Change Gmail notifications

You can choose how Gmail notifies you when you receive new emails. The types of notifications that you can customise depends on your device.

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Turn notifications on or off

If you have multiple accounts in the Gmail app, you need to change this setting for each account.

Turn on notifications

By default, notifications are turned on for any messages in your primary label.

First, turn on notifications and choose your settings

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Under 'Notifications', tap Email notifications.
6. Choose the types of email notifications that you want to receive.

Note: Your Android device also has notification settings that are separate from the Gmail app.

Change notification settings for certain labels

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Tap Manage labels.
6. Tap one of your labels, such as Important.
7. Tap Sync messages Last 30 days or All. If you don't sync messages, you can't turn on notifications for that label.
8. Choose your notification settings for that label. Repeat this for any labels that you want to receive notifications for.

 

Be notified about just high-priority emails

You can limit your notifications to only high-priority emails.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. In the top left, tap Menu Settings .
3. Tap your account.
4. Tap Email notifications select High priority only.

Tip: High-priority emails will override any other notification settings that you've made for certain labels.

Turn email notification sounds on or off

1. Open the Gmail app .
2. In the top left, tap Menu Settings .
3. Select your account.
4. Under 'Notifications', tap Notification sounds. 
5. Under 'Email' or 'Chat and spaces', tap Notification sound  Sound.
6. Choose the notification sound that you want to use.
7. To turn off notification sounds, tap None.

Turn on notifications for Meet only

This will allow you to turn on notifications so that you can easily get back to your ongoing meeting when you're in another app, for example.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings .
4. Select your account.
5. Tap Manage notifications.
6. You will be taken to the Gmail system settings, where you can then turn on notifications for Gmail.

Turn off notifications

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Tap Email notifications select None.

I'm not receiving any notifications

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

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Make sure that the box next to 'Sync Gmail' is ticked.

If you're still not receiving notifications, find out how to fix sync errors with the Gmail app.

Related resources

• Add or remove inbox categories and tabs in Gmail
• Importance markers in Gmail
• Control notifications on Android
• Fix sync errors with the Gmail Android app