diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts b/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts
index 86945861..9599cab5 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts
@@ -71,3 +71,56 @@ export function badgeLabel(count: number): string {
   if (count <= 0) return '';
   return count > 9 ? '9+' : String(count);
 }
+
+// Per-user settings: which channels each kind reaches. Kinds the user cannot
+// receive (admin kinds, for a non-admin) are not listed at all.
+export type NotificationKindSetting = {
+  kind: string;
+  admin_only: boolean;
+  inbox: boolean;
+  phone: boolean;
+  email: boolean;
+};
+
+export type NotificationChannel = 'inbox' | 'phone' | 'email';
+
+export type NotificationSettings = {
+  kinds: NotificationKindSetting[];
+  email_available: boolean;
+  email_unavailable_reason?: 'no_address' | 'smtp_not_configured';
+};
+
+export type NotificationSettingChange = { kind: string } & Partial<Record<NotificationChannel, boolean>>;
+
+export async function getNotificationSettings(): Promise<NotificationSettings> {
+  return api.get<NotificationSettings>('/api/me/notification-settings');
+}
+
+// Partial: only what the user touched, so two quick toggles on different rows
+// cannot overwrite each other on the server.
+export async function putNotificationSettings(
+  changes: NotificationSettingChange[]
+): Promise<NotificationSettings> {
+  return api.put<NotificationSettings>('/api/me/notification-settings', { kinds: changes });
+}
+
+export function createNotificationSettingsQuery() {
+  return createQuery({
+    queryKey: qk.notificationSettings(),
+    queryFn: getNotificationSettings,
+    staleTime: 60_000
+  });
+}
+
+/** Short row labels, menu-style (rule 188). Unknown kinds show their key. */
+export const NOTIFICATION_KIND_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  request_approved: 'Request approved',
+  request_rejected: 'Request declined',
+  request_completed: 'New music arrived',
+  request_pending: 'Requests to review',
+  quarantine_flagged: 'Tracks flagged',
+  scan_failed: 'Library scan failed',
+  tracks_missing: 'Tracks gone missing',
+  duplicates_found: 'Duplicates to review',
+  playback_errors: 'Playback errors'
+};
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/NotificationSettings.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/NotificationSettings.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ae43d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/NotificationSettings.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/svelte-query';
+  import {
+    NOTIFICATION_KIND_LABELS,
+    createNotificationSettingsQuery,
+    putNotificationSettings,
+    type NotificationChannel,
+    type NotificationKindSetting,
+    type NotificationSettingChange,
+    type NotificationSettings
+  } from '$lib/api/notifications';
+  import { qk } from '$lib/api/queries';
+  import { user } from '$lib/auth/store.svelte';
+  import { pushToast } from '$lib/stores/toast.svelte';
+
+  // Per-user notification settings (M489): one row per kind, a toggle per
+  // channel. Toggles are optimistic; a failed save puts the switch back.
+
+  const client = useQueryClient();
+  const queryStore = createNotificationSettingsQuery();
+  const settings = $derived($queryStore.data as NotificationSettings | undefined);
+  const forEveryone = $derived((settings?.kinds ?? []).filter((k) => !k.admin_only));
+  const forAdmins = $derived((settings?.kinds ?? []).filter((k) => k.admin_only));
+
+  const channels: { key: NotificationChannel; label: string }[] = [
+    { key: 'inbox', label: 'Inbox' },
+    { key: 'phone', label: 'Phone' },
+    { key: 'email', label: 'Email' }
+  ];
+
+  // Bumped by every local change, so a save resolving after a newer toggle
+  // does not overwrite it, and a failed save only reverts when nothing newer
+  // happened (snippet #5106's generation counter).
+  let generation = 0;
+
+  function commit(next: NotificationSettings) {
+    client.setQueryData(qk.notificationSettings(), next);
+  }
+
+  function withChannel(
+    k: NotificationKindSetting,
+    channel: NotificationChannel,
+    value: boolean
+  ): NotificationKindSetting {
+    const next = { ...k };
+    next[channel] = value;
+    return next;
+  }
+
+  async function toggle(row: NotificationKindSetting, channel: NotificationChannel) {
+    if (!settings) return;
+    const prev = settings;
+    const value = !row[channel];
+    const gen = ++generation;
+    commit({
+      ...prev,
+      kinds: prev.kinds.map((k) => (k.kind === row.kind ? withChannel(k, channel, value) : k))
+    });
+    const change: NotificationSettingChange = { kind: row.kind };
+    change[channel] = value;
+    try {
+      const saved = await putNotificationSettings([change]);
+      if (gen === generation) commit(saved);
+    } catch {
+      if (gen === generation) commit(prev);
+      pushToast("Couldn't save that setting. Try again in a moment.", 'error');
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Phone and email ride on the inbox: with the inbox off, nothing is stored
+  // to send. Their own choices are kept and come back when the inbox does.
+  function disabled(row: NotificationKindSetting, channel: NotificationChannel): boolean {
+    if (channel === 'inbox') return false;
+    if (!row.inbox) return true;
+    return channel === 'email' && !settings?.email_available;
+  }
+
+  function label(kind: string): string {
+    return NOTIFICATION_KIND_LABELS[kind] ?? kind;
+  }
+</script>
+
+{#snippet rows(list: NotificationKindSetting[])}
+  <div class="grid grid-cols-[1fr_repeat(3,3.5rem)] items-center gap-y-1 text-sm">
+    <span></span>
+    {#each channels as c (c.key)}
+      <span class="text-center text-xs text-text-secondary">{c.label}</span>
+    {/each}
+    {#each list as row (row.kind)}
+      <span class="py-1 text-text-primary">{label(row.kind)}</span>
+      {#each channels as c (c.key)}
+        <span class="flex justify-center">
+          <input
+            type="checkbox"
+            class="h-4 w-4 cursor-pointer disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-40"
+            aria-label="{label(row.kind)}: {c.label}"
+            checked={row[c.key] && !disabled(row, c.key)}
+            disabled={disabled(row, c.key)}
+            onchange={() => toggle(row, c.key)}
+          />
+        </span>
+      {/each}
+    {/each}
+  </div>
+{/snippet}
+
+<section id="notifications" class="space-y-3 rounded border border-border bg-surface p-4">
+  <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Notifications</h2>
+
+  {#if !settings}
+    <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">Loading…</p>
+  {:else}
+    {@render rows(forEveryone)}
+
+    {#if forAdmins.length > 0}
+      <h3 class="pt-2 text-sm font-medium text-text-secondary">Library health</h3>
+      {@render rows(forAdmins)}
+    {/if}
+
+    {#if !settings.email_available}
+      <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary" data-testid="email-unavailable">
+        {#if settings.email_unavailable_reason === 'no_address'}
+          Email is off: <a href="#profile" class="underline hover:text-text-primary">add an email address in your profile</a>.
+        {:else if user.value?.is_admin}
+          Email is off: <a href="/admin/integrations" class="underline hover:text-text-primary">SMTP isn't set up</a>.
+        {:else}
+          Email is off: this server doesn't send email.
+        {/if}
+      </p>
+    {/if}
+  {/if}
+</section>
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/NotificationSettings.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/NotificationSettings.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3078a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/NotificationSettings.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import { mockQuery } from '../../test-utils/query';
+
+const setQueryData = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('@tanstack/svelte-query', async (orig) => {
+  const actual = (await orig()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return { ...actual, useQueryClient: () => ({ setQueryData, invalidateQueries: vi.fn() }) };
+});
+
+vi.mock('$lib/api/notifications', async (orig) => {
+  const actual = (await orig()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    createNotificationSettingsQuery: vi.fn(),
+    putNotificationSettings: vi.fn()
+  };
+});
+
+const userState = vi.hoisted(() => ({ current: { id: '1', username: 'alice', is_admin: false } }));
+vi.mock('$lib/auth/store.svelte', () => ({
+  user: { get value() { return userState.current; } }
+}));
+
+const pushToast = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('$lib/stores/toast.svelte', () => ({ pushToast: (...a: unknown[]) => pushToast(...a) }));
+
+import NotificationSettings from './NotificationSettings.svelte';
+import {
+  createNotificationSettingsQuery,
+  putNotificationSettings,
+  type NotificationKindSetting,
+  type NotificationSettings as Settings
+} from '$lib/api/notifications';
+
+const requesterKinds: NotificationKindSetting[] = [
+  { kind: 'request_approved', admin_only: false, inbox: true, phone: true, email: true },
+  { kind: 'request_completed', admin_only: false, inbox: true, phone: true, email: true }
+];
+const adminKinds: NotificationKindSetting[] = [
+  { kind: 'tracks_missing', admin_only: true, inbox: true, phone: true, email: false }
+];
+
+function setSettings(s: Partial<Settings>) {
+  const data: Settings = { kinds: requesterKinds, email_available: true, ...s };
+  (createNotificationSettingsQuery as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(mockQuery({ data }));
+  return data;
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  userState.current = { id: '1', username: 'alice', is_admin: false };
+});
+
+describe('NotificationSettings', () => {
+  test('a listener sees their kinds with a toggle per channel and no admin heading', () => {
+    setSettings({});
+    render(NotificationSettings);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Request approved: Inbox' })).toBeChecked();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'New music arrived: Email' })).toBeChecked();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Library health')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('an admin also sees library health under its own heading', () => {
+    userState.current = { id: '1', username: 'root', is_admin: true };
+    setSettings({ kinds: [...requesterKinds, ...adminKinds] });
+    render(NotificationSettings);
+    expect(screen.getByText('Library health')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Tracks gone missing: Email' })).not.toBeChecked();
+  });
+
+  test('toggling sends only that kind and channel, and shows the change at once', async () => {
+    const data = setSettings({});
+    (putNotificationSettings as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValue(data);
+    render(NotificationSettings);
+
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'New music arrived: Email' }));
+
+    expect(putNotificationSettings).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ kind: 'request_completed', email: false }]);
+    const optimistic = setQueryData.mock.calls[0][1] as Settings;
+    expect(optimistic.kinds.find((k) => k.kind === 'request_completed')?.email).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('a failed save puts the switch back and says so', async () => {
+    const data = setSettings({});
+    (putNotificationSettings as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockRejectedValue(new Error('offline'));
+    render(NotificationSettings);
+
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Request approved: Phone' }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(pushToast).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    expect(setQueryData).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(['notificationSettings'], data);
+  });
+
+  test('inbox off disables phone and email for that kind', () => {
+    setSettings({
+      kinds: [{ kind: 'request_approved', admin_only: false, inbox: false, phone: true, email: true }]
+    });
+    render(NotificationSettings);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Request approved: Phone' })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Request approved: Email' })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Request approved: Inbox' })).toBeEnabled();
+  });
+
+  test('no email address: the email column is off and points at the profile', () => {
+    setSettings({ email_available: false, email_unavailable_reason: 'no_address' });
+    render(NotificationSettings);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Request approved: Email' })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'add an email address in your profile' })).toHaveAttribute(
+      'href',
+      '#profile'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('no SMTP: an admin is sent to the SMTP settings, a listener is just told', () => {
+    setSettings({ email_available: false, email_unavailable_reason: 'smtp_not_configured' });
+    const { unmount } = render(NotificationSettings);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('email-unavailable')).toHaveTextContent("this server doesn't send email");
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('link', { name: "SMTP isn't set up" })).toBeNull();
+    unmount();
+
+    userState.current = { id: '1', username: 'root', is_admin: true };
+    render(NotificationSettings);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: "SMTP isn't set up" })).toHaveAttribute(
+      'href',
+      '/admin/integrations'
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/Shell.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/Shell.test.ts
index 14738863..5d46dc92 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/Shell.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/Shell.test.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ vi.mock('$lib/auth/store.svelte', () => ({
 
 // The bell's queries need a QueryClient the Shell tests do not provide; its own
 // behaviour is covered in NotificationBell.test.ts.
-vi.mock('@tanstack/svelte-query', async (orig) => {
-  const actual = (await orig()) as Record<string, unknown>;
-  return { ...actual, useQueryClient: () => ({ invalidateQueries: vi.fn() }) };
-});
 vi.mock('$lib/api/notifications', async () => {
   const { mockQuery } = await import('../../test-utils/query');
   return {
diff --git a/web/src/routes/settings/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/settings/+page.svelte
index 64bd2b79..ce4b9226 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/settings/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/settings/+page.svelte
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   import ServerVersion from '$lib/components/ServerVersion.svelte';
   import ActiveSessions from '$lib/components/ActiveSessions.svelte';
   import NormalizationSetting from '$lib/components/NormalizationSetting.svelte';
+  import NotificationSettings from '$lib/components/NotificationSettings.svelte';
 
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@
         email: profileForm.email,
       });
       pushToast('Profile saved.');
+      // Whether email notifications are possible depends on the address.
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['notificationSettings'] });
     } catch (e: unknown) {
       const code = errCode(e);
       if (code === 'email_taken') pushToast('That email is already in use.', 'error');
@@ -346,6 +349,8 @@
     <NormalizationSetting />
   </section>
 
+  <NotificationSettings />
+
   <section class="space-y-4 rounded border border-border bg-surface p-4">
     <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">ListenBrainz</h2>
 
@@ -550,7 +555,7 @@
   </section>
 
   <!-- Profile card -->
-  <section class="space-y-3 rounded border border-border bg-surface p-4">
+  <section id="profile" class="space-y-3 rounded border border-border bg-surface p-4">
     <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Profile</h2>
     <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">
       Your display name and recovery email.
diff --git a/web/src/routes/settings/Appearance.test.ts b/web/src/routes/settings/Appearance.test.ts
index d982fb2f..a72b5492 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/settings/Appearance.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/settings/Appearance.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/listenbrainz', () => {
   };
 });
 
+// The Notifications section has its own tests (NotificationSettings.test.ts);
+// here it only needs a settled query so the page renders.
+vi.mock('$lib/api/notifications', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const mod = await importOriginal<typeof import('$lib/api/notifications')>();
+  const { mockQuery } = await import('../../test-utils/query');
+  return {
+    ...mod,
+    createNotificationSettingsQuery: () =>
+      mockQuery({ data: { kinds: [], email_available: true } }),
+    putNotificationSettings: vi.fn()
+  };
+});
+
 // The Volume leveling setting loads on mount; keep it off the network.
 vi.mock('$lib/api/normalization', async (importOriginal) => {
   const mod = await importOriginal<typeof import('$lib/api/normalization')>();
diff --git a/web/src/routes/settings/settings.test.ts b/web/src/routes/settings/settings.test.ts
index 746c78bd..315d17df 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/settings/settings.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/settings/settings.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/listenbrainz', () => ({
   setListenBrainzEnabled: vi.fn()
 }));
 
+// The Notifications section has its own tests (NotificationSettings.test.ts);
+// here it only needs a settled query so the page renders.
+vi.mock('$lib/api/notifications', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const mod = await importOriginal<typeof import('$lib/api/notifications')>();
+  const { mockQuery } = await import('../../test-utils/query');
+  return {
+    ...mod,
+    createNotificationSettingsQuery: () =>
+      mockQuery({ data: { kinds: [], email_available: true } }),
+    putNotificationSettings: vi.fn()
+  };
+});
+
 // The Volume leveling setting loads on mount; keep it off the network.
 vi.mock('$lib/api/normalization', async (importOriginal) => {
   const mod = await importOriginal<typeof import('$lib/api/normalization')>();