Follow and unfollow an element
You can get notifications about actions and changes on elements in your workspace, e.g. activities or documents. Read Notifications to learn more and manage your notification settings.
Whether you get notified about an element depends on whether you follow it. By default, everyone with access to an element follows it automatically; you don't need to do anything to get notifications about it. If you don't want to be notified about a specific element, unfollow it.
💡 Note:
- To follow an element and receive notifications for it, you need at least Read access to it.
- Following has no effect on your access rights: you can unfollow an element you manage, and you can follow an element you can only read.
- Notifications are deleted automatically after about 30 days.
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How following worksFollow and unfollow an elementAdd and remove other followersWhich elements can be followed
How following works
- Following means you get notified about changes to the element: in the notification list (the bell at the top right) and in your summary email.
- You follow every element you have access to automatically, also elements created later. Unfollowing is the exception: it mutes one element for you.
- You are never notified about your own changes.
- Following is personal. It does not change who can see or edit the element, and other people don't see whom you follow.
- Managers and Admins can see and change who follows an element in its Access tab, e.g. to make sure the work package lead gets notified, or to stop notifications for someone who no longer works on it.
Follow and unfollow an element
- Open the element in the sidebar. Click the follow icon at the top right, next to the favourite star, to follow or unfollow it.
Add and remove other followers
💡 Note: To open the Access tab and change who follows an element, you need the Manager or Admin role in the project.
- Open the element's sidebar and select the Access tab.
- A table of users and groups with access to the element appears. Click the follow icon next to a user's row to add or remove that person as a follower.
Groups don't have their own follow icon. To change who follows the element, toggle the icon for each person in the table.
Tip: Use the search field in the table header to find users or groups.
EMDESK does not notify a person when you add or remove them as a follower.
Which elements can be followed
Follow is available for:
- Activities
- Deliverables and milestones
- Folders
- Budget items
- Expenses
Participants and documents, including EMDocs, cannot be followed. You can mark them as favourite instead; read Mark and unmark an item as favourite.