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Update notification retention period
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‎content/subscriptions-and-notifications/concepts/about-notifications.md‎

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## Notification retention policy
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Notifications that are not marked as **Saved** are kept for 5 months. Notifications marked as **Saved** are kept indefinitely. If your saved notification is older than 5 months and you unsave it, the notification will disappear from your inbox within a day.
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Notifications that are not marked as **Saved** are kept for 3 months. Notifications marked as **Saved** are kept indefinitely. If your saved notification is older than 3 months and you unsave it, the notification will disappear from your inbox within a day.
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## Feedback and support
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‎content/subscriptions-and-notifications/get-started/configuring-notifications.md‎

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### Benefits of using an email client for notifications
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One benefit of using an email client is that all of your notifications can be kept indefinitely depending on your email client's storage capacity. Your inbox notifications are only kept for 5 months on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} unless you've marked them as **Saved**. **Saved** notifications are kept indefinitely. For more information about your inbox's retention policy, see [AUTOTITLE](/subscriptions-and-notifications/concepts/about-notifications#notification-retention-policy).
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One benefit of using an email client is that all of your notifications can be kept indefinitely depending on your email client's storage capacity. Your inbox notifications are only kept for 3 months on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} unless you've marked them as **Saved**. **Saved** notifications are kept indefinitely. For more information about your inbox's retention policy, see [AUTOTITLE](/subscriptions-and-notifications/concepts/about-notifications#notification-retention-policy).
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Sending notifications to your email client also allows you to customize your inbox according to your email client's settings, which can include custom or color-coded labels.
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‎content/subscriptions-and-notifications/how-tos/viewing-and-triaging-notifications/managing-notifications-from-your-inbox.md‎

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| Triaging option | Description |
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| Save | Saves your notification for later review. To save a notification, to the right of the notification, click {% octicon "bookmark" aria-label="Save" %}. <br> <br> Saved notifications are kept indefinitely and can be viewed by clicking **Saved** in the sidebar or with the `is:saved` query. If your saved notification is older than 5 months and becomes unsaved, the notification will disappear from your inbox within a day. |
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| Done | Marks a notification as completed and removes the notification from your inbox. You can see all completed notifications by clicking **Done** in the sidebar or with the `is:done` query. Notifications marked as **Done** are saved for 5 months.
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| Save | Saves your notification for later review. To save a notification, to the right of the notification, click {% octicon "bookmark" aria-label="Save" %}. <br> <br> Saved notifications are kept indefinitely and can be viewed by clicking **Saved** in the sidebar or with the `is:saved` query. If your saved notification is older than 3 months and becomes unsaved, the notification will disappear from your inbox within a day. |
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| Done | Marks a notification as completed and removes the notification from your inbox. You can see all completed notifications by clicking **Done** in the sidebar or with the `is:done` query. Notifications marked as **Done** are saved for 3 months.
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| Unsubscribe | Automatically removes the notification from your inbox and unsubscribes you from the conversation until you are @mentioned, a team you're on is @mentioned, or you're requested for review.
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| Read | Marks a notification as read. To only view read notifications in your inbox, use the `is:read` query. This query doesn't include notifications marked as **Done**.
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| Unread | Marks notification as unread. To only view unread notifications in your inbox, use the `is:unread` query. |

‎content/subscriptions-and-notifications/how-tos/viewing-and-triaging-notifications/triaging-a-single-notification.md‎

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To save a single notification to review later, to the right of the notification, click {% octicon "bookmark" aria-label="Save" %}. You can only save one notification at a time.
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Saved notifications are kept indefinitely and can be viewed by clicking **Saved** in the sidebar or with the `is:saved` query. If your saved notification is older than 5 months and becomes unsaved, the notification will disappear from your inbox within a day.
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Saved notifications are kept indefinitely and can be viewed by clicking **Saved** in the sidebar or with the `is:saved` query. If your saved notification is older than 3 months and becomes unsaved, the notification will disappear from your inbox within a day.
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![Screenshot of a single notification from the "Notifications" page. The bookmark icon is highlighted with an orange outline.](/assets/images/help/notifications-v2/save-triaging-option.png)
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