How to Stop X (Twitter) Emails
X (formerly Twitter) is unusual among social apps in giving you a genuine master switch for email. One toggle on the Email notifications screen turns off digests, recommendations, "top posts," network-activity summaries, and marketing in a single move. If you'd rather keep a few (say, direct-message alerts) and cut only the noise, you can do that too by leaving the master switch on and disabling individual items.
The two layers that send you email
- In-app notification preferences control push and in-app alerts — mentions, likes, reposts, new followers. These don't reach your inbox.
- Email notifications is the separate screen that governs your inbox. It carries the noisy stuff: news digests, "top posts and stories," recommendations of accounts to follow, network-activity summaries, and product/marketing mail.
The steps below focus on the Email notifications screen, because that's the only one that affects what lands in your inbox.
Turn off all X emails with the master switch
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Open your settings
Click More in the sidebar (or your profile menu), then Settings and privacy. On mobile, tap your profile picture, then the settings gear.
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Go to Notifications → Preferences
Open Notifications, then Preferences. You'll see delivery channels including Push notifications, SMS notifications, and Email notifications.
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Open Email notifications
Tap Email notifications. At the very top of the screen is a master Email notifications toggle.
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Switch the master toggle off
Turn it off. That single switch disables every optional email category below it at once — digests, recommendations, top posts, network activity, and marketing. You don't need to touch the individual items.
Stop just the digests and recommendations
If you want to keep some email — for instance, alerts when someone messages you directly — leave the master switch on and turn off the individual categories instead. On the same Email notifications screen, disable the noise-makers:
- Top posts and stories — the "here's what you missed" digest.
- News — trending and news roundups.
- Network activity — summaries of what accounts you follow are doing.
- Recommendations — suggested accounts and "people you may know."
- Updates and tips / marketing — product announcements and promotions.
What you can't turn off
These emails send regardless of your notification settings:
- Login and security alerts — sign-ins from a new device, and two-factor codes.
- Password and recovery mail — reset links and confirmation of changes to your email or phone.
- Account and legal notices — changes to the terms of service or your account status.
These are transactional and protect your account, so there's no setting to stop them — and you wouldn't want one, since a login alert is your first warning of a break-in.
The filter fallback for stragglers
If an email still shows up after you've flipped the master switch, it's either a queued send from before the change or genuine security mail. For anything ordinary that persists, use a mailbox rule rather than digging for another toggle. X sends its mail from the x.com domain, so a filter on the sender catches it.
Create a rule matching mail from x.com and archive it or route it to a folder you check on your own schedule. Avoid auto-deleting so that a real login alert stays reachable. Our guide to unsubscribing from emails covers how to build these filters in Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn off all X (Twitter) email notifications?
Open Settings and privacy → Notifications → Preferences → Email notifications and turn the master Email notifications switch off. That stops every optional category at once.
Does X have an unsubscribe-all switch for email?
Yes — the master toggle at the top of the Email notifications screen. Turning it off stops all optional email, including digests, top posts, recommendations, and marketing. Security email is separate and keeps sending.
How do I stop X digest and recommendation emails specifically?
If you keep the master switch on, turn off the individual items such as Top posts and stories, News, Network activity, and Recommendations. Each has its own toggle, so you can silence digests without losing direct-message alerts.
Which X emails can't I turn off?
Security and account emails: new-login alerts, password reset links, two-factor codes, and legal notices. These are transactional and have no off switch while your account is active.
Why is X still emailing me after I turned notifications off?
Some emails were queued before the change and arrive for a day or two, and login or password alerts are security mail that stays on. For ordinary email that persists, filter mail from the x.com domain.