Both Google + and Facebook want to be in your face as much as possible. The more time you spend on your profile, the more money they make from their ads. This doesn’t mean that you have to live on their sites nor does it mean that they can send you massive amounts of email every day. Here’s how to cut down or eliminate  those emails. We’ll do a post for Facebook next, don’t worry.

1. Once you have opened your Google + profile, look up on the top right and click on your profile photo or the little arrow just to its right:

 

 

2. You may have to sign in again to access this page. That’s for security reasons, don’t worry. Once you click on Account, this page opens. Look for Google + on the left side:

 

3. In the middle of the next page, look for the words ‘Receive notifications’. You’ll see a long list of things that Google + thinks they should notify you about, either by email or, god forbid, SMS. We’ve unchecked everything. Your settings may be different but we really don’t see why Google + has to clutter our inbox with this stuff:

 

4. Google + will notify you of these activities anyway, same as Facebook. You will see the notices in red at the top right of your profile:

 

If you are even fairly active and popular on Google +, the amount of email they send every day is staggering. We’d advise you to cut some or all of it out but that’s up to you. At least you’ll know how to do it, right?

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