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Excluding Notifications for Followers in Zendesk

Find out if you can exclude certain notifications from being sent to followers in Zendesk and how to customize notification text.

Can I exclude certain notifications from being sent to followers?

Currently, there is no direct way to exclude certain notifications from being sent to followers in Zendesk.

Followers receive email notifications when comments are added to tickets they are following, and this cannot be disabled. However, you can customize the text in these notifications using the follower email template.


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Can I customize email notifications for followers in Zendesk?

Yes, you can customize the text in email notifications for followers in Zendesk using the follower email template. While you can add followers to tickets using business rules, customizing the email content requires using the follower email…

Why don't followers receive notifications when added to a ticket?

Followers in Zendesk do not receive email notifications when they are added to a ticket. They only receive notifications when comments are added to tickets they are following. This is a design choice in Zendesk to prevent unnecessary notifications….

Is it possible to create triggers for just followers in Zendesk?

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