Comments, mentions & reminders

If you want to give or get high-level feedback on your page, you can leave a comment at the top of it to start a discussion.

• Hover over the top of any page and click Add comment.

• @-mention colleagues to refer to them or bring them into the conversation.

• You can edit or delete comments. Just hover over them to edit, delete, or resolve them.

• You can always re-open resolved comments by clicking the # resolved comments button at the top of the page.

For every page in Notion, you can choose whether to display or hide top-level page comments.

• Go to the ••• icon at the very top right of any Notion page and choose Page options.

• Click Top-level page discussions and you'll see a dropdown menu with comment options:

  • Expanded: See all the page comments exchanged at the top of the page.

  • Off: Hide comments on the page completely (handy for minimalists).

Offer your opinion or ask a question by commenting on specific parts of a page. There are several ways to make a comment in Notion:

• Select any text and choose Comment from the menu that pops up.

• Click the ⋮⋮ icon that appears to the left of any content block when you hover and choose Comment from the menu that pops up.

• Hover over a block and select the 💬 that appears.

• Use the shortcut cmd/ctrl + shift + M to make a comment on whatever you have selected or wherever your blinking text cursor is positioned.

• If there’s an existing comment or comment thread that you want to respond to, click 💬 to open it and add a comment.

By default, page comments will appear to the right of the corresponding text. Longer comment threads will be collapsed. You can simply click on these to expand them and see every comment in the thread.

1. Go to the ••• icon at the very top right of any Notion page and choose Page options.

2. Click Page comments and you'll see a dropdown menu with comment options:

   • Default: See all the page comments to the right of the corresponding text.

   • Minimal: Display a small comment icon to the right of the corresponding text.

All comments made in a page can be seen in the comments pane. To open the pane, click 💬 at the top of your page. There will be a red circle beside it if there are any unread comments. From here:

• Click on any comment to see where on the page it was made.

• Reply to, edit, resolve, or delete comments.

• Filter comments based on person or status (whether the comments are open or resolved). To do this, click on the filter icon at the top of the pane.

Comment threads with the most recent reply will appear at the top of the comment pane. Once you’ve opened the comment pane, we won’t re-sort it with new comments so you can keep working from your current view. If you’re working on a page with lots of active discussion, close and re-open the comment pane to see the latest comments.

Add emoji reactions to a comment to communicate quickly with teammates! Here's how:

1. Hover your cursor over a comment, or tap the comment if you’re on mobile.

2. Click or tap the new 🙂 button at the top right of the comment.

3. Choose the emoji you'd like to use as a reaction.

Database page comments

There are a few ways to leave a top-level comment on a database page:

• Open the page and add a top-level page comment there.

• If the page already has comments, you’ll see 💬 associated with it in your database. Select 💬 to read the existing comments, then add your own. You’ll also be able to do the same from the Suggested for you and Trending widgets in Home.

  

  • In a timeline view, you’ll only be able to do this if you’re showing a table next to your timeline. To do this, select >> at the left of your timeline.

    

• In a table or list view, hover over a database page and select ⋮⋮ → Comment to add a comment.

• In a gallery or board view, hover over a database page and select ••• → Comment to add a comment.

• In any database view except the timeline view, right-click on a database page and in the menu that appears, select Comment. Enter your comment in the window that opens.

Database property comments

You can leave comments directly on database properties when you’re in table view or when you have a database page open. In most cases, you can do this by simply hovering over a property and selecting 💬. Learn more about commenting on database properties here →

When you want to get other people in your workspace to look at something, you can mention them anywhere inside a page, database, comment, or discussion.

• Type @ followed by the person or group's name. A pop up menu will search for them in real-time. Press enter to choose the one you want.

• To mention someone in a database, either @-mention them in the body of a page inside the database, or add them to a Person property field. They'll receive the same type of notification. This is handy for assigning people things in a tasks database.

To reference and add an inline link to another page inside a Notion page, type @ followed by the page's title. You'll see a menu pop up that'll search for that page in real-time. Find the right one and press enter. Now you and others can jump to the linked page directly.

• If you change the title of a page, the @-mention links that go to it will also reflect that change automatically.

When you type @ followed by a date (or the words today, tomorrow, or yesterday), you'll add an inline timestamp to your page. For example, typing @1/12 automatically adds a timestamp that looks like: January 12, 2021.

When someone mentions you in a workspace, you'll see a red badge appear next to Inbox in your sidebar with the number of notifications waiting for you.

1. Open Inbox to see all the times you've been mentioned organized chronologically.

   • You may also see mobile or desktop push notification depending on the apps you have installed and open.

2. Click on any of these mention updates to jump directly to the line, comment, discussion or database you've been mentioned in on the page.

If you were mentioned in a comment, you can reply directly from your Inbox by clicking Reply.

• You can also resolve or re-open comments in this window. When you resolve a comment, it will disappear from the page it was made on. If you re-open a comment, it will reappear.

When you add a reminder, Notion will send you a notification to draw your attention back to a particular task, event, or page at the time you specify. This is helpful for setting due dates and making sure you never forget a thing.

1. Inline on a page, type @remind followed by a time, date, or both, i.e. @remind tomorrow, @remind 7pm, or @remind Wednesday at 1pm. This will create a blue tag.

   

2. Clicking this tag opens up a calendar window where you can edit the date and time, change your timezone, and set exactly how you want to be reminded (i.e. 30 minutes beforehand).

3. Inline reminders turn red when they change to @Today or are past due.

• In a database, add a Date property. When you click on that property (like on a cell in that column of a table), a calendar window opens where you can select when and how you want to be reminded. You can add a specific time of day as well.

When you set a reminder, you'll be notified at the chosen time in a few ways:

• You'll see a red badge pop up next to Inbox at the top of your left sidebar.

• If you have the desktop Notion app, you'll receive a push notification immediately.

• If you have the mobile Notion app, you'll receive a push notification within 5 minutes.

• If Notion isn't open at the time of your reminder, you'll get a mobile push notification (if you have the app) and an email.