Change email notifications
You can turn on notifications to get alerts on your phone or computer when you get new emails.
Turn notifications on or off
If you have multiple accounts in the Gmail app, you need to change this setting for each account.
By default, notifications are turned on for any messages in your Primary label.
First, turn on notifications & choose your settings
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
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- In the top left, tap Menu
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- Tap Settings.
- Select your account.
- Tap Notifications and select a notification level.
- Tap Inbox notifications. Note: If you're using Android O and above, tap Manage notifications. Under your account, make sure the switch is set to On.
- Choose your notification settings, including sounds.
Note: Your Android device also has notification settings that are separate from the Gmail app.
Change notification settings for certain labels
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
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- In the top left, tap Menu
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- Tap Settings.
- Select your account.
- Tap Manage Labels.
- Tap one of your labels, like Important.
- Tap Sync messages
Last 30 days or All. If you don't sync messages, you can't turn on notifications for that label.
- Choose your notification settings for that label. Repeat this for any labels you want to get notifications for.
Get notified for just important emails
You can limit your notifications to emails automatically marked as important.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
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- In the top left, tap Menu
Settings
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- Tap your account.
- Tap Notifications
select High priority only.
Note: High priority emails will override any other notifications settings you've made for certain labels.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
.
- In the top left, tap Menu
.
- Tap Settings.
- Select your account.
- Tap Notifications
select None.
I'm not getting any notifications
If you don't see your notifications, follow the steps above to turn on notifications. If that doesn't help, try these steps:
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
.
- In the top left, tap Menu
.
- Tap Settings.
- Select your account.
- Make sure the box next to "Sync Gmail" is checked.
If you still aren't getting notifications, learn how to fix sync errors with the Gmail app.