Unwanted email notifications from an unwatched repository
Platform Notice: Cloud - This article applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Purpose
This KB article explains the potential cause behind unwanted email notifications and provides a solution to turn them off.
Diagnosis
Identify the email notifications activity source:
- Pull request
- Commit
- Mention
- Access change for repository or workspace.
Cause
While you are not watching a repository, an email notification will be sent to you with the following conditions:
Another user mentions you in a comment (Commit or PR)
- You create the pull request, and it automatically adds you as the PR watcher
- Someone adds you as a reviewer on a pull request
- Your access change for the repository or workspace
Solution
All of these notifications can be turned off under the Personal Settings; https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/notifications/
Disable Email - This will disable all email notifications from Bitbucket.
Watching email - You can review which repositories, Pull requests, Issues, and Snippets you are currently watching. Manage it to unwatch any unwanted email notifications.
Email me about - The options are for a behavior impact, such as someone mentioning you, access to a repository, or workspace change and updates from Bitbucket/Atlassian.