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How can I not get email notifications every time someone updates or moves a card in Trello?

Beth Holmes-Bozung

I'm a member of two boards with two different colleagues. I'm getting buried in emails like "7 new notifications on [board name]," for things like [user] moved the card to Waiting (which is a column). I do not need to know every time a colleague changes the status on every task. I only need to know when I am mentioned. How do I configure that?

Also, why isn't Trello listed as an option here to Tag?

Thanks!

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Jodi LeBlanc

Hi @Beth Holmes-Bozung you put this card under the Trello thread so it is automatically tagged with Trello. You get notified on boards you are watching, and when you are mentioned. If you only want to receive notifications when you are mentioned you should unwatch the cards you are getting all these notifications on.

This article gives additional information and will walk you through how to turn off email notifications, so you can just get notified on the app. That will help alleviate the overflowing inbox.

https://help.trello.com/article/793-receiving-trello-notifications

Let me know if this helps.

Thanks,

Jodi

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Jodi LeBlanc

This article gives additional information and will walk you through how to turn off email notifications, so you can just get notified on the app. That will help alleviate the overflowing inbox.

https://help.trello.com/article/793-receiving-trello-notifications

Let me know if this helps.

Thanks,

Jodi

Beth Holmes-Bozung

Hi Jodi -

I looked at the boards and cards from which I received notifications that the card was moved, and neither the board or the card was flagged as "watch" for me. I had been mentioned previously in the card, but not in this case. What am I missing?

Turning off all email notifications means I wouldn't get the ones I actually need to see, like when someone mentions me because they need an answer to keep the task moving.

Thanks!

Jodi LeBlanc

Hi @Beth Holmes-Bozung I found a solution on how you can turn the moving cards off without missing a crucial update. Please see item two at the following link, it explains it really well:

https://blog.trello.com/5-features-for-fine-tuning-trello-boards

Please let me know if that resolves the issue.

Thanks,

Jodi

Beth Holmes-Bozung

Hi - I read through that article - it appears "subscribe" has been replaced by "watch" in current version of Trello. I don't see subscribe as an option to uncheck. If it's now Watch, that's not selected on any cards, lists or the board that I can see.