How to turn off Alert Pref. for just ONE topic?

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To turn off alert preferences for a specific topic, users can utilize the "Unwatch" feature. By opening the topic and scrolling up, there is an option to click "Unwatch," which will stop alerts for that topic. Alternatively, users can mark the topic as read from the alert dropdown without visiting the thread, which also pauses alerts until the topic is revisited. There seems to be some confusion between the terms "topic" and "thread," but the primary solution is to use the "Unwatch" button. This method effectively manages alert preferences for individual topics.
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I must have asked before but finding it IF I did? How turn off Alert Preferences for just one single topic?
 
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Do you mean Unwatch?
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Do you mean Unwatch?
Maybe I do mean "Unwatch".

The bell icon shows a count of new alerts. I open this list to see what topics I am being alerted to, and I can open any that I want; but there is one particular topic I am not interested in any longer, and I wish to turn off just this one topic.

Now I believe I see; open the topic, scroll UPward, and there is a button for "Unwatch", so I will try this button.
 
You can also just click "mark read" in the alert dropdown without going to the thread. You won't get more alerts for that thread until you do visit it.
 
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Ibix said:
You can also just click "mark read" in the alert dropdown without going to the thread. You won't get more alerts for that thread until you do visit it.
Fine, I guess. What I seem to have wanted was to "Unwatch" the topic. I needed some help to be reminded how. I may also be confused between "topic" and "thread".
 

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