If you are permitted to to override your administrator's default settings, you can specify which actions you are notified about. 

On this page:

Customize your notifications settings


  1. Click Settings in the navigation bar, and click the Notifications tab.  
  2. By default, Use default notification settings is selected.
    If you are permitted to override default settings, Use my own notification settings and all of the options under it can be edited. If you are not permitted to override default settings, Use my own notification settings and the options under it cannot be edited.
  3. Select Use my own notification settings.
  4. To turn off notifications, uncheck Send Notifications; otherwise, leave it checked.
  5. By default, When to send is set to Daily.
    If you want to receive notifications less frequently, choose Daily, Weekly, or Custom in the drop-down list. You will receive an email listing all new notifications since the last notification email.
    If you choose Custom, a text box opens for you to enter the notification interval in minutes. You are not allowed to enter a value that is less than the notification interval set by your admin.

  6. Send Notifications on indicates which actions you will receive notifications about. All actions are unchecked by default.
    Check any actions that you want to receive notifications about.

  7. Check Self Notifications if you want to receive notifications about changes you make to your own files or folders.

    If you do not check Self Notifications, you only receive notifications when a user you have shared a file with performs an action on that file.

    If you do check Self Notifications, you also receive a notification when you perform an action on a file you own or a file that has been shared with you.

Edit path notifications rules

At the bottom of the page is a Path Notifications Rules table listing the full paths of any files or folders you have configured with notification rules.  
For information about configuring paths of files or folder with notification rules, see Set notifications for files and folders.

  1. To edit the rule, under Actions, click the edit button.
    A dialog box identical to the upper portion of the Global Notifications Settings (the current screen) opens for the file or folder listed under Path.
    Change any of the settings and click Save.
  2. To delete the rule, under Actions, click the delete button. 
    Note that settings on paths override the custom notification settings that appear above them.

Disable custom notifications without removing custom settings:

  1. Click Settings in the navigation bar, and click the Notifications tab.  
  2. Uncheck Send Notifications.
  3. Click Save.

Return to the default notification settings

  1. Click Settings in the navigation bar, and click the Notifications tab.  
  2. Select Use default notification settings (as configured by Admin).
  3. Click Save.
    Your previous settings including your path settings are not saved. If you want to use them again, you must reset them manually.