Change Gmail notifications

By default, notifications are turned on for any messages in your primary label.

Choose your Gmail notification settings

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Under 'Notifications', tap Email notifications.
6. Choose the types of email notifications that you want to receive.

Change notification settings for certain labels

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Tap Manage labels.
6. Tap one of your labels, such as Important.
7. Tap Sync messages Last 30 days or All. If you don't sync messages, you can't turn on notifications for that label.
8. Choose your notification settings for that label. Repeat this for any labels that you want to receive notifications for.

You can limit your notifications to only high-priority emails.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. In the top left, tap Menu Settings .
3. Tap your account.
4. Tap Email notifications select High priority only.

Tip: High-priority emails will override any other notification settings that you've made for certain labels.

This will allow you to turn on notifications so that you can easily get back to your ongoing meeting when you're in another app, for example.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings .
4. Select your account.
5. Tap Manage notifications.
6. You will be taken to the Gmail system settings, where you can then turn on notifications for Gmail.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. At the top left, tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select your account.
5. Tap Email notifications select None.