# Unsubscribing from a topic using email

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsubscribing-from-a-topic-using-email/62748
**Category:** Using Discourse
**Tags:** notifications, email, how-to
**Created:** [May 15, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsubscribing-from-a-topic-using-email/62748 "2017-05-15T20:58:27Z")
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#### Post date: [May 15, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsubscribing-from-a-topic-using-email/62748/1 "2017-05-15T20:58:27Z")

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> 🔖 This guide describes how to unsubscribe from a topic using email notifications.
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> 🙋 Required user level: All users

Emails from Discourse can be customized to only receive the notifications you care about. If you’d like to opt out of notifications for a particular topic via email, follow these steps.

## Steps to unsubscribe from a topic

1. **Locate the Unsubscribe Link:**  
Open the email notification you received from the Discourse forum and scroll to the bottom.  
You’ll find a section that says “To unsubscribe from these emails, click here.”

2. **Click the Unsubscribe Link:**  
Click the provided link. This will open the Discourse unsubscribe page in your browser.

3. **Choose Your Unsubscribe Options:**  
The unsubscribe page presents several options depending on your current notification settings for the topic:

4. **Confirmation:**  
After submitting, you’ll see an “Email preferences updated!” confirmation page. It includes a link to your email preferences page where you can make further adjustments.

💡 **Tip:** Many modern email clients also support one-click unsubscribe via the `List-Unsubscribe` email header. If your email client shows an “Unsubscribe” button at the top of the email, clicking it will automatically unsubscribe you from that topic’s notifications.

## Best practices

- Regularly review your subscriptions to avoid unnecessary notifications.
- Use the Discourse web interface for more granular control over your notification preferences — look for the notification control button at the bottom of any topic.

## Common issues and solutions

**Issue: I still receive email notifications after unsubscribing.**

- **Solution:** Ensure that you selected the appropriate options and clicked the Unsubscribe button on the unsubscribe page. If you only stopped watching a topic, you may still receive some notifications — consider muting the topic instead.

**Issue: The unsubscribe link doesn’t work.**

- **Solution:** Unsubscribe links expire over time. If your link has expired, you’ll see a message saying the subscription couldn’t be found. In that case, visit the topic directly on the Discourse site and adjust the notification level using the topic notification control.

**Issue: I’m logged in as a different user.**

- **Solution:** If you’re logged into Discourse as a different user than the one who received the email, the unsubscribe page will ask you to log out first and then revisit the link.

## FAQs

**Can I resubscribe to a topic after unsubscribing?**

- Yes. Visit the topic on the Discourse site and use the notification control at the bottom of the topic to set your preferred notification level (Watching, Tracking, Normal, or Muted).

**Does this unsubscribe from all topics or just one?**

- By default, it only affects the specific topic from the email notification. However, the unsubscribe page also offers options to unwatch the entire category or stop all emails from the site — these are separate checkboxes you must opt into.

## Additional resources

For more detailed information on managing notifications, refer to these resources:

- [Configuring Default Notification Settings for Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-default-notification-settings-for-users/285619)
- [Configuring Activity Summary emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-activity-summary-emails/36627)

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