Manage notifications

Check, filter, and clear your notifications all in one place.

View notifications

Access your notifications to see mentions, friend requests, community invites, and other alerts.

Desktop

1. In the user tray (top-right), select the Notifications icon (bell).
2. Your notifications appear in a panel, with the most recent at the top.
3. Hover over a notification to mark it as viewed.

Mobile

1. Tap Notifications in the bottom navigation bar.
2. Your notifications appear in a list, with the most recent at the top.
3. About a second after the screen opens, every notification is marked as viewed, including the ones further down the list.

The Notifications tab shows a badge with the number you haven't viewed yet.

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The badge on the Root app icon counts unviewed notifications and unread direct message conversations, so it can be higher than the number on the Notifications tab.

Filter notifications

Narrow down your notification list to focus on specific types.

Desktop

1. In the user tray (top-right), select the Notifications icon (bell).
2. Select the filter dropdown at the top of the panel.
3. Choose a filter.

Mobile

1. Tap Notifications in the bottom navigation bar.
2. Tap a filter tab at the top of the screen: All, Mentions, Friend requests, or Community invites.

Mark all notifications as viewed

Clear the unviewed indicators on all your notifications at once.

Desktop

1. In the user tray (top-right), select the Notifications icon (bell).
2. Select the Options button (three dots) in the panel header.
3. Select Mark all as viewed.

Mobile

Notifications are automatically marked as viewed when you open the notifications screen. There is no manual option to mark all as viewed.

Delete all notifications

Remove all notifications from your list. This action cannot be undone.

Desktop

1. In the user tray (top-right), select the Notifications icon (bell).
2. Select the Options button (three vertical dots) in the panel header.
3. Select Delete all.
4. Confirm the deletion when prompted.

Mobile

1. Tap Notifications in the bottom navigation bar.
2. Tap the Options button (three vertical dots) in the header.
3. Tap Delete all notifications.
4. On the Delete notifications prompt, tap Delete to confirm, or Cancel to keep them.

Delete all notifications is greyed out when your list is already empty.

Respond to a notification

Some notifications can be acted on straight from the list, so you don't have to go looking for the message or the community.

Desktop

1. In the user tray (top-right), select the Notifications icon (bell).
2. On a friend request or community invite, select Accept or Decline.

Mobile

1. Tap Notifications in the bottom navigation bar.
2. Do one of the following:
   • On a friend request or community invite, tap Accept or Decline.
   • Tap a mention to jump straight to that message in the channel or conversation.

Accepting a community invite takes you into the community. If nothing happens when you tap a mention, you've most likely left that community or been removed from it.

Root can ask you for something before it lets you accept a community invite:

Prompt	What to do
Verify your email address	Verify your email address, then accept the invite again.
Confirm your age	Confirm you meet the community's age requirement to continue.

A ban notification also shows the reason you were banned, if the community gave one.