Desktop notifications
Zulip offers visual and audible desktop notifications. You can
customize whether stream messages,
direct messages and
mentions
trigger desktop notifications.
- Instructions for all platforms
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Go to Notifications.
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Toggle the checkboxes for Streams and DMs, mentions, and alerts
in the Desktop column of the Notification triggers table.
Notification sound
You can select the sound Zulip uses for audible desktop notifications. Choosing
None disables all audible desktop notifications.
Change notification sound
- Instructions for all platforms
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Go to Notifications.
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Under Desktop message notifications, configure
Notification sound.
To hear the selected sound, click the to the right of your selection.
Unread count badge
By default, Zulip displays how many unmuted unread messages you have
in the organization on the desktop app
sidebar and on the browser tab icon. You can configure which types of
messages are included in the count. Choosing None disables unread
count badges.
- Instructions for all platforms
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Go to Notifications.
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Under Desktop message notifications, configure
Unread count badge.
Troubleshooting desktop notifications
First, make sure you have enabled
desktop notifications for DMs or for the
stream you are testing with.
Desktop notifications are triggered when a message arrives, and Zulip is not
in focus or the message is offscreen. You must have Zulip open in a browser
tab or in the Zulip desktop app to receive desktop notifications.
Visual desktop notifications appear in the corner of your main monitor.
Audible desktop notifications make a sound.
The most common issue is that your browser or system settings are blocking
notifications from Zulip.
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Desktop app
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Click on Secure to the left of the URL bar. It should be green and
have a lock icon next to it.
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Set Notifications and Sound to Allow.
Alternate instructions:
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Open the Chrome Edit menu. Select Preferences.
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On the top left, select the menu icon (). Select Advanced, and then Privacy & Security.
Click on Content settings (partway down the page), and select
Notifications.
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If the Zulip URL for your organization is listed under Blocked,
select the menu icon () to its right, and
click Remove.
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Next to Allow, click Add.
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Paste the Zulip URL for your organization into the site field, and click
Add.
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Open the Firefox Edit menu. Select Preferences.
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On the left, select Privacy & Security. Scroll to the Permissions
section and select the Settings button next to Notifications.
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Find the URL for your Zulip organization, and adjust the Status
selector to Allow.
Windows
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Click the Start button and select Settings. Select System,
and then Notifications & actions.
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Select Zulip from the list of apps.
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Configure the notification style that you would like Zulip to use.
macOS
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Open your Mac System Preferences and select Notifications.
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Select Zulip from the list of apps.
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Configure the notification style that you would like Zulip to use.
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