SOURCE:    Vacation Tracker
TITLE:     How Do I Disable or Delete Notifications?
URL:       https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-do-i-disable-delete-notifications/
LANG:      en
PUBLISHED: 2021-12-10
UPDATED:   2026-07-03
READING:   3 min
SUMMARY:   How Do I Disable or Delete Notifications?

# How Do I Disable or Delete Notifications?

# How Do I Disable or Delete Notifications?

Two flavors of "off" for Team Notifications: disable pauses a notification without losing the configuration (handy for seasonal or temporary notifications), while delete removes it entirely. Both live on the Team Notifications page, both take a single click — but only one is reversible.

## Disable a Notification

Disabling pauses the notification without losing any of its settings. Useful if you want to stop a notification temporarily — e.g. while a team is on a hiring freeze, or during a holiday period when nobody's around to read it.

- Sign in at app.vacationtracker.io (https://app.vacationtracker.io/signin).

- In the left-hand menu, under Team & Approval Flows, click Team Notifications.

- Find the notification you want to pause.

- Click the Active toggle on the left of that row. Purple means enabled; grey means disabled.

- That's it — the change saves automatically. No Save button to click.

![Team Notifications page with the Active toggle on the left of a notification row highlighted, showing purple (enabled) and grey (disabled) states](https://cms.vacationtracker.io/uploads/helpdesk_artikal_how_do_i_disable_delete_notifications_first_image_place_0a642058bc.png)

To turn the notification back on later, click the toggle again. The schedule, channel, filters, and everything else are preserved exactly as they were.

## Delete a Notification

Deleting removes the notification permanently. The schedule, channel, filters — all of it — are gone. To bring it back you'd have to recreate it from scratch.

- Sign in at app.vacationtracker.io (https://app.vacationtracker.io/signin).

- In the left-hand menu, under Team & Approval Flows, click Team Notifications.

- Find the notification you want to remove.

- Click the trash icon on the right end of that row.

- Confirm if prompted — the notification is removed immediately.

![Team Notifications page with the trash icon at the right end of a notification row highlighted for deletion](https://cms.vacationtracker.io/uploads/helpdesk_artikal_how_do_i_disable_delete_notifications_second_image_place_7e66d498df.png)

Delete is permanent

There's no undo on the trash icon. If you might want the notification back later, disable it instead — that's the reversible option. Once a notification is deleted, recreating it means starting from scratch with a new New Notification form.

## Who Can Disable or Delete

#### Admins

Full control. Can disable, re-enable, or delete any notification, regardless of who originally created it.

#### Approvers

Limited to their own notifications. Can disable, re-enable, or delete only the notifications they personally created. Notifications created by an Admin or by another Approver are read-only for them.

#### Regular Users

No access. The Team Notifications page sits in the Admin/Approver-only section of the menu and isn't visible to regular Users.

## Common Questions

Does disabling a notification keep all its settings?

Yes — disable is non-destructive. The notification stays on the Team Notifications page with all its configuration (schedule, channel, filters, language, etc.) preserved. Click the toggle back on whenever you want to resume.

Can I undelete a notification I just deleted?

No. Delete is permanent. If you want a temporary "off" without losing the configuration, use the disable toggle instead. If you've already deleted the notification, you'll need to recreate it from the New Notification form.

I'm an Approver — why can't I delete some notifications?

Approvers can only manage notifications they themselves created. Notifications set up by an Admin or by another Approver are read-only for you. If one needs to be removed and you're not the owner, ask an Admin or the original creator to handle it.

### What's Next?

How Do I Set Notifications Within Vacation Tracker? (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-do-i-set-notifications-within-vacation-tracker/)
How Do I Turn On Birthday Notifications? (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-do-i-turn-on-birthday-notifications/)
Can I turn off leave reminders? (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/can-i-turn-off-leave-reminders/)

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