Enable User Control of Email Notifications for Tasks in Salesforce Classic

Display a setting that lets users decide whether to receive an email notification when assigned a task.

Required Editions

Available in Salesforce Classic
Available in: All Editions except Personal
User Permissions Needed
To enable email notifications for tasks: Customize Application and Modify All Data

This setting enables both email notifications and UNS notifications.

  1. From Setup, enter Activity Settings in the Quick Find box, then select Activity Settings.
  2. Select Enable user control over task assignment notifications.
  3. Click Submit.

Notification emails aren’t sent for tasks that you assign to yourself; or for tasks that are assigned to another user with the status already set to Completed.