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DMs, mentions, and alerts

You can configure desktop, mobile, and email notifications for direct messages (DMs), mentions, and alert words.

Configure notifications

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These settings will affect notifications for direct messages, group direct messages, mentions, and alert words.

  1. Go to Notifications.
  2. In the Notification triggers table, toggle the settings for DMs, mentions, and alerts.

You can also hide the content of direct messages (and group direct messages) from desktop notifications.

  1. Under Desktop message notifications, toggle Include content of direct messages in desktop notifications.

Wildcard mentions

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You can configure which types of notifications you want to receive for wildcard mentions (@all, @everyone, @channel) and @topic mentions separately from personal @-mentions.

  1. Go to Notifications.
  2. In the Notification triggers table, toggle the @all checkbox for Channels or Followed topics.

Additionally, you can override this configuration for individual channels in your Channel settings, and administrators can restrict use of wildcard mentions in large channels.

Alert words

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Zulip lets you to specify case-insensitive alert words or phrases that send you a desktop notification whenever the alert word is included in a message. For example, you can set up an alert for the name of a product you’re responsible for. Alerts for problematic words or phrases can help moderators respond quickly when there’s an issue.

Add an alert word or phrase

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  1. Go to Alert words.
  2. Click Add alert word.
  3. Type a word or phrase, and click Add.

Remove an alert word or phrase

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  1. Go to Alert words.
  2. Click the delete ( ) icon next to the alert word that you would like to remove.
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