Notifications: what you'll see, how to control them
ArtHelper notifies you when something on the platform involves you — when another artist likes your painting, replies to your post, follows you, sends a connection request, or posts to a community you’re part of. Notifications show up in two main places: the bell at the top of every page, and your email. This article covers what kinds of notifications you’ll see, where to find them, and what each one means.
Where to find your notifications
Look for the bell icon in the top navigation bar. A red dot appears when you have unread notifications.
Click the bell to open your Notifications page.
Notifications are grouped by time — Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, and Last 30 Days.
Older notifications older than 30 days drop off the page but the original action (the like, the comment, the follow) stays on your profile and in your feed.
The kinds of notifications you’ll see
Each one tells you about a specific kind of activity on your account.
Likes — when another artist (or, occasionally, an automated welcome) reacts to your artwork or to a post you wrote.
Comments and replies — when someone replies to a community post you wrote, or to a comment you left.
Follows — when another artist starts following you.
Connection requests — when another artist sends you a connection request, and when one of your own requests is accepted.
Direct messages — when one of your connections sends you a message.
Mentions — when someone tags you with @yourname in a community post or comment.
Trending alerts — when one of your posts is trending in the community feed.
New posts from people you follow — when an artist you follow publishes new work or a new community post.
The “while you were away” digest — a weekly summary of the most interesting posts from communities you’re in, in case you’ve been away.
Daily activity email — a once-a-day round-up of everything from the day before, so you don’t have to log in to see what happened.
Acting on a notification
Most notifications are clickable. Some come with an extra Take Action button that opens a quick menu for what to do next.
Click any notification to jump straight to the post, comment, message, or artwork it’s about.
For notifications about your artwork — for example, “someone liked this piece” — click Take Action to open a menu with options like Explore With AI, Room Mockups, Edit Details, or View.
For connection requests, you’ll see Accept and Decline buttons right on the notification.
If your bell is filling up faster than you can read, jump straight to the daily summary email — it groups the day’s activity in one place so you don’t have to scroll through every line.
Turning notifications down or off
You can control which kinds of notifications you get by email — for example, you can keep connection requests in your inbox but mute the daily activity email.
Go to arthelper.com/settings.
Open the Notifications tab.
Toggle each switch off to stop receiving that type by email. In-app notifications (the bell) still show everything.
The full list of which emails you can turn off is covered in the Adjusting your email and in-app notifications article.
Common questions
Why did I get a “someone liked your art” notification on day one?
When you upload your first piece of work, ArtHelper sends a friendly automatic welcome reaction so the page doesn’t feel empty. It’s a real notification, just one we kick off for you.
Can I get notifications as text messages?
Daily Sparklinks come as text messages if you’ve shared your phone number. Other notifications — likes, follows, connection requests, mentions — go to your email and your bell, not SMS.
I’m not getting any emails. What should I check?
Check that the toggles in Settings → Notifications are on, and check your spam folder. If you’ve ever clicked “unsubscribe” in an ArtHelper email, that overrides the in-app settings — contact support and we can fix it.
How do I mark everything as read?
Just open the Notifications page. Visiting the page automatically marks all your notifications as read.