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Your notification settings, starting at the bell

What the red number means, and how to choose what reaches you. Watch it in 68 seconds.

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How to change your notification settings

To change your notification settings in Papalocal, tap the bell at the top, then See all alerts and alert settings. Tap Choose what buzzes your phone and what's emailed. Turn the daily summary email on or off, and set each kind of alert to Instant, Daily, Weekly or Off. A red number on the bell means alerts are waiting.

Step by step

  1. 0:00Tap the bell. The bell at the top shows what's new for you. A red number means alerts are waiting.
  2. 0:06Open an alert. Each one says who, and what happened. Tap it, and it opens right where it happened.
  3. 0:13Show one kind. The buttons along the top show one kind at a time, like Messages, Video or Connections.
  4. 0:19Clear the number. Mark all read clears the red number. Closing the list clears it too.
  5. 0:25See every alert. Tap See all alerts and alert settings.
  6. 0:31Choose what reaches you. Tap Choose what buzzes your phone and what's emailed.
  7. 0:36Set the email. Email comes first. The Daily summary email is one email around 7 pm, only on days something's waiting.
  8. 0:43Find each kind. Then every kind of alert: messages, video messages, guides, connections, music and more.
  9. 0:50Pick how often. For each one, pick Instant, Daily, Weekly or Off. Daily and weekly arrive as one summary, and Off stops them on all your devices.

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Questions

How do I mark all notifications as read?

Tap the bell, then Mark all read. Closing the list clears the red number too.

How do I turn off the daily summary email?

Tap the bell, then See all alerts and alert settings, then Choose what buzzes your phone and what's emailed. Turn off Daily summary email.

Can I get one kind of alert as a summary?

Yes. Pick Daily or Weekly for that kind. They arrive as one summary.

Does Off work on all my devices?

Yes. Off stops that kind of alert on all your devices.

What does the red number mean?

Alerts are waiting. Tap the bell to see them.

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