Manage your web notifications#

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Enable notifications#

Fangout prompts you to grant permission to your web browser to show notifications.

From Fangout v9.10, you're prompted to enable notifications.

  • When you select Enable notifications, you won’t be asked again. You’ll start receiving notifications in your web browser for all Fangout activity with badges and sounds. See the section below on customizing your notifications based on how you prefer to be notified about Fangout activity in a web browser.

  • If you dismiss this prompt, you won’t receive Fangout notifications in the web browser, and you’ll be prompted again the next time you open Fangout in a web browser, or go to Settings > Notifications > Desktop and mobile notifications.

  • If you select Deny or Deny Permanently, you won’t be asked again. You won’t receive Fangout notifications in the web browser. You can change this preference by granting notification permissions for Fangout in the web browser.

Notification sounds#

By default, notifications include audible sounds.

Customize your notifications#

Tip

Fangout notification settings labeled as Desktop also configure your web-based notifications when using Fangout in a web browser.

Reduce notifications#

To reduce the number of notifications you receive, select Desktop and mobile notifications > Mentions, direct messages, and group messages, and save your changes. You can set this preference across all channels or for specific channels.

With limited notifications enabled, you can also choose to receive notifications about replies to threads you’re following by selecting Notify me about replies to threads I’m following.

Change or disable sounds#

You can change or disable notification sounds by going to Desktop notification sounds > Message notification sound.

Disable all notifications#

Select Desktop and mobile notifications > Nothing to disable all web and desktop notifications.

Clear the Use different settings for my mobile devices to additionally disable all Fangout mobile notifications everywhere you use Fangout.

Frequently asked questions#

Why am I prompted repeatedly enable notifications I don’t want?#

Fangout will continue to prompt you to grant permission to the browser to show notifications until you respond to the prompt. If you want to disable all Fangout notifications, select Enable notifications when prompted, and then disable all Fangout notifications.