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title: Setting Notification Preferences
description: Receive push notifications for approvals, clock in/out, exceptions, late arrivals, and missing clock outs on MakeShift Live.
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# Setting Notification Preferences

You can choose what push notifications you prefer to receive when you are logged into MakeShift Live.

 

Starting from the main Schedule screen, click on the **Schedule** tab at the top to view your options pane. 

![Setting Notification Preferences android](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/knowledge%20base%20images/Setting%20Notification%20Preferences%20android.png?width=250&height=444&name=Setting%20Notification%20Preferences%20android.png)

 

Click the **Settings** tab in the dropdown menu.

![Setting Notification Preferences 1](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/knowledge%20base%20images/Setting%20Notification%20Preferences%201.png?width=250&height=444&name=Setting%20Notification%20Preferences%201.png)

 

 

To keep all notifications turned on, make sure that all sliders are pushed to the right. 

- **Approvals:** Receive a notification when there is a new employee request that needs to be approved (available shift request, shift exchange/drop or time off request).
- **Clock In/Out: **Receive a notification when an employee clocks in or out for a shift.
- **Exceptions: **Receive a notification when an employee clocks in or out outside of the exception rules that you have set in the **Timesheet & Tardiness Rules.**
- **Late: **Receive a notification when an employee is late for a shift based on the grace period you have set in the **Timesheet & Tardiness Rules**. 
- **Missing Clock Out:** Receive a notification when an employee misses their clock out time.

 

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