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title: "How to enable/disable the new message notification in PrestaShop 1.5"
description: "In the PrestsShop 1.5 back office interface, several notifications are enabled by default. These are new order, new customer, and new message notifications. These can be disabled or re-eneabled by..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/prestashop/set-new-message-notification/
date: 2012-06-19
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Prestashop"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to enable/disable the new message notification in PrestaShop 1.5

In the PrestsShop 1.5 back office interface, several notifications are enabled by default. These are new order, new customer, and new message notifications. These can be disabled or re-eneabled by using the back office dashboard. This article goes over how to edit the new message notification setting. Disabling or enabling the new message notification in PrestaShop 1.5 is easy when you use the following steps:

**How to enable/disable the new message setting in PrestaShop 1.5:**

1. [Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 admin dashboard.](/support/edu/prestashop/login-to-dashboard/)
2. Using the top menu bar, hover over the **Administration **tab and select the **Preferences **option.[![administration_tab_preferences](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_prestashop1.5_Administration_Preferences_administration_tab_preferences.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_prestashop1.5_Administration_Preferences_administration_tab_preferences.png)
3. You are now on the **Administration : Preferences** screen. In the lower section, named **Notifications**, you will see the setting named **Show notifications for new messages**. This is set to **Yes** by default, which means the notification is turned on. To turn it off, simply click the radio button next to the red **X**.[![administration-preferences-notifications-message](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_prestashop1.5_Administration_Preferences_administration-preferences-notifications-message.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_prestashop1.5_Administration_Preferences_administration-preferences-notifications-message.png)
4. Once finished, click the green **Save **button in the upper right corner.

That is how you change the new message setting in PrestaShop 1.5