How to change email and mobile notification settings on Naukri? - FAQ

If you have found a job and you do not want to receive daily emails from Naukri.com, there are two options for you –

Opt for weekly emails

Opt for no emails

You can read more about

Naukri email settings here.

You can make your profile invisible to recruiters on Naukri. This would ensure that your job search is completely confidential. Recruiters will not be able to find your profile on the Naukri database and they will not send you emails about job openings either. However, you can still search and apply to jobs on Naukri.

To make your profile invisible to recruiters:

You can read more about

Keeping job search confidential here

In case you are not looking for a job right now, you can deactivate your Naukri account. This will stop all emails from Naukri. We will reactivate your account only when you login again on Naukri.com.

To deactivate your Naukri account, go to ‘Communication and Privacy’ in the ‘Settings’ page. Here, select ‘Not looking for job right now’ and select ‘Deactivate till next login”.

Note that once you delete your Naukri account, you cannot get your Naukri profile back. For security reasons, you also may not be able to create a new account with the email used by you earlier.

Job Search is not a one-time activity. Your Naukri profile might be useful when you search for a new job in the future, hence we don’t recommend users to delete their profiles.

If you still wish to delete your account, you can do so by going to ‘Communication and Privacy’ in the ‘Settings’ page. Here, select ‘Not looking for job right now’ and select ‘Delete account’. You have to confirm with your password while deleting the account. Note that it may take upto 24 hours to remove your profile from the Naukri database and it may take upto 7 days for the emails to stop

No. Once you have deleted your account, you cannot restore it. You also cannot create another account with the same email id as your deleted account. If you do not wish to lose your account permanently, you can deactivate it until your next login.

In case you have deleted your account already and you wish to return to Naukri, you can create a new account with an email id different from your deleted account.

• Desktop
• Android and Mobile

To change your password:

1. Login to your account
2. Click on ‘Settings’ in the ‘My Naukri’ tab on the right top corner of the page. Here, go to ‘Account Settings’ to change your account password, and click on ‘Change Password’.
3. Now you can enter your old password and the new password for your account. Your password will get changed

On Android and Mobile Web Browser
To reset your password:

1. Tap the hamburger icon at the top left corner of the screen. Tap Login
2. Tap Forgot Password? On the login page
3. Enter your registered email address or username. Tap SET NEW PASSWORD
4. An OTP will be sent to the registered email address
5. Enter this OTP and enter a new password. Tap CHANGE PASSWORD. Your password will be changed and you can login with the new password

Follow these steps to update your email id:

Now, you can login to your account using the new email id. You will also begin to receive communication emails from Naukri including job alerts on the new email address.

Follow these steps to update your phone number:

Login to change email or phone number

You have an option to select companies to whom you do not wish to reveal your resume. Once you have logged in to your account, click on ‘Settings’ in ‘My Profile’ tab visible at the top right corner of the page. On mobile, you can find this in the side menu bar. Click on the ‘Blocked Companies’ section. Here, you can search and select the company that you want to block. It may be your current employer or any other company. If you cannot find the company name in the list, search for variants. For example, ABC Private Limited & ABC Pvt. Ltd are variants of the same company name.

Recruiters from the companies selected will not be able to view your profile. We will try our best to conceal you profile from these companies but we cannot guarantee this.