---
title: "Set notification preferences"
slug: "set-notification-preferences"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Participant", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:21Z
canonical: "totara.help/set-notification-preferences"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Set your notification preferences

Users may want to configure their preferences to determine how they receive notifications from the [centralised notifications system](/19/docs/what-are-centralised-notifications), for example if they want to receive fewer notifications.

You can configure your notification preferences by following these steps:

1. Go to *User menu* (your name in the top-right corner) > *Preferences > Notification preferences*.
2. Expand the features containing the notification trigger events for which you want to change your preferences.
3. Click the **Enabled** toggle to set whether each trigger event is enabled (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1674656609578.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A55%3A27Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A55%3A27Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Lfp%2BvjbjYF%2FXCyNbRTTJowqpZ%2BWmckItjBF55zYnmmw%3D)) or disabled (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1674656677776.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A55%3A27Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A55%3A27Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Lfp%2BvjbjYF%2FXCyNbRTTJowqpZ%2BWmckItjBF55zYnmmw%3D)). Disable any notifications you do not wish to receive.
4. For each notification you can change the channels that will be used to deliver the notification by overriding the default delivery channels. Click the icon of three dots (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1638888667595.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A55%3A27Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A55%3A27Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Lfp%2BvjbjYF%2FXCyNbRTTJowqpZ%2BWmckItjBF55zYnmmw%3D)) next to a notification, then select **Edit delivery channels**.
5. Tick the **Override** checkbox.
6. Tick the checkboxes for the delivery channels you want to use to receive notifications related to the specific event.
7. Click **Save**.

Note that some notifications may be delivered by some channels even if you have disabled them in your preferences, as an administrator may have set forced delivery in the [notification settings](/19/docs/notification-settings).

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![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_notifications.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A55%3A27Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A55%3A27Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Lfp%2BvjbjYF%2FXCyNbRTTJowqpZ%2BWmckItjBF55zYnmmw%3D)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to [Notifications](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=706) in Totara. Here you can learn more about how to set up and use centralised notifications, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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