# How to change unread count to a dot in navigation sidebar?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [June 8, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280 "2025-06-08T05:22:19Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280/3 "2025-06-08T05:52:06Z")

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this is actually a user preference setting in [/my/preferences/navigation-menu](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/navigation-menu)

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-07 at 10.57.50 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/9/1/a919598f2702c1cb93653a255682bb9a74da65e1.png)

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-07 at 10.58.00 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/c/3/8c3a71c7f1bece1f208c29cb3a2330fcfd248178.png)

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