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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 5:44 AM

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Notifications stopped working

My notifications stopped working what feels like years ago. I’ve searched for answers but can’t find a solution. 
I  tried using the app and set up push notifications to remind me when the shows on my watchlist were in but that didn’t work either. For some reason on my iPhone setting under notifications, IMDb isn’t on the list. 
I’ve turned in my email notifications on my IMDb account settings but that hasn’t worked either. I even tried a new email thinking that would solve my problems but the email notifications never came to that email either. I checked my spam folder and couldn’t find them.

I don’t know what else I can try. Looks like it might be a common issue out there.  

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@Dougemac  Please see https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/general-information/manage-your-email-subscriptions-and-watchlist-notifications/GFSALECHJBMR4U5B for more information.  After confirming all of your subscriptions as described, if you are still not receiving the emails and you are located in a supported country, please let us know:

1. In which country are you located and does that country match the settings on https://www.imdb.com/preferences/general 

2. The titles of 2-3 items on your watchlist which have a release date on IMDb in your country yet for which you did not receive a notification.

Note the list of supported countries in the above help page and ensure your settings match a supported country for theatrical releases.  For TV-episodes, there must be a release date for your selected country listed on the IMDb release date page for that episode. 

Hope this helps. 

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K I did have to change my settings such that “Do not send me informational emails is not checked,” but I’m still missing notifications. All other settings were properly set. 

I’m from Canada and my profile is set to Canada.

Three of titles on my watchlist that are currently being released and I’m not receiving notifications for are:

1) Welcome to Wrexham

2) Aksoka

3) Only Murders in the Building

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Hello @Dougemac​, 

Please note that if you switched your country recently that stops you from receiving notifications as you used to do.

In order to receive TV watchlist emails, you can change your country code to US. 

For more information, please visit our help pages.

 

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@Dougemac​ Thanks, but please see point #2 in our reply above (bold emphasis added):

2. The titles of 2-3 items on your watchlist which have a release date on IMDb in your country yet for which you did not receive a notification.

None of the latest episodes in your example titles have a Canadian release date on IMDb, sorry:

As @Jon notes above, you can set your country to the US if typically the Canadian release dates match the US ones. 

Hope this helps. 

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This sounds like my issue. I will make this change and wait a week get my notifications.