# How To Mute Email Alerts With BetterShield?

Temporarily stop BetterShield security alerts and weekly summaries without stopping checks, protections, or account recovery mail.

In **[BetterShield](/)**, the switch is under **BetterShield › Settings › Email Alerts › Mute everything**.

## What it does

**Mute all alerts** is off by default. Turning it on stops instant security email and the weekly summary. Their switches appear off while muted but return to their stored choices after unmuting.

Audits, findings, protections, and activity recording continue. Account-specific recovery mail still goes out, including lockout-clearing links, enabled new-network notices, and replacement recovery links. Security alerts that occur while muted are dropped rather than sent later.

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## Step 1: Mute Email Alerts

Turn on **Mute all alerts**. The Overview, dashboard widget, and Activity indicate that alerts are muted. Turn it off to resume normal delivery.

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  <img src="/docs/screenshots/mute-email-alerts.png" alt="Mute everything row with the Mute all alerts switch and explanation of what continues." width="1960" height="264" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
  <figcaption>Muting stops security email, not BetterShield's checks, records, or protections.</figcaption>
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## Recommended settings

Use a maintenance window instead when only routine work-related messages should pause. Use mute for a deliberate full pause with another monitoring plan.

## What it can break and how to undo

Administrators can miss important events while muted. Turn the switch off to resume delivery. Events remain in Activity, but dropped email is not replayed.

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## Final Outcome

The Alerts summary should read muted, and **Send a Test Alert** should state that nothing was sent until unmuted.

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  <img src="/docs/screenshots/mute-email-alerts.png" alt="Mute everything row with the Mute all alerts switch and explanation of what continues." width="1960" height="264" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
  <figcaption>Example Mute email alerts view. Check the saved values and status on your own site.</figcaption>
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## Events that still email with instant alerts off

Use of the trap password emails even when instant alerts are off. With BetterShield 1.1.6 and Ultra 1.0.7 or newer, **Emergency account used** emails even when instant alerts are off. **Mute all alerts** still silences it. Check the card’s delivery warning and configure an email recipient before relying on it. See [Emergency account](/docs/emergency-account/).

## Related

- [Pause routine alerts during planned maintenance](/docs/planned-maintenance-alerts/)
- [Choose who receives alerts](/docs/alert-recipients/)
- [Filter and search site activity](/docs/filter-activity-log/)

This is how you can mute email alerts with BetterShield.

Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our [Dedicated Support Team](/support/).