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Turn Desktop notifications on or off for Yahoo Mail

It's useful at times when you're waiting for an important email to have notifications on so that while Yahoo Mail is open in a browser (Chrome, Firefox, or Safari) tab, you'll see a pop-up every time you get a new email. Turn on notifications and browse worry-free on your PC without checking your email every 5 minutes.

Turn notifications on or off

  1. Click the Settings icon Image of the Settings icon. | click More Settings Image of the More icon..
  2. Click Notifications.
  3. Toggle Desktop notifications on Image of the 'toggle settings on' icon..

Turn off notifications by following the steps above and toggle Desktop notification off Image of the 'toggle settings off' icon..

Still not receiving notifications? - Check your browser settings to make sure that your browser isn't blocking notifications.