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# How do I turn a family's email off or back on?

> Turn one guardian's email from your club off or back on from their account, and see what it stops.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Use the switch on the guardian's Communication tab.** Turning email off stops your campaigns and your own notification rules' emails. Receipts, invoices and payment notices still send.
  * **If the guardian unsubscribed themselves,** only turn it back on when they ask you to.
  * **A Delivery blocked address can't be switched back on by your club.** Only Uplifter support can clear it.
  * **Permissions.** Seeing the switch needs **View Families**; changing it needs **Edit Families**.
</Note>

**Where to find it.** Go to **Athletes > Guardians**, open the guardian, and click the **Communication** tab. The email card sits above the list of every email you've sent them.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Check the current state">
    The card reads **Receiving email from your gym** or **Email turned off**. A line below shows the last change, such as "Turned off by \[name] via the guardian account on \[date]."
  </Step>

  <Step title="Flip the switch">
    Click the switch on the card to turn email off or back on.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm if they unsubscribed themselves">
    If the guardian turned email off with an unsubscribe link or in their own settings, the card says "This guardian unsubscribed themselves. Only turn it back on if they have asked you to." Turning it on opens a confirmation titled **This guardian unsubscribed themselves**; click **Enable anyway** only if they asked. An off set by staff, an import or a bounce turns back on with no prompt.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**What turning it off stops.** Every email campaign (whatever its classification), emails from notification rules you created, including reminders, and holiday-closure emails. Built-in emails keep sending: receipts, invoices, payment notices and the built-in reminders. Text messages aren't affected; SMS has its own consent.

**If the address is blocked.** After a permanent bounce or a spam report, the card also shows **Delivery blocked** with the date and reason. Nothing is sent to that address, not even receipts, and the switch can't lift the block: only Uplifter support can clear it. Ask the guardian for a working address and update their profile.

**Many guardians at once.** **See all suppressed guardians** on the card opens **Settings > Communication > Suppression List**. Select guardians and choose **Unsubscribe selected** or **Resubscribe selected**, or use **Add guardian** to turn one guardian's email off.

**Families can do it themselves.** In the family portal, **Settings > Email Preferences** has one switch per club, and every campaign email carries an unsubscribe link whose page offers **Actually, keep me subscribed**. Your switch and theirs change the same setting, so whoever acts last wins. See [How do I stop or restart emails from my club?](/families/families-following/stop-or-restart-club-emails)

**Related:** [What happens when a family unsubscribes or an email bounces?](/club/communications/what-happens-when-a-family-unsubscribes-or-an-email-bounces) · [How do I see which families my email no longer reaches?](/club/communications/how-do-i-see-which-families-my-email-no-longer-reaches) · [What's on a guardian's profile?](/club/athletes-families/whats-on-a-guardian-profile) · [What notifications and emails will I receive?](/families/families-following/notifications-and-emails-you-receive)