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title: Push notifications and the new web settings
description: "PrayerConnect sends two kinds of notifications: - **Email** — Every member can receive emails for prayer events. You've always been able to control these from the web at *Profile → Notification Settings*. - **Push** — Mobile-app members can also receive…"
url: "https://support.prayerconnect.church/docs/push-notifications-web-settings/"
updated: "2026-10-14"
category: "Account & Profile"
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# Push notifications and the new web settings

PrayerConnect sends two kinds of notifications:

- **Email** — Every member can receive emails for prayer events. You've always been able to control these from the web at *Profile → Notification Settings*.
- **Push** — Mobile-app members can also receive push notifications. Until v1.1.0, push toggles only existed inside the mobile app. **As of v1.1.0, the push toggles also appear on the web Notification Settings page** so you can manage them from any browser.

### Global push toggle

The new **Prayer Processed (push)** toggle on the Notification Settings page controls whether your mobile device receives a push when your own prayer goes from Pending to Active. Independent of the existing **Prayer Processed (email)** toggle — you can have either, both, or neither.

### Per-organization push toggles

Each organization you belong to now shows two columns of toggles: **Email** and **Push (mobile app)**. The push toggles cover:

- New prayers submitted to the organization
- Prayer updates posted by org members
- New members joining
- Members requesting to join (for org admins with invite permission)

Turning a push toggle off on the web has the **exact same effect** as turning it off in the mobile app. The setting is stored once on your account; both surfaces read it.

### Organization New Prayers and Prayer Updates

Each organization you belong to has **New Prayers** and **Prayer Updates** toggles, for both email and push. As of October 2026 they send notifications:

- **New Prayers** — sent once, when a shared prayer in the organization becomes active (after processing or admin approval). Editing the prayer later doesn't announce it again.
- **Prayer Updates** — sent when the author of a shared prayer in the organization posts an update.
- Anonymous prayers show the author as "Someone".
- If a prayer belongs to several of your organizations, you get one notification, not one per organization.
- The **PrayerConnect Community** (the organization every member belongs to) never sends these, so you only hear about prayers in organizations you joined.

Turn a toggle off on the web Notification Settings page or in the app to stop that notification for that organization.

### Comment digests

If you follow a prayer with the **Digest** option, new comments on it are collected into one daily email instead of one email per comment. See [Prayer Comments & Subscriptions](https://support.prayerconnect.church/docs/prayer-comments-and-subscriptions/).

### What you need to do

Nothing, unless you want to. Your existing email preferences are unchanged. The new push toggles default to *on* for organizations where you were already receiving push, matching the in-app behavior. If you've never used the mobile app, the push toggles still appear on the web but no notifications fire because no device tokens are registered for your account.

### If you don't have the mobile app

Push toggles are visible on the web page but harmless to leave at default. They only matter if you install the PrayerConnect app on iOS or Android.