Cannot turn off notifications for teams

[midirhee12]

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I've been getting notifications from a new team I joined where they're are requesting review on every PR. I want to leave email notifications on as I'm in some teams I need to actually work on regularly. But this particular team that is getting pinged is a bit much. I've tried searching the "watched" but it only shows my repositories. I tried searching my subscriptions, but this only shows each individual PR. I want to stop getting notifications for every future review request from this particular team. Is there a way to "unwatch" a team?

[Anikesh02]

Hey @midirhee12 ,

Go to GitHub.com
Click your profile picture in the top right
Go to Settings
Select "Notifications" from the left sidebar
Scroll down to the "Organization teams" section
Find the specific team and uncheck "Review requests"

If you don't see this option, there's an alternative approach:

Go to the organization page
Click "Teams" at the top
Find your team
Click the "..." menu button
Look for "Notification settings" or "Watch settings"
Adjust your notification preferences

OR

You can use GitHub's custom routing filters to send specific team notifications to a separate email folder:

In GitHub Settings > Notifications
Under "Custom routing"
Add a new routing rule for that particular team
Either set it to "Skip inbox" or route it to a different email address

[midirhee12]

@Anikesh02
For method one, I am in the Notifications page and there is no "Organizations" section. Only subscriptions and systems. There's an organizations section to the left. But there's nothing regarding notifications on that page.

For the second method, I am able to find the "..." symbol on the corresponding team. But it takes me to a member list where "Notification settings" and "Watch settings" are missing.

For the third method, I can add a new routing rule. But there is no "Skip inbox" method. I can only select which email.

[Anikesh02]

@midirhee12

Try customizing the unwatch settings if you want to receive only the relevant notifications from that particular repository

[midirhee12]

Okay, I'll try this and see if it works. I'm not sure if it will considering it didn't even say I was watching this repository when I went to that tab.

[AyhemKouki]

Currently, GitHub doesn’t have a direct option to “unwatch” or silence notifications specifically for a team within your organization. However, here are a few ways you could manage notifications for that particular team without affecting others:

Adjust Notification Settings for Specific Repositories: If your team is mainly active in specific repositories, go to each repository and adjust your "Custom" notification settings. In the repository settings, choose to be notified only for issues or discussions and turn off notifications for PRs.

Use Email Filters: Set up filters in your email client to route notifications from this team to a specific folder or archive them directly. You could filter by keywords specific to the team’s PRs, the team’s name, or certain subject lines that match review requests. This way, you won’t be distracted by their notifications, but you can still access them if needed.

Notification Settings by Team (GitHub Enterprise): If you’re on GitHub Enterprise, check with your organization admin, as there may be some options for finer control at the organizational level, like configuring notifications for specific teams or adding custom rules for review requests.

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[midirhee12]

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