Change email 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. In the top left, tap Menu . 
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Tap Notifications and select a notification level. 
6. 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.
7. 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

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. In 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.

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

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 Notifications  select High priority only.

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

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