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13 years ago
How do I turn off the feature that shoots me an email every time someone else comments on a thread I have commented on? It is filling up my inbox and this is annoying. If no way to turn it off, it will certainly stop from me commenting on more posts...help!
Otherwise, love this site.
Thanks,

Comments (26)

  • 13 years ago
    Btw, I use the iPad app.
    Thx
  • 13 years ago
    Go to your profile page. Click the "Edit Profile" button. Scroll to the bottom and click "Advanced settings". Then uncheck all the e-mail notification boxes. I am on a computer, not an iPad, but I think the editing page layout may be the same.
  • 13 years ago
    Can't seem to access profile from iPad. Still stuck...
  • 13 years ago
    Ok, thanks. Since I've already deleted all of the emails :-(, as soon as someone else comments to generate another email I will look for that.
  • 13 years ago
    Okay, here's a comment just to generate an e-mail ;-)
  • 13 years ago
    Worked like a charm! Thank you...
  • 13 years ago
    Help! I have submitted this problem before! I am no longer getting notifications on my Houzz discussions and I WANT to get them! It's impossible to keep up with the discussions now, and people ask me questions and I have no way of knowing unless I keep,scrolling through my discussions to see if anyone has commented. I had this problem about 6 weeks ago, then it kind of cleared up, and now it has been happening again for about 6 days. hELP - I checked my settings. I don't know what to do.
  • 12 years ago
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    Karemore55: Yes, I too have your issue. I WANT the notifications to start. Again. But I don't get any of them now. I used to, like you said, when comment was made, then I would get the email notifications of comments added to a particular discussion. Did you find a solution? And if you answer this, I probably won't know, because I don't get notifications!
  • 12 years ago
    Sara, I assume you will keep checking this thread in My Discussions, so you will see this. My problem got solved, but it was nothing I did, or that Houzz did, to remedy the problem. It has happened to me twice. The first time, it lasted a few weeks, then magically seemed to be OK again. Then, a month or two later it happened again and lasted about 6 weeks. Extremely frustrating!!!

    I had emailed Houzz, and also placed that comment on the thread you found me on, but never received a response from Houzz. They do numerous updates and big fixes, and it can only assume the problem was a bug that got fixed on one of the updates. I don't know why Houzz doesn't respond and at least suggest that as a possibility.

    I do know that abbyjean is currently having this problem, as she asked me about it on a thread we were both on last week. Probably,others are too, so hopefully another big fix is I n the works!

    In the meantime, I found it helpful to bookmark all,dilemmas I was on that I felt were going somewhere. Lots of them don't, as you are probably aware!

    Hope this helps, and let me know if you need help doing the bookmark thing. I use an iPad, but I alternate between the app and the site.

    I
  • 12 years ago
    Also, if you don't want email notifications but would like to check up on a thread you have commented on, you can go to YOUR HOUZZ then click on ACTIVITY. This will only show threads you have commented on - without filling your email in box.
  • 12 years ago
    True, Darzy, but the scroll feature now duplicates discussions for some reason. I'd try resetting the email address- perhaps the "ignore" option will clear out.
  • 12 years ago
    Darzy and brickln, Are you referring to desktop or iPad? And if iPad, do you mean the app? I find that just keeping track on My Discussions (on iPad app) only shows last comment that I made, but not last comment made on discussion. This is why I bookmark.

    I have to admit I still have problems navigating the site - the app is definitely easier to use. Except for the very annoying glitch that arose after last Houzz update where you can't see the pics you are posting until after you have submitted them. Very weird!
  • 12 years ago
    @karemore55...I use desktop.
  • 12 years ago
    I have that same issue, Karen. No pic shows up and I am in the dark and have to hope it posts! I have been using the website when posting pics because I do not want to lose my comment too.
  • 12 years ago
    Yes, more and more I am finding myself using the site. It seems there is always some kind of glitch on Houzz.

    Abbyjean, are you getting your notifications yet?
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    Thank you! I am!!! I ended up going to houzz customer service and twice they told me everything looked good and they saw no reason for me not to get them. They thought maybe they were going to spam and that I needed to check that. My safari sends them all to junk and that is ok, as I know where they are and I can either delete or read and respond. My firefox never put them in spam and they always came as emails. I was soooooo lucky and magically, as it seems, the very next day, I had a box full of emails again and I was sooo happy!!! I was lost with out it!!!
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    Oh, I use a lap top. AND for those also wondering how to turn off to not get CERTAIN responses anymore for any reason, right at the bottom, right under the box you can comment in, there is small green writing that says to click to switch off notifications about new comments.

    Here is my question......silly, but........how do I comment and be able to write and write before I submit. Right now I can usually write one line that I can see and then I hit submit and then go back in to keep writing, so I can see what I am writing. What did I miss in the directions about posting???
  • 12 years ago
    Hmmm, I don't have that problem but maybe it's because I'm on an iPad. If I understand you correctly, you can't see all your text before submitting if you type more than one line?
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    Yes, that is right. ONE line shows and then I have to go in with that pencil icon to keep writing......which is also why I confuse some people and see they part of what I wrote and think I am done and it makes no sense as it is not finished, but I am typing away and then the rest will appear for them to see.
  • 12 years ago
    Now that is interesting! I don't have that problem on the iPad, thankfully. Maybe someone else can advise you on this one?
  • 12 years ago
    Whew! Thank you. Love the site, but all the emails are a little silly.
  • 12 years ago
    Can anyone tell me of any notification options other than emails? Emails feel like a step back in terms of user experience. One of Facebook's biggest conveniences is the little red notification number...is there any equivalent here?
  • 10 years ago
    Can you stop getting notifications on comments on an iPhone? They are too many comments.
  • 2 years ago

    Hooooooow to stop *all* notifications? When I want to use the app, I'll use it. I don't want to hear alerts or get notifications at all -- email or text. Many thanks!