How to Disable Notifications for Gmail on Android
Here are some very easy steps to achieve turning off Gmail notifications on your Android device:
- Go to Settings
- Go to Apps
- Select Gmail app
- Select Notifications
- Disable the “All Gmail notifications” to set it off.
The steps mentioned above will disable notifications on all of your Gmail accounts that are configured on the Android device on the Gmail application.
How to Disable Notifications for Specific Gmail Accounts on Android
If you would like to disable notifications for specific accounts, then you can follow the steps below:
- Go to Settings
- Go to Apps
- Select Gmail app
- Select Notifications
- Locate the Gmail account that you want to disable the notifications for
- Disable the Gmail account’s notification button (entitled All myaddress@gmail.com notifications).
The steps mentioned above will disable notifications for a specific Gmail account that is configured on the Android device on the Gmail application.
Additional Notifications Settings on your Gmail App
Furthermore, your Google Account also has its own notification settings.
To access your Google Account’s notifications settings, you can go to
- Go to Settings
- Go to Apps
- Select Gmail app
- Select Notifications
- Locate the Gmail account that you want to disable the notifications for
- Go to Mail
- Go to Additional settings in the app
- Select Google Account
- Go to Notifications
- You can select among the following: All, High Priority Only, and None
- Go to Inbox Notifications
- You can enable or disable Label notifications and Notify for every message.
Caveat: Disabling Notifications
Besides the settings in Gmail, your Android phone or tablet has modes that can affect notification settings too. When you’re in Aeroplane mode or Do Not Disturb mode, notifications typically don’t come in.
Final Thoughts: Disable Gmail Notifications on Android
As an individual, I consider emails to be a great distraction from productivity, and I have mine always turned off in order to avoid this.
We hope our concise guide has been helpful if you are considering disabling Gmail notifications on your Android phone.
