# Exclude staged users from Watching?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-staged-users-from-watching/400361
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** staged-users
**Created:** [April 10, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-staged-users-from-watching/400361 "2026-04-10T01:02:30Z")
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### Author: ![bondero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@bondero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bondero)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-staged-users-from-watching/400361/3 "2026-04-11T16:35:02Z")

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The main problem is that the Staged user can’t unsubscribe from the Watch notification emails. Feels like a bug.

Are Staged users intended to be receiving notification emails? Wish there was a toggle to turn that off. Or some other way to solve for this.

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