Get Google Drive notifications

You can choose whether to receive mobile, web or email notifications from Google Drive for activity and comments in Google Docs, Drawings, Sheets or Slides.

Notification types

You can choose to be notified if:

• Someone shares a new file or folder with you.
• You’re mentioned in a comment or action item.
• Someone requests access to a file you own.

Changing notification settings

1. Open the Google Drive app.
2. In the top left, tap Menu  Settings .
3. Tap Notifications.
4. Turn Notifications Enabled on or off.
   • If you’ve turned off notifications in your device Settings, you’ll have to turn them on again.
5. Choose which settings you'd like to change.

Learn more about how to manage notifications for specific Google Docs, Drawings, Sheets and Slides.