Use this guide to set a calm notification baseline for your account, then make one joined space, subspace, or activity behave differently. You will finish with a global choice that applies across Visual Space and, when useful, one clearly visible area exception.
Before You Begin
You must be signed in to change these personal settings. You also need to have joined a space before you can create an exception for one of its areas.
Choose the notification family you want to tune and decide on the behavior that should apply most often. A mute for every place belongs under Global exceptions; a mute for one place belongs on the specific space area.
Keep in mind that a switch controls whether a supported future update may enter your notification center. It does not guarantee that Visual Space currently sends that kind of update. For example, Meeting Reminder can appear as a choice even though meeting reminders do not currently arrive in the center.
Set Your Global Choices
A global mute overrides every area. Existing area mutes stay saved and take effect again when the global family is on.
Global exceptions set the account-wide baseline; area exceptions can mute specific places.
Add an Exception for One Area
Scroll to Space area exceptions. The tree begins with joined spaces and can reveal subspaces and activities beneath them, letting you place the exception at the exact scope where it belongs.
On a desktop-sized screen, the selected settings appear beside the area tree. On mobile, the settings appear inline beneath the selected area row, so you can make the change without leaving the tree.
Desktop branches with saved exceptions display counts such as 2 overrides. A space count includes exceptions on that space and within its visible subspaces and activities; a subspace count also includes exceptions in its activities. These counts describe saved preferences, not unread notifications.
Verify the New Behavior
The switch changes immediately while Visual Space saves the preference. After the update completes, the area switch should remain different from the matching switch under Global exceptions, and the desktop override count should increase.
For a stronger check, leave Notifications, reopen it from Account Settings, and return to the same area. The different value should still be selected. The preference affects supported notifications created after the change; it does not remove rows already in your notification center.
Return an Area to the Global Default
An exception is useful only while that area genuinely needs different treatment. To restore inheritance:
Solve Common Problems
Why does Space area exceptions say No spaces available.?
The page has no joined spaces or saved fallback exceptions to show. Join the space you need, make sure your joined-space information has loaded, then return to Account Settings > Notifications. You can still manage the global choices under Global exceptions.
Why is an older saved area still visible?
Visual Space keeps explicit exceptions visible even when the original space or area is missing from your current joined-space view. Select the visible fallback area, enable the global family if necessary, and turn the area switch on to remove its saved mute.
Why did my switch return to its previous value?
The page applies your choice immediately, but restores the previous value when it cannot save the update. Look for feedback such as Failed to update notification setting, check your connection, and try again. A reverted switch means the new choice was not stored.
Why did turning a family on not produce a notification?
The preference only allows supported future updates in that family. A notification still depends on an active source, a relevant event, and your access to its destination.
Learn More
Read Notification Preferences for the full inheritance model, scope boundaries, and delivery limits. Return to Notifications to understand the center these choices affect.