Turn them off on your phone, tablet and computer. Allowing every email that arrives in your inbox to interrupt your day destroys your productivity. The amount of time you’ll waste on unimportant interruptions will add up. Here’s how to do it.

Android Gmail:

1. Open your Gmail application

2. Tap your Menu button

3. Tap ‘Settings’

4. Uncheck ‘Email notifications’

iPhone Mail.app:

1. Tap ‘Settings’

2. Tap ‘Notifications’

3. Tap ‘Mail’

4. Turn off all notifications

iPhone Gmail users:

1. Open your Gmail application

2. Tap your Menu button

3. Tap ‘Settings’

4. Uncheck ‘Email notifications’

Outlook:

1. From the Tools menu, ‘Options’

2. On the Preferences tab, click ‘E-mail Options’, and then click ‘Advanced E-mail Options’

3. Under ‘When new items arrive in my Inbox’, uncheck the ‘Display’ a New Mail Desktop Alert’ check box.

iPhone Mail App:

1.Tap ‘Settings’ from your home screen

2.Tap ‘Notifications’

3. Tap ‘Mail’

4. Turn off all notifications

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