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" important account alert" notification icon won't go away When using Google on Windows/Firefox, there is a yellow "!" icon on my avatar, and when I hover over the avatar, it shows my email and says " important account alert." I'm not sure what that is. Help Center Community Gmail © 2025 Google Privacy Policy Terms of Service Community Policy Community Overview Program Policies Enable Dark Mode Gmail uses several signals to decide which messages to automatically mark as important , including: Whom you email, and how often you email them Which emails you open Which emails you reply to Keywords that are in emails you usually read Which emails you star, archive, or delete To see why an email was marked as important , hover over the importance marker . To see why an email was marked as important , hover over the importance marker . Note: If an email was marked as important but you don't want it to be, click the importance marker to change it. This also helps Gmail learn which emails you think are important .