# Choose your notifications

> Turn each kind of notification on or off for the app and for email, and set the hour your task reminders arrive.

Use this when you are getting too many alerts, or not enough. You choose separately, for each kind of notification, whether it shows in the app, arrives by email, both, or neither.

## Turn a notification on or off

1. **Open Settings**

   In the sidebar, select **Settings**. Settings is one long page of cards.

2. **Go to Notification Preferences**

   Scroll to the **Notification Preferences** card, titled "Choose what notifications you want to receive and how".

3. **Flip the switch you want**

   Each row has two switches, **In-App** and **Email**. Switch **In-App** to control the notification bell. Switch **Email** to control email. Turn a switch on to receive it that way, and off to stop it.

![The Notification Preferences card in Settings, with an In-App and an Email switch under each row](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/images/manage-your-account/notification-preferences.png)

*Each kind of notification has its own In-App and Email switches.*

> **What you should see:** a message that says "Notification preferences updated!" and the switch staying where you put it. There is no Save button for this card, because each switch saves as soon as you flip it.

The rows are **Task Reminders**, **Project Milestones** and **Change Order Approvals** (marked **CRITICAL**). For what each one sends, see [Notification settings](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/reference/your-account/notification-settings/).

> **Note:** Keep **Change Order Approvals** on if you are an **Admin**. It is how you find out that a change order is waiting for you.

## Set the hour your task reminders arrive

Task reminders arrive once a day at an hour you pick. You receive a reminder for the tasks you created, and only for tasks that have a due date. That setting lives in your profile, not in the notification card.

1. **Find Daily Reminder Time**

   In **Settings**, scroll to your profile card and find **Daily Reminder Time**.

2. **Choose an hour**

   Pick an hour from the list, such as **9:00 AM**. It uses your local timezone, so [check your time zone](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/guides/manage-your-account/change-your-time-zone/) first.

3. **Save**

   Select **Save Changes**.

> **What you should see:** your profile saves and the new hour shows in the **Daily Reminder Time** list.

## If something goes wrong

- **The switches look greyed out.** They are locked for a moment while the last change saves. Wait a second and try again.
- **A message says "Failed to update preferences".** Your change did not save. Flip the switch again.
- **You turned a switch off and still got a notification.** Email you already received before the change is not recalled. If it keeps happening, [contact support](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/help/contact-support/).

## Next step

  - [Notifications](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/guides/stay-organized/notifications/): Use the bell and see what triggers each notification.
  - [Notification settings](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/reference/your-account/notification-settings/): Every row in the card, and what it sends.