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title: How to Set Up Email and In-Platform SciNote Notifications
description: Getting too many emails? Not getting enough? Not getting notified about important updates in the system? Update your ELN notification preferences to meet your needs.
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# How to Set Up Email and In-Platform SciNote Notifications

## Getting too many emails? Not getting enough? Not getting notified about important updates in the system? Update your ELN notification preferences to meet your needs.

Here’s a breakdown of the available notification types you can toggle on or off based on your preferences. You can enable these notifications to trigger in the app and/or via email.

### **Task Notifications**

- You are assigned or unassigned: Get notified when you are added to or removed from a Task in the 'Assigned to' field.
- Due date reminder: Receive a reminder 24 hours before the Tasks you’re assigned to are due. Linked to the 'Due date' Task field.
- Comments: Alerts you when someone adds or edits a comment on a Task assigned to you.
- Signature requests: You are informed when someone else requests, revokes, or deletes your signature on a Task.
- Status update for your requested signatures: Find out when a signature you've requested from another user is signed, rejected, or revoked.

### **Project & Experiment Notifications**

- Project membership: Notified when you’re added to or removed from a Project.
- Role changes: Get updated when your access role changes on a Project, Experiment, or Task.
- Due date (Project): Reminder to project *owners* when a Project deadline is near. You are notified 24 hours hours before the set project 'Due date'.
- Due date (Experiment): Reminder for *owners* or *users* when an experiment’s due date approaches. You are notified 24 hours hours before the set experiment 'Due date'.

### **Inventory & Item Notifications**

- Low stock: Receive a notification when an inventory item’s stock level is low. Triggered when the set low stock reminder (specific to each item). [Read more here.](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-to-use-the-stock-management-column?hsLang=en)
- Date reminder: Get reminded of important date-based deadlines for inventory items. Timing of reminders is based on custom column setup. [Read more here.](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-to-use-date-reminders?hsLang=en)

### **Other Notifications**

- User Mentions: Alert when [someone @ tags you](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-to-notify-a-user-in-scinote?hsLang=en) in a comment, task, or anywhere else in the system.
- Team membership: Notified when you’re invited to or removed from a [Team workspace](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-to-manage-your-team?hsLang=en).

### To modify your email notifications:

1. Click on the **Profile icon** in the top right corner and select **My Preferences** from the drop-down menu.  
   [![How to Set Up Email Notifications](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/How%20to%20Set%20Up%20Email%20Notifications.png?width=217&height=200&name=How%20to%20Set%20Up%20Email%20Notifications.png)](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hubfs/How%20to%20Set%20Up%20Email%20Notifications.png?hsLang=en)
2. Under the Notifications section, toggle **in-app** and **email** notifications next to each specific activity or event for your desired alerts.  
   [![Setting Up Notifications](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Setting%20Up%20Notifications.gif?width=688&height=624&name=Setting%20Up%20Notifications.gif)](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hubfs/Setting%20Up%20Notifications.gif?hsLang=en)

 

To learn more about notifications in SciNote, watch our **video tutorial**.

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