# My "Unread" count is perpetually 1

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-unread-count-is-perpetually-1/1030452>\
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**Created:** [May 28, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-unread-count-is-perpetually-1/1030452 "2026-05-28T11:36:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-unread-count-is-perpetually-1/1030452/21 "2026-06-08T14:04:50Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> I’ll wait until I have another notification to confirm, but I’m 99.9% sure that button just means it marks all of them as read.

I can confirm. I had one “stuck” notification, probably because of a notification for a reply to me in a thread that was later deleted, and after hitting the button I no longer had the “1” bubble, but the history was all still there in my menus.

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