Manage YouTube notifications

YouTube notifications let you know when there are new videos and updates from your favorite channels and other content. We'll send you notifications for channels you're subscribed to and may also send notifications based on your interests. You can customize how many of these notifications you get and which kinds.

How to make sure you're getting YouTube notifications on your phone or tablet

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Note: Notification settings may differ slightly by device and not every new upload will result in a notification. Before managing your notifications, make sure YouTube notifications are turned on for your device. If you aren’t getting notifications but should be, check out these troubleshooting steps.

Change your notification preferences

1. Sign in to YouTube.
2. At the top of your screen, click your profile picture .
3. Click Settings .
4. Click Notifications.
5. Under “General,” select the types of mobile and desktop notifications you want to get.
6. Under “Email notifications,” choose the types of email notifications you want to get.

Manage Google Chrome notifications

You can choose to get personalized YouTube notifications when using Google Chrome browser. When you turn them on, you'll get pop-up notifications in your browser with updates from channels you subscribe to.

1. Sign in to YouTube.
2. Go to your notification settings.
3. Under “Desktop notifications," click the button next to Chrome to turn notifications on or off.

If you don't have the "Desktop notifications" option, your Chrome browser notifications may be turned off. Learn more about how to update your Chrome notification settings.

Subscribe to a channel to get notifications

When you subscribe to a channel, you'll automatically get personalized notifications with personalized highlights from that channel. You can change your notification settings from Personalized to All notifications to receive more notifications, or you can choose None if you don’t want notifications.

1. Go to the channel page or watch page.
2. If you're not subscribed, click Subscribe. When you subscribe to a channel, you’ll automatically get personalized notifications.
3. Click the Notification bell to switch between getting “All notifications” and “Personalized notifications.”

• All notifications : You’ll get mobile, web, or inbox notifications for long-form uploads and live streams. You may also get some personalized notifications for Shorts based on your subscriptions and watch history.
• Personalized notifications : You’ll get notifications for some uploads, Shorts, and live streams. The definition of "personalized" differs by user. YouTube uses various signals to decide when to send you notifications. This info includes your watch history, how often you watch certain channels, how popular some videos are, and how often you open notifications.

If you unsubscribe and then re-subscribe to a channel, your notification settings will be reset to personalized or no notifications. If you'd like to get a notification for every upload, make sure to turn on all notifications.

You won't get notifications if a channel's audience is set as made for kids. Also, the notification bell will be set to no notifications . You can't change this setting.

Check your notifications

1. In any browser, open YouTube.
2. At the top of the page, click the Notification bell to check notifications.
3. Select the notification you're interested in to view the video, comment, or post.

While notifications can tell you when there are new videos, share updates from your subscriptions, and tell you about content you might like, you can also check your subscriptions feed to see recently uploaded videos from channels you’re subscribed to.