> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.begin.eu/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Notification settings
> Choose what reaches your inbox, email and mobile app, and when your phone can notify you.
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Choose which updates reach you under **Settings → Notifications**. **Inbox**, **Email** and **Mobile app** have separate controls: turning off an email notification does not turn off its inbox copy.
## Choose what reaches you
Choose **Inbox**, **Email** or **Mobile app** on the notification-settings page.
Keep the channel enabled, then switch individual notifications or whole sections on or off. The
options depend on the channel and your access.
Changes save as you make them. Return to the overview to see which channels are enabled.
Turning a channel off keeps its category choices for when you turn it on again. Message alerts are mobile-app notifications; their section does not appear under Inbox.
## Choose when your phone notifies you
Under **Mobile app**, enable the delivery schedule and choose days and a time window. The window uses your workspace's timezone. Outside it, push is silenced; inbox and email delivery continue.
The same page holds reminder timing. Choose the delay beside **Forgot to clock out**, or turn on **Unscheduled clock-ins** and choose how long you can stay clocked in without a scheduled shift end before Begin reminds you.
Take a break
**Pause notifications** on the **Mobile app** page silences push for **30 minutes**, **1 hour**, **2 hours**, until **Tomorrow 9am** or **Next week**, or until a **Custom…** date and time within the next year. It resumes automatically; use **Resume** to end it early.
**Vacation do not disturb** on the overview mutes push and email while you are on approved leave. Notifications still collect in your inbox.
Temporary pauses and vacation muting are rolling out gradually. If these controls are missing from
your notification settings, ask us to turn them on.
## Clear old read items
Under **Inbox**, set **Auto-delete read items** to **After 7 days**, **After 30 days**, **After 90 days** or **Never**. The default is **Never**.
Cleanup uses the item's age, not the time you read it, and runs daily. It keeps unread items, data-deletion requests and unanswered open-shift offers that have not expired. Read approval-request items are not exempt, so finish their decisions before relying on automatic cleanup.
**Context for notification preferences.**
* **Where:** Channels open at `/settings/notifications/inbox`, `/settings/notifications/email` and `/settings/notifications/push`.
* **Limits:** Temporary push pauses accept a custom end within the next year. Automatic cleanup removes items in batches, so a large backlog may take several daily runs.
* **Often confused with:** Snoozing one inbox item changes when it returns to the list; it does not pause a notification channel.
## Next
Read and act on the updates sent to you.
Clear items yourself or set one aside for later.
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