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title: "Configure application notifications"
slug: "configure-application-notifications"
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:07Z
canonical: "totara.help/configure-application-notifications"
---

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# Configure application notification preferences

## Enable and disable notifications

A number of [notifications](/19/docs/approval-workflow-notifications) are available for [approval workflow](/19/docs/what-are-approval-workflows) applications. As a user, you can configure your notification preferences for applications by following these steps:

1. Click your name in the top-right-hand corner.
2. Select **Preferences** from the dropdown menu.
3. Select **Notification preferences** from the list under the **User account** section.
4. Here you can expand the **Approval workflow** section to see the available notifications.

From here you can enable or disable any notification by using the toggle under **Enabled**. Note that notifications are only sent if they are enabled by the administrator, and you are one of the designated recipients.

![Configuring your notification preferences for approval workflows.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1664962929339.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T17%3A06%3A18Z&se=2026-11-01T18%3A06%3A18Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=%2FPxmSYhM68fY8XfRmPVGFjACwvVo50A%2FdJfOLTfdlxk%3D)

## Edit delivery channels

You can also configure your desired delivery channels (i.e. the means by which notifications are received, such as email or site notifications) for each notification.

To configure the delivery channels for a notification, follow these steps:

1. Click the icon of three dots (![three_dots(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/three_dots(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T17%3A06%3A18Z&se=2026-11-01T18%3A06%3A18Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=%2FPxmSYhM68fY8XfRmPVGFjACwvVo50A%2FdJfOLTfdlxk%3D)) on the notification you wish to edit.
2. Select **Edit delivery channels**.
3. Tick the **Override** checkbox.
4. Select the channels through which you wish to receive notifications.
5. Click **Save**.

![Configuring delivery preferences for the level approved notification.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1664963034368.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T17%3A06%3A18Z&se=2026-11-01T18%3A06%3A18Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=%2FPxmSYhM68fY8XfRmPVGFjACwvVo50A%2FdJfOLTfdlxk%3D)

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