# How do I delete notifications?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-notifications/912675>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-notifications/912675 "2020-06-24T06:59:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-notifications/912675/1 "2020-06-24T06:59:41Z")

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I’m getting quite a collection of notifications there. I see that it keeps track of the ones I’ve responded to and the ones I haven’t – but the list just keeps getting longer and longer. How do I delete notifications once I don’t need them any more?

Disco Nanny Bot says: Your topic is similar to…  
Do MRI-manufacturers make a large profit on MRI machines?  
WTF?

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**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-notifications/912675/2 "2020-06-24T14:19:53Z")

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Same, and I only noticed an “archive” button for the messages after poking around. Is this the only option to make them ‘go away’?

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-notifications/912675/3 "2020-06-24T14:34:43Z")

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I tried to delete mine; wound up on my notifications page, but there seems to be no way to select messages to delete. There’s a “delete all” box, but it’s greyed out, and clicking on it does nothing.

My preferences gives an option to disable notifications entirely; is that the only option I’ve got? I did do that for now; but that didn’t change anything about the existing list. And I’m not sure that I just want to leave them turned off.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-notifications/912675/4 "2020-06-24T17:11:21Z")

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As far as I know, they’re there forever. I just ignore them unless I’m looking for something that I know I got a notification about.