# How to stop the showing the number of unread posts on the web tab?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-showing-the-number-of-unread-posts-on-the-web-tab/128748>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-showing-the-number-of-unread-posts-on-the-web-tab/128748 "2019-09-17T02:31:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![xiasummer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xiasummer/32/82790_2.png) [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-showing-the-number-of-unread-posts-on-the-web-tab/128748/1 "2019-09-17T02:31:25Z")

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I thought I saw it somewhere but can’t find it now.

Now when I log in to my account, there will be the number of posts that I’ve not read on the webpage tab, like this:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/c/ccc148e3b772661b9b065222bfa6709c1d007c8b.png)

This might mean that there are 2 posts that I have not read. But I don’t like it to show the number, simply the logo is good enough for me.

Could you please tell me how to stop this?

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-showing-the-number-of-unread-posts-on-the-web-tab/128748/2 "2019-09-17T03:46:34Z")

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There is no option to turn this off in your user prefs, only the existing drop down choice of two different things it can show.. though there could be @sam?

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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-showing-the-number-of-unread-posts-on-the-web-tab/128748/3 "2019-09-18T02:40:08Z")

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We have this preference:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/f/4f1ded130e036b0f08f5f9d5a0dd3c7b85f30205.png)

You can show counts on the browser icon, or you can have the page title reflect new page content vs new notifications.

You can not 100% disable all dynamic-ness here. If you want that you will need a theme component.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-showing-the-number-of-unread-posts-on-the-web-tab/128748/4 "2019-09-18T04:28:53Z")

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Right what I am saying is that drop-down could have a third option of “none”. Personally it does not bother me but if we already have the drop-down…

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-showing-the-number-of-unread-posts-on-the-web-tab/128748/5 "2019-10-18T04:29:02Z")

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