How to manage your personal notification preferences

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Temitope Olamolu
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You can now manage your personal notification settings to receive only the alerts that matter most to you. Whether you prefer email or Slack, you’re in control. This feature helps reduce inbox clutter and ensures you never miss key updates related to expenses, time off, or timesheets.

These preferences only affect your individual account. Changes you make won’t impact what other team members receive.

Access your notification preferences

To access your notification settings:

  1. Go to your Account settings in Remote

  2. Select Manage Account

  3. Choose Notification. Here, you’ll see a set of categories of notifications you can manage.

 

How to adjust your preferences

Your notification preferences are grouped into categories like Contractor Payments, Time off, Time tracking, and more categories added over time.

To customize what you receive:

  1. Browse through the list of available notifications
  2. Use the toggle button next to each notification type to:
    • Enable - Turn on to receive these emails
    • Disable - Turn off to stop receiving these emails
  3. Your changes are saved automatically
Tip: If your company has enabled the Slack integration, you can choose to receive certain notifications directly in Slack.

Understanding mandatory notifications

Some notifications are essential for compliance, security, or critical business operations. These are marked as mandatory and cannot be turned off. You’ll see these with a greyed-out toggle.

Examples may include:

  • Canceled approvals

  • Critical system alerts

Remote ensures these important communications are always delivered.

Frequently asked questions

How can I enable the Slack integration for personal notifications?
To enable the Slack integration for receiving personal notifications, your company admins with Owner or Super Admin roles need to activate the integration at the company level. They can do this by following our step-by-step guide. After the Slack integration has been successfully enabled by the admins, individual users will have the ability to customize and manage their own personal notifications directly through Slack.

Are these settings personal or company-wide?
Your preferences are personal. Any changes you make apply only to your account and do not affect what other company admins receive.

Do my changes override my company’s notification settings?
No. Company-level settings remain in place. These preferences let you fine-tune what you see, without affecting others.

Do my preferences apply to other admins?
No. Each admin manages their own notifications. This means you can adjust your preferences without worrying about changing what others see.

Could I miss important compliance-related emails if I turn off some notifications?
No. Notifications that are legally required or critical for security and operations cannot be turned off. Remote automatically ensures that compliance-critical updates are always delivered.

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