# Make notification count persist after opening avatar menu

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-notification-count-persist-after-opening-avatar-menu/299882>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** notifications\
**Created:** [March 18, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-notification-count-persist-after-opening-avatar-menu/299882 "2024-03-18T22:16:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jenmck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jenmck/32/332487_2.png) [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-notification-count-persist-after-opening-avatar-menu/299882/12 "2024-04-24T03:50:56Z")

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You can click on your avatar anywhere in Discourse to get to your profile and by extension, your preferences. You can click on “my posts” in the sidebar and it opens to your activity, which is found in the same menu as your preferences.

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