Manage notifications from Mail on Mac
New message notifications from Mail appear in the top-right corner of the screen, where you can reply to a message, mark a message as read or delete a message. You have the option to receive these notifications from only certain mailboxes. You can also change how notifications appear or turn them off altogether.
Respond to new message notifications
- On your Mac, move the pointer over the event notification, then do any of the following: - Dismiss the notification: Click - . 
- Reply to a message: Click Options, then click Reply. 
- Mark a message as read: Click Options, then click Mark as read. 
- Delete a message: Click Options, then click Delete. 
- See more details: Click the notification to open the message in Mail, or click - to see more details. 
- Mute notifications from Mail: Click - , click - , then choose an option. 
 
Change new message notifications
- Go to the Mail app - on your Mac. 
- Choose Mail > Settings, then click General. 
- Do any of the following: - Change new message sound: Click the New message sound pop-up menu, then choose a sound. 
- Change the mailbox for new message notifications: Click the New message notifications pop-up menu, then choose a mailbox. 
 
Change or turn off all notifications from Mail
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu - Go to Application Notifications, click Mail, then do any of the following: - Change notifications: Set options, such as the style of notifications, where to show them and more. For more information about the options, click - in the bottom-right corner. 
- Turn off all notifications from Mail: Turn Allow Notifications off. 
 
Note: To display notifications from Mail when a Focus is on, you must allow the notifications to appear. See Set up a Focus.