Turn Google Alerts on or off for users

If you're an administrator of Google accounts for an organization, you can control who uses Google Alerts from their account. You can turn on the Google Alerts service for everyone in your organization, specific organizational units, or specific groups.

Users signed in with their Google Workspace account with Google Alerts turned on can use all the services offered by Google Alerts. Users signed in with their Google Workspace account where Google Alerts has been turned off can still use the service, but only in limited capacity similar to a user signed out of their account. For example, if the Google Alerts setting is set to Off, users can still unsubscribe from Alerts emails without their credentials.

Control who uses Google Alerts in your organization

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. Go to Menu  Apps > Additional Google services > Google Alerts.

   Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege.

   In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsAdditional Google servicesGoogle Alerts.
3. Click Service status.

4. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

5. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure.
6. To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access.

Next steps

Learn to use Google Alerts at the Google Alerts Help Center

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