Notification inbox

Notification inbox helps you to stay informed about activity in your Whimsical workspace, all in one place.

Finding your Inbox

You’ll find your Inbox at the top of the left-hand navigation bar. If there are new notifications in your Inbox, a number indicating the count of unread notifications will appear next to it in real-time.

Inboxes are specific to each workspace. If you're a member of multiple workspaces, you'll need to navigate to each one to view its respective notifications.

Types of notifications

Here’s a list of all the notifications you'll receive in your Inbox:

A comment is left on a file you've created
A comment is left on a file you've subscribed to
A comment is left in a comment thread or discussion you’re part of
A comment is left on a sticky note, card, or annotation you've created
Someone mentions you in a comment
Someone reacts to a comment you've made
Someone invites you to a file
Someone requests access to a file
Someone requests access to your workspace (admin-only)

It’s not possible to customize which notifications you’ll receive in your Inbox, however, you can subscribe to receive more tailored notifications via email.

Inbox actions

Inbox notifications have two different states:

Unread:

These notifications haven't been viewed yet. They'll have a purple dot next to them and appear bold for better visibility.
They can be deleted or clicked on to automatically mark them as read.

Read:

You've already seen these notifications. They'll be grayed out to indicate they're not new.
They can be deleted or marked as unread.

We expect your Inbox to fill up over time. To help you manage this, here are some actions you can take to clean up your inbox.

Click the slider icon at the top-right to:

Mark all as read: This will mark all notifications as read and remove the notification count, but keep them in your Inbox.
Delete all notifications: This will permanently remove all notifications to get you to inbox zero. This can't be undone.

If you don't read a comment notification and someone replies to the thread, we will group them together as one notification for the entire thread. This clustering continues until you read it, making it easier to catch up after being away for a few days or on vacation.

Notification settings

Under My account (In the bottom left), you can choose how to receive notifications by choosing your preferred setting in the “Activity” section:

To avoid duplicate notifications in your email and Inbox, you can select “None” or “Mentions only”
To receive a daily summary of your unread notifications, toggle on the “Daily digest email”