Page edit alerts even though I'm not watching
Asked by Joe Crawford:

I'm getting edit alerts for pages I'm not watching. I think this is because I'm the one who created the page. Even so, I no longer want alerts for when these pages are edited.

I've unchecked **every**email notification option under my profile settings. I've also stopped watching the pages in question. Yet I still get alerted when the page is edited. Is there a way to turn off this alert?

Here's my email settings, notice ***everything*** is turned off.

![Snag_a3e21.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/251592i55BA852B2D8ADF9D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snag_a3e21.png")

And for the pages in question, here is what the watch settings say:

![Snag_ac8be.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/251593i41CD604203C196F4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snag_ac8be.png")


Answers:
author: Joe Crawford
body: The correct answer to this appears to be that it is not possible. If you are the page creator you will get alerts for page edits regardless of watch settings.


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Joe Crawford](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5194591) and welcome,

probably you have "autowatch" in your personal profile setting. Please take a look to the following article <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/subscribe-to-email-notifications/>

Fabio

comments: author: Joe Crawford
body: Thanks for replying Fabio. As mentioned in my original post, I have none of the Email settings enabled in my profile as seen in the screenshot below. Notice Autowatch is unchecked. Is there another place this could be enabled?

![Snag_75002.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/251590i4946A08435CCCE1B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snag_75002.png")


author: Joe Crawford
body: I also have auto watch disabled on the actual page(s) in question:

![Snag_862e9.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/251591i1CF50273D30939FC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snag_862e9.png")


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hey [@Joe Crawford](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5194591) , please could you check on Personal Settings -\> Watches ?


author: Joe Crawford
body: There are watches in that area, I will clear them all out. But for the pages I'm getting these alerts for they are already not watched as show by my second screenshot.


author: Joe Crawford
body: I installed the Simply Watches app from the market place and bulk removed all my watches. I'll see if that helps and follow up with an answer in a few days so others can benefit. Thanks Fabio!


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: ok [@Joe Crawford](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5194591) . Let me know


author: Joe Crawford
body: Unfortunately, I'm still getting alerts, despite having no watches. I am watching my own space, but the edited page was in a different space.

Zero watches:

![Snag_838a31.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/251617iE36EE188AFAF148D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snag_838a31.png")

Edited page in Knowledge Base space:

![Snag_826cac.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/251616i41CDB4BE5DA25080/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snag_826cac.png")


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hey [@Joe Crawford](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5194591) , you receive those notification because your are page creator. Please try to contact support in order to verify if you can stop these notification <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/>

For my knowledge, you can't disable this setting .


author: Joe Crawford
body: Ah got it. That seems so odd to me, thank you!


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