How to Enable Change Notifications in Google Sheets

Do you have a spreadsheet on which you are collaborating with a team of people, and you would like to know whenever someone makes a change, like merging some cells? If you are currently opening the sheet repeatedly throughout the day to see what is different, then you might benefit from using the notification rules in Google Sheets.

These notifications can be sent to your email address whenever the spreadsheet is edited, or whenever someone fills out a form associated with the sheet. This will let you continue working on other projects and save you the hassle of opening and scouring your spreadsheet for updates made by team members or collaborators.

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How to Get Notifications When Changes Are Made to a Spreadsheet in Google Sheets

The steps in this article were performed in the Google Chrome Web browser version of Google Sheets. You will only be able to receive notifications at the email address of the Google Account to which you are currently signed in.

Step 1: Go to your Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive and open the spreadsheet for which you would like to receive notifications.

Step 2: Click the Tools tab at the top of the window.

google sheets tools menu

Step 3: Select the Notification rules option.

google sheets notification rules

Step 4: Specify when and how you would like to receive a notification at the listed email address, then click the Save button.

how to get change notifications google sheets

If you are working on a spreadsheet that receives a lot of changes from a large team of people, then these notifications can get excessive if you are receiving them whenever a change is made. The daily digest option may be a little more practical for sheets with a large number of changes.

Is there shading or fill color in your spreadsheet that is no longer helpful, or is distracting? Learn how to remove fill color in Google Sheets so that your cells have the default white background that is used in the rest of your spreadsheet.

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