Manage alerts

You can view and cancel your alerts and change the settings for your alerts on a site, including alerts for lists and libraries on My Sites and search results. If you have permission to manage a site, you can also view and cancel alerts for other people.

Note: The alert e-mail message that you receive may have links to the site, which you can click to view and manage your settings. You may also be able to view and manage alert settings from your e-mail program.

What do you want to do?

View my alerts on a site

Change my alert settings

Cancel an alert for myself

View alerts for other people on a site

Cancel an alert for another person

View my alerts on a site

1. At the top of the site, click Welcome User name , and then click My Settings.

2. Click My Alerts.

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Change my alert settings

1. At the top of the site, click Welcome User name , and then click My Settings.

2. Click My Alerts.

3. Click the name of the alert that you want to change.

4. On the Edit Alert page, change the settings that you want to change.

5. Click OK.

Tip: When you receive an e-mail alert, you can click a link to see alert information on the site.

Note: If you are a site designer or administrator, you can change the alert e-mail message by modifying the XML files for alerts. The alert confirmation, however, cannot be customized.

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Cancel an alert for myself

1. At the top of the site, click Welcome User name , and then click My Settings.

2. Click My Alerts.

3. Select the check box next to the alert or alerts that you want to cancel.

4. Click Delete Selected Alerts.

5. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click OK, if you are sure that you want to cancel the selected alerts.

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View alerts for other people on a site

To view alerts for other people, you must have permission to manage site settings.

1. On the Site Actions menu , click Site Settings.

   Note: On a site for which the Site Actions menu is customized, point to Site Settings, and then click the settings that you want to view.

1. Under Site Administration, click User alerts.

2. In the list next to Display alerts for, select the person whose alerts you want to view.

3. Click the Update button.

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Cancel an alert for another person

To view and cancel alerts for other people, you must have permission to manage site settings.

1. On the Site Actions menu , click Site Settings.

   Note: On a site for which the Site Actions menu is customized, point to Site Settings, and then click the settings that you want to view.

1. Under Site Administration, click User alerts.

2. In the list next to Display alerts for, select the person whose alerts you want to cancel.

3. Click the Update button.

4. Select the check box next to the alert or alerts that you want to cancel.

5. Click Delete Selected Alerts.

6. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click OK, if you are sure that you want to cancel the selected alerts.

Tip: If you want to view your subscriptions to RSS Feeds, which are another way to stay updated on changes, follow the instructions in your RSS reader, browser, or e-mail program. For example, some browsers manage RSS Feeds as part of their Favorite links. For more information, see Help in your program.

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