# Limit number of notifications in user menu dropdown

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-notifications-in-user-menu-dropdown/291878
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-notifications-in-user-menu-dropdown/291878 "2024-01-17T00:05:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![digitaldominica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@digitaldominica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/digitaldominica)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-notifications-in-user-menu-dropdown/291878/1 "2024-01-17T00:05:22Z")

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I want to limit the number of items in the notification dropdown from the header menu, where would I need to go to edit this?

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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: [January 17, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-notifications-in-user-menu-dropdown/291878/2 "2024-01-17T05:03:24Z")

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hmmm, I think you can adjust the height of the user drop down menu by lessening the value of the menu-panel’s max-height with CSS (whether absolute or relative sizing).

```plaintext
.menu-panel.drop-down {
    max-height: 80vh;
}

```

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### Author: ![digitaldominica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@digitaldominica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/digitaldominica)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-notifications-in-user-menu-dropdown/291878/3 "2024-01-18T12:17:58Z")

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Hi, Thanks for this. Do you know by chance which file handles the notification count that gets listed?