Subscribe to email updates
When you watch or view a page, blog, or space, Confluence will email you each time someone makes changes to it. You can also subscribe to Confluence updates as described below. How much you leverage email to receive activity updates is up to you.
However, if your Confluence administrator has turned off email and push notifications, you won’t be able to make or change selections.
Email options
You can choose to be receive emails when there are updates to content you’ve watched or viewed.
This includes:
Someone makes changes to content
A blog is published or updated in any space you can view
You comment on or edit content
You create or edit content in a space you’re watching
Daily digest
You can choose to subscribe to a Daily Digest which consists of updates for content you’re watching. This includes:
Comments and reactions
New blogs, content, or whiteboards
Content updates
For Premium and Standard customers the Daily Digest also provides updates for content that’s been recently viewed, alongside content being watched.
To edit your email settings:
Select your profile picture in the top-right of the navigation
Select Personal settings
Select Email in the left panel
Select Edit at the top
Check or uncheck boxes to set which emails you’d like to receive
Select Submit at the top
To access email settings from the email footer:
If you find you’re receiving too many emails, you can quickly jump to your Confluence email settings by clicking the Update your email settings link in the email footer. You may also see an option to simply Stop watching or to Manage notifications.
If available, select the Update your email settings or other relevant link, located in the footer of the email
Select Edit
Check or uncheck boxes to set which emails you’d like to receive
Select Submit
Email settings table
Here’s a reference chart of all the email settings, what they do, and how to manage them.
If you aren’t watching any content or spaces, selecting any of the options below will not change your notifications.
General
Setting type | Description | Content you’ll be notified about |
|---|---|---|
Autowatch | Selecting this option will automatically add you as a watcher to each page or post that you create, edit, or comment on. As a watcher on a piece of content, you’ll receive notifications of all future changes. | Pages and blog posts that you create, edit, or comment on |
All blog posts | You’ll receive an email when any blog post is created that you have permission to view, even if it’s in a space you’re not watching. You won’t receive emails for comments or edits to the blogs. | New blog posts that you have permission to view |
Notify on my actions | You’ll receive email notifications on actions you take within Confluence. | All pages and spaces that you're watching |
Subscribe to
Setting type | Description | Content you’ll be notified about |
|---|---|---|
Daily Digest | Customizable daily email with an overview of updates and activity regarding the pages and spaces you’re watching. Daily Digest doesn't include information about attachments on a page or blog post that are added, edited or deleted. | Customizable, can include updates on:
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Real-time updates | Customizable notifications in real time on topics of your choice. |
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Note for admins
Confluence administrators can turn email and push notifications on or off for their instance. Select the wheel icon () in the top-right corner to open Confluence administration. Then find Settings > Configuration and select Further configuration. Select Edit to make changes.
Site administrators have the ability to turn off specific emails for their entire tenant. Toggling settings to off means that no one on the Confluence instance will receive email, even if they turn it on in their personal email settings.
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