# Are email notifications sent out for unlisted topics?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-email-notifications-sent-out-for-unlisted-topics/408011
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** unlisting
**Created:** [20 juli 2026 om 07:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-email-notifications-sent-out-for-unlisted-topics/408011 "2026-07-20T07:50:19Z")
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### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [20 juli 2026 om 07:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-email-notifications-sent-out-for-unlisted-topics/408011/1 "2026-07-20T07:50:19Z")

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I’m looking for the answer to two questions please.

1. If a new topic is created as unlisted and it has a few users @mentioned and a group @mentioned too, are any email notifications sent to those users or groups that were @mentioned?

2. If that same topic is then listed several hours later by an admin, will the users and groups that were @mentioned in the first post then be emailed / notified ?

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [20 juli 2026 om 08:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-email-notifications-sent-out-for-unlisted-topics/408011/2 "2026-07-20T08:18:57Z")

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Unlisting does not prevent any notifications. So if you @mention a user, they will be notified. And if they choose to receive emails for being @mentioned, then they will be emailed even if the topic is hidden.

If you link to someone’s post or quote them, they will also be notified. Even if you don’t do any of that, users who are watching the category and/or tag will still be notified, so if you don’t want anyone to be notified, you need to use a private category.

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### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [20 juli 2026 om 08:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-email-notifications-sent-out-for-unlisted-topics/408011/3 "2026-07-20T08:47:02Z")

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Thanks for the confirmation @Moin😃

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [19 augustus 2026 om 08:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-email-notifications-sent-out-for-unlisted-topics/408011/4 "2026-08-19T08:47:16Z")

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