sound. Choose the notification sound you want to use. To turn off notification sounds, tap None. On Apple iOS devices On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app . At the top left, tap Menu Settings . To change your notification sound for: Email: Under "Notifications," tap Email notifications Notification sounds. Chat and Spaces: Under “Notifications,” tap Chat notifications Notification sounds. When sounds are on, the name of the sound displays. Choose the notification sound you want to use. To turn off notification sounds, tap None. On the web Open Gmail. At the top right, click Settings See all settings. Scroll to “Desktop notifications.” Click New mail notifications on or Important mail notifications on. Next to "Mail notification sounds," select a sound from the list. To turn off email notification sounds, select None. Scroll to the bottom click Save changes.

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