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 Gmail notifications on or off
Important: To receive Gmail notifications, open your browser and sign in to Gmail.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- In the top right, click Settings
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- Scroll down to the 'Desktop notifications' section.
- Select when you want to receive notifications:
- New email notifications on: Receive notifications when a new email arrives in your inbox or primary tab. If you use inbox categories in Gmail, you only receive notifications about emails in your primary tab. Learn about inbox categories.
- Important email notifications on: Receive notifications when an important email arrives in your inbox. Learn how Gmail determines email importance.
- Email notifications off: All email notifications are off.
- Optional: If notifications are on, next to 'Email notification sounds', click the drop-down menu and select a sound.
- At the bottom of the page, click Save changes.
See all settings.