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1 Two properties of ##xwiki.properties##, among those [[Notification Configuration Properties>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.notifications.configuration-properties.WebHome]] lists, switch off the whole notifications feature and its mail channel alone.
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3 1. Open ##xwiki.properties##, in the ##WEB-INF## directory of the wiki's web application.
4 1. Set ##notifications.enabled## to ##false## to stop the feature, or back to ##true## to start it again.(((
5 {{code language="cfg"}}
6 notifications.enabled = false
7 {{/code}}
8 )))
9 1. Set ##notifications.emails.enabled## instead to stop only the mail, leaving the notifications menu and the RSS feeds working.(((
10 {{code language="cfg"}}
11 notifications.emails.enabled = false
12 {{/code}}
13 )))
14 1. Restart the servlet container.
15 1. Open the "Notifications" tab of a user profile and check the result: with the mail off, the settings no longer offer "Email Preferences"; with the whole feature off, the tab itself and the bell in the top bar are gone.(((
16 {{image reference="notifications-emails-disabled.png" size="extra" alt="The notification settings of a user profile, without the email preferences, after the mail was switched off"/}}
17 )))

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