Configure Next Experience notification preferences

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title: Configure Next Experience notification preferences
description: Set up how you receive in-product and system notifications in Next Experience.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/next-experience-notifications-preferences.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [next experience notification, notification preferences]
breadcrumb: [Preferences, Use, Next Experience UI, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
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# Configure Next Experience notification preferences

Set up how you receive in-product and system notifications in Next Experience.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **User Menu** > **Preferences** > **Notifications**.

2.  Select the **General** tab.

3.  Configure your preferences for system notifications outside of the platform.

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Option

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Description

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**Allow Notifications**

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Enable or disable all notifications.

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**Advanced Preferences**

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Customize notification preferences for system notifications, custom notifications, and delivery channels.

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**System notifications**

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Enable or disable system notification categories, for example, Approval or Connect notifications.

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**Custom notifications**

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Enable or disable custom notifications.

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**Delivery Channels**

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Enable or disable individual delivery channels.

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</table>    For more information about advanced notification preferences, see [System and custom notification and delivery channel preferences in Next Experience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/advanced-notification-prefrences.md).

4.  Select the **Next Experience** tab.

5.  Configure your preferences for in-product notifications.

    |Option|Description|
    |------|-----------|
    |**\[Omitted image "pol-pref-banners.png"\] Alt text: Show banners**|Enables notification banners to display in your workspace.|
    |**\[Omitted image "pol-pref-badge.png"\] Alt text: Show badge count**|Displays a badge count of notifications.|
    |**\[Omitted image "pol-pref-banner-location.png"\] Alt text: Notification toast banner location**|The location on the screen where notification banners display.|