Notifications
Unread notifications and the badge
What counts as seen, the number on the left rail, Mark all read, and moving between pages.
Step 1
The badge
The number on Notifications in the left rail counts what you have not seen in Documents, Chats & hubs and General. On the Notifications page, those three tabs show their own counts, so you can see which one the new items are in. On the narrow icon rail it sits on the bell and shows 9+ past nine. It is also in the menu on phones. It updates on its own every minute, and if the Notifications page is open, new notifications appear in the list then too.
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Step 2
Unread rows
A notification you have not seen yet is in darker text with a dot on the right. Opening the page alone does not mark anything as seen.
Sarah Cole shared the folder "Board packs" with you
5m ago
Jordan Reed assigned you the role "Reviewer"
1h ago
Sam Lee shared the document "Pricing 2027.docx" with you
1d ago
Step 3
What counts as seen
Hovering a row with the mouse, moving to it with the Tab key, or tapping it marks it seen. The dot goes and the badge drops by one straight away.
Sarah Cole shared the folder "Board packs" with you
5m ago
Jordan Reed assigned you the role "Reviewer"
1h ago
Sam Lee shared the document "Pricing 2027.docx" with you
1d ago
Step 4
Mark all read
Mark all read, top right, clears every unread notification in Documents, Chats & hubs and General in one go, and empties the badge. It is greyed out when nothing in the box you are looking at is unread.
Notifications
Access to your documents, your chats and hubs, groups and roles, what you shared, and Secretary updates
Sarah Cole shared the folder "Board packs" with you
5m ago
Jordan Reed assigned you the role "Reviewer"
1h ago
Sam Lee shared the document "Pricing 2027.docx" with you
1d ago
Step 5
Older notifications
Each box shows 30 notifications at a time, newest first. Use Previous and Next under the list to go further back. Switching box takes you back to the first page.
Sam Lee shared the document "Pricing 2027.docx" with you
1d ago
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Notifications at a glance
Where Notifications lives, its four boxes, and how to read a notification.
What arrives in Documents and General
Document and folder shares, removed access, group and role changes, persona notices, and where each one takes you.
Accepting or declining a hub invite
Join a hub from Notifications, see the role you would get, and what the row shows afterwards.