# How to disable community DM emails to reduce costs

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/408486
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [July 25, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/408486 "2026-07-25T00:28:28Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/408486/2 "2026-07-25T02:00:29Z")

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I think this would be the `Default email messages level` site setting, and should be set to ‘Never’.

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