# Dismiss only non-important notifications

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dismiss-only-non-important-notifications/261040>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [April 8, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dismiss-only-non-important-notifications/261040 "2023-04-08T15:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dismiss-only-non-important-notifications/261040/5 "2023-04-13T09:56:39Z")

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> [@seanblue](#):
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> Are you saying that the dismissals are scoped to the selected tab? It never even occurred to me to try that.

Yep, that’s correct.

> [@seanblue](#):
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> Personally I like Sam’s suggestion (much cleaner than mine). That said, this was a very _light_ suggestion anyway since I also rarely have “important” notifications. Just figured I’d bring it up since I ran into it.

Sure, I think we can keep this topic open and see what others think. If we can agree on the design, perhaps it is a candidate for a community contribution. @awesomerobot any thoughts on the proposal Sam made above?

> [@seanblue](#):
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> I personally would find more use in being able to dismiss individual notifications, similar to a feature Facebook has. Should I open a new topic for that?

Yeah, a new topic for this sounds good 🙂

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