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Manage my alerts with Modern Library
Hi Sudeep,
Indeed it is not clear that the libray name is clickable. But still, it only opens up the "Alert me when items change" dialog to set a new alert. I want to remove an existing alert. How do I do that?
Hello Ingeborg,
The person who received the alert should have a link in the email called "Modify my alert settings".
SV
What, you mean I have to keep all the notification emails from all the alerts I set ???
That's madness.
Not necessarily, if it is related to a document library or a list (at least few) then getting the hyperlink from "Modify my alert settings" would work. Else, you can get to the link as you have constructed.
I'm not usre if in the old envrionemtn the behavior was any different where users with limited access can get to their user alerts.
SV
Sorry, I think it's not clear what the problem is.
Pretend I'm an end user. The kind who deletes notification emails about setting up an alert. That's the kind of stuff that will go straight under the DEL key. They KNOW they just set up an alert. It was just a minute ago, after all, so that email adds nothing new and will be deleted straight away. Also, this type of end user does not know how a URL works. They click buttons. They visit the site to read stuff. They don't know anything about SharePoint. They never type anything in the address bar, but use the Google search box and type in microsoft.com.
How does this user manage their alerts?
My point is that there used to be an easy way to access a list of alerts on the site for the regular end user. It was a command in the ribbon. In the Modern experience, I can't find that command.
It needs to be put back.