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How to Disable a Listing Alert

Step-by-step instructions for disabling or pausing a contact's listing alert in RealScout, how to turn off price and status change alerts, and when to use archiving or deletion instead.


RealScout provides several options for controlling how listing notifications are sent to your contacts. This guide covers how to disable or pause a listing alert, turn off price and status change notifications, and when to use archiving or deletion instead.


What to expect:


Disabling an alert pauses it without deleting any search criteria.
The contact stops receiving emails, but their profile and alert settings stay saved so you can turn it back on anytime.

The contact remains counted as a Nurtured Contact.
Archive as needed, as archived contacts do not count as a Nurtured Contact, and by archiving, all of their alerts are automatically disabled.


Steps on How to Deactivate and Reactivate Listing Alerts

1. Open the Email Alerts area and find Listing Alerts 0:00

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  • Go to the Email Alerts tab in the left navigation.

  • Click Listing Alerts.

  • This is where you can manage active, disabled, automated, and handpicked alerts.

2. Select the alerts you want to disable 0:25

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  • Find the contact whose listing alert you want to turn off.

  • Check the box next to the contact name.

  • If needed, use the mass action option to Select All and then uncheck the ones you do not want to change.

3. Disable the selected alerts using More Actions 0:44

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  • On the right side of the screen, click More Actions.

  • Choose Disable Alerts.

  • The system will show a count of how many alerts are currently selected.

4. Use the three-dot menu for individual alert actions 1:10

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  • For any individual contact, click the three dots (ellipsis) on the right.

  • From there, you can:

    • View full criteria

    • Edit the alert

    • Save the alert as a template

    • Disable the alert directly

How to Deactivate and Reactivate Listing Alerts


If you need to take broader action than disabling individual alerts, RealScout offers two additional options. To disable alerts for multiple contacts, go to the Nurture tab on the Contacts page, select the leads you want to stop emailing, click More Options, and choose Archive.

  • Archive a contact to stop all alerts and remove them from active nurturing while preserving their profile. You can unarchive at any time to return the contact to your active list, but alerts that were off stay off; re-enable them manually from the Email Alerts tab.

  • Delete a contact if you no longer need it. Deleting is permanent and will also turn off all alerts for that contact. To turn off all listing alerts in your account, open the Listing Alerts dashboard, select the checkbox near Contact to choose all contacts, click More Actions, and select Disable Listing Alerts.


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