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.

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
In the top left, tap Menu .
Tap Settings.
Select your account.
Tap Notifications and select a notification level.
Tap Inbox notifications. Under your account, make sure the switch is set to On.
Choose your notification settings, including sounds.

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
In the top left, tap Menu .
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.

You can limit your notifications to emails automatically marked as important.

Note: High priority emails will override any other notifications settings you've made for certain labels.

If you don't see your notifications, follow the steps above to turn on notifications. If that doesn't help, try these steps:

If you still aren't getting notifications, learn how to fix sync errors with the Gmail app.

Andrea is a Gmail expert and the author of this help page. Leave her feedback about this help page.

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