# Get notified when an article changes

_Category: Organize and publish_

Watch an article to get an email whenever a teammate changes it. It's a good way to keep an eye on the articles you own, or on the originals of articles you translate.

**Who can do this:** Owners, Admins, Editors and Translators · **Plans:** All plans

## Watch an article

1. Open the article from **Articles**.
2. Click **Watch** in the top bar.
3. Choose what you want to hear about.

![Screen recording. Click Watch in the top bar. Choose what you want to hear about.](https://helpcenter-io.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/self/pmyTJIWmUTiRmz3TYYedcFCjTfKs0wkWvZOtJCls.gif)
The button shows what you're watching.

The button then shows your choice, for example **Watching · Content changes**. You can watch an article once it has been saved.

## What you can watch

| Option | You get an email when someone changes |
| --- | --- |
| **Content changes** | The article's text. |
| **All changes** | The title, the text, the author or the category. |
| **Custom** | Only what you tick: **Title**, **Content**, **Author** or **Category**. Click **Apply** to save your choice. |

## The emails

Emails arrive with the subject "An article you are watching has been updated". They say who changed what, show changes to the title and text with additions and deletions marked for each language, and link to the article.

You're never emailed about your own changes. A change counts once it's saved to the article, so edits that are still unsaved in someone's browser, or staged and not yet published, don't send anything.

## Translators are subscribed automatically

When someone with the Translator role saves a translation, they start watching that article's title and text in your default language. When the original changes, they get an email with the subject "Default language changed for an article you translated", so they can update their translation.

## Stop watching

Click the **Watching** button in the top bar and choose **Stop watching**. For a translator, this also ends the automatic subscription for that article.

There's no account-wide setting for these emails: you choose article by article.

## Troubleshooting

**I'm not getting any emails.** Check your spam folder, and check that someone other than you changed a part of the article you watch. See [I'm not getting emails from HelpCenter.io](https://self.helpcenter.io/content/not-getting-emails).

## Related articles

- [Flag articles for review](https://self.helpcenter.io/content/flag-for-review)
- [I'm not getting emails from HelpCenter.io](https://self.helpcenter.io/content/not-getting-emails)