On Android devices
Note: Your Android device has other notification settings that are separate from the Gmail app.
On Apple iOS devices
Note: If you use multiple accounts in the Gmail app, you need to change this setting for each account.
- Open the Gmail app.
- At the top, tap Menu
 Settings.
- Tap your account.
- In the Notifications section, tap All new emails.
- When you see a notification on your device, swipe it to the left to Reply or Archive.
On the web
- Open Gmail.
- At the top right, click Settings
 See all settings.
- Scroll down to Desktop notifications and select New mail notifications on or Important mail notifications on (if you use Priority Inbox).
- Click Save Changes.
Note: Notifications appear on Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari when you're signed in to Gmail and have it open.
Turn notification sounds on or off
On Android devices
- Open the Gmail app
.
- At the top left, tap Menu
Settings .
- Select your account.
- Under “Notifications,'' tap Notification sounds.
- Under “Email” or "Chat and spaces," tap Notification sound
Sound.
- Choose the notification sound you want to use.
- To turn off notification sounds, tap None.
On Apple iOS devices
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app
.
- At the top left, tap Menu
Settings .
- To change your notification sound for:
- Email: Under "Notifications," tap Email notifications
Notification sounds.
- Chat and Spaces: Under “Notifications,” tap Chat notifications
Notification sounds.
- When sounds are on, the name of the sound displays.
- Choose the notification sound you want to use.
- To turn off notification sounds, tap None.
On the web
- Open Gmail.
- At the top right, click Settings
See all settings.
- Scroll to “Desktop notifications.”
- Click New mail notifications on or Important mail notifications on.
- Next to "Mail notification sounds," select a sound from the list.
- To turn off email notification sounds, select None.
- Scroll to the bottom
click Save changes.
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