# Why does the notifications tab show all read notifications?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-notifications-tab-show-all-read-notifications/248187>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** notifications\
**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-notifications-tab-show-all-read-notifications/248187 "2022-12-07T18:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![bwetherill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@bwetherill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bwetherill)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-notifications-tab-show-all-read-notifications/248187/4 "2025-03-07T17:15:30Z")

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I guess it wasn’t obvious for me that unread notifications would be highlighted. If I am looking at a list of notifications and all have been read, then that point isn’t obvious.

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