Your notification settings are at uni.xyz/accounts/settings/notifications, signed in. They are email switches, one per mailing list. They do not control the bell in the top bar and they do not control browser push. Before you spend time on them, know that several of them do not currently stop anything.
What each switch really controls
- Competition Newsletters works. It ends the reminder mail a competition sends you, with two exceptions: the submission deadline reminders that arrive 48 hours and 12 hours before your entry is due, and the approval, shortlist and results mail about your own entry. See Competition email reminders.
- Product Updates & Features works. It ends the daily round-up of new followers and new work from people you follow, the weekly note about work you saved, and product announcements.
- Project Newsletters, Publication Newsletters, Polls & Surveys, Journal Newsletters and Promotional Emails stop nothing today. The switch saves, and no mail changes.
- Profile & Account Notifications cannot be switched off, and the page shows it that way. Security and account mail reaches you regardless.
The frequency labels are captions, not schedules
Each row carries a chip reading "Once a month", "Once a week", "Daily" or "Once a quarter". Those are fixed text written into the page. They are not read from your account, are not saved when you save, and nothing sends mail on their timetable. Competition reminders are fired by a deadline getting close, not once a month. Read them as rough intent and nothing more.
Unsubscribe works on two of the lists
Every list email carries an unsubscribe link at the foot, and Gmail and Outlook show their own Unsubscribe button for the same messages. It switches off exactly the one list that message belongs to, works without signing in, and does not expire. If one specific email is the problem, use the link on that email rather than hunting for the matching switch.
The badge clears only when you clear it
The number on the bell counts unread notifications, and nothing marks them read for you.
- Opening the panel does not clear it. It reloads the list and re-reads the count.
- Select Mark all as read to take it to zero.
- Opening one notification clears that one and drops the count by one.
The count is read when a page loads and when you open the panel. UNI is built as several separate applications, so a tab left open elsewhere on the site keeps showing the old number until you reload it. That is a stale display, not a new notification.