Customizing your notifications in Whimsical
As a Whimsical user, you'll receive our newsletter, and notifications for comments, reactions, card updates and admin actions (like file access requests). This article explains how to control exactly which notifications you receive, and where you receive them.
You'll find your notification settings under "My account", which is next to your avatar in the bottom left:
Marketing Emails
To unsubscribe from the newsletter, you can click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email, click Unsubscribe All or choose which individual emails you no longer want to receive:
Using the other toggles in the Email Settings, you can also disable our onboarding emails and any survey or feedback requests we might send out.
You can still keep up to date with product changes by following Whimsical on Twitter, or checking out this page from time to time.
Granular notification settings
Activity notifications
You can choose to be notified by email, or in Slack whenever:
- A comment is left on a file, sticky note, card, or annotation you've created.
- A comment is left on a file you've subscribed to, or that you’re a part of.
- Someone mentions you in a comment.
- Someone reacts to one of your comments.
Tip: To reduce notification overload and promote a sense of calm, you can choose to batch your notifications as a daily digest. Every morning you'll receive an email summary of any unread notifications from your Whimsical inbox:
Administrative notifications
If you're an admin in your Whimsical workspace you can choose to be notified by email, or in Slack when:
- You're invited to access a file.
- Someone requests access to one of your files.
- Someone in your team requests Editor access.
- Whenever someone joins your workspace by accepting an invite, or if you have Workspace Discovery enabled.
You're welcome to disable any of the activity or admin notifications completely, as they'll always be accessible in your Whimsical inbox when you're ready. 😉
Tip: Don't forget about the daily digest for keeping up to date, calmly.
Note: It's not possible to unsubscribe from the notification that you've been invited to a Whimsical workspace.
Comment and Discussion Notifications
Notifications can also be set on a per file basis.
To subscribe or unsubscribe from comment notifications on a specific file, click on the comment icon in the top right corner → "Comment Settings" → check or uncheck "Receive Notifications for All Comments":
Card Notifications
If you're getting email notifications about cards, open or select the card in question and then click the eye icon to "Unwatch Card" and unsubscribe from card notifications:
Note: It's not currently possible to unsubscribe from all cards at once.
Change the Email Address Used for Notifications
For each workspace you're part of you can choose a different email address to receive notifications about cards, comments and discussions updates. Newsletters will always be sent to your default email address. You can learn more about how to add different email addresses for different workspaces in this article.