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# Settings | Airmail Notifications

This article will focus on the Airmail notifications that applies to all accounts. Account specific notifications 
 will also be discussed in more detail here.

#### Set & Customize Notifications

1. Tap the menu icon ≡ in the top left corner on the app, which will reveal the menu.

2. Tap on Settings

3. Scroll down to Notifications and tap on it.

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4. Enable Notification, if not yet enabled.

###### Actions

 The shown options here refer to the actions that can be taken from notification bar. A maximum of 2 
 actions can be selected. With the options above, the banner notification will look like this:

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Tapping on these buttons will execute the desired function without opening the Airmail app.

###### Advanced Settings

** Actions Requires Unlock: ** With this feature enabled, the iOS first needs to unlock before an action 
can be completed.

#### Account Specific Notifications

1. Tap the menu icon ≡ in the top left corner on the app, which will reveal the menu.
2. Tap on the email account you would like to edit.
3. Tap on notifications

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4. Notifications:

Notifications can be set to display for All Messages, just for VIP Contacts or no notifications.

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5. Sounds:

To set a specific tone for the notification, tap the appropriate one. Tapping a sound will also play it.

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