diff --git a/app/(main)/admin/_tabs/policy.tsx b/app/(main)/admin/_tabs/policy.tsx
index e40904a5c..29c1a6a56 100644
--- a/app/(main)/admin/_tabs/policy.tsx
+++ b/app/(main)/admin/_tabs/policy.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ const RESTRICTABLE_SETTINGS = [
   { key: 'sessionTimeout', label: 'Session Timeout', category: 'Privacy', type: 'number' },
   { key: 'emailNotificationsEnabled', label: 'Email Notifications', category: 'Notifications', type: 'boolean' },
   { key: 'calendarNotificationsEnabled', label: 'Calendar Notifications', category: 'Notifications', type: 'boolean' },
+  { key: 'pushNotifyInboxOnly', label: 'Inbox-only Push Notifications', category: 'Notifications', type: 'boolean' },
   { key: 'debugMode', label: 'Debug Mode', category: 'Advanced', type: 'boolean' },
 ];
 
diff --git a/components/push-notification-prompt.tsx b/components/push-notification-prompt.tsx
index dcae89ac9..d43492cdc 100644
--- a/components/push-notification-prompt.tsx
+++ b/components/push-notification-prompt.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ export function PushNotificationPrompt() {
   const emailNotificationsEnabled = useSettingsStore(
     (state) => state.emailNotificationsEnabled,
   );
+  const pushNotifyInboxOnly = useSettingsStore(
+    (state) => state.pushNotifyInboxOnly,
+  );
   const policyLoaded = usePolicyStore((state) => state.loaded);
   const policy = usePolicyStore((state) => state.policy);
   const userPushRelayUrl = useSettingsStore((state) => state.pushRelayUrl);
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ export function PushNotificationPrompt() {
         client,
         relayBaseUrl,
         accountLabel: username ?? undefined,
+        inboxOnly: pushNotifyInboxOnly,
       });
     };
     resync();
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ export function PushNotificationPrompt() {
     const onVisible = () => { if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') resync(); };
     document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisible);
     return () => document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisible);
-  }, [accountId, client, isAuthenticated, isDemoMode, policyLoaded, relayBaseUrl, username]);
+  }, [accountId, client, isAuthenticated, isDemoMode, policyLoaded, pushNotifyInboxOnly, relayBaseUrl, username]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
@@ -193,6 +197,7 @@ export function PushNotificationPrompt() {
         client,
         relayBaseUrl,
         accountLabel: username ?? undefined,
+        inboxOnly: pushNotifyInboxOnly,
       });
       setShowPrompt(false);
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/components/settings/notification-settings.tsx b/components/settings/notification-settings.tsx
index 75b05bd28..d55cb0676 100644
--- a/components/settings/notification-settings.tsx
+++ b/components/settings/notification-settings.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export function NotificationSettings() {
     emailNotificationsEnabled,
     emailNotificationSound,
     notificationSoundChoice,
+    pushNotifyInboxOnly,
     calendarNotificationsEnabled,
     calendarNotificationSound,
     calendarInvitationParsingEnabled,
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ export function NotificationSettings() {
         relayBaseUrl: activeRelayUrl,
         accountLabel: username ?? undefined,
         forceRecreate,
+        inboxOnly: pushNotifyInboxOnly,
       });
       setPushStatus({ kind: 'enabled' });
     } catch (err) {
@@ -357,6 +359,20 @@ export function NotificationSettings() {
             disabled={!emailNotificationsEnabled}
           />
         </SettingItem>
+
+        {!isSettingHidden('pushNotifyInboxOnly') && (
+        <SettingItem
+          label={t('email.inbox_only')}
+          description={t('email.inbox_only_desc')}
+          locked={isSettingLocked('pushNotifyInboxOnly')}
+        >
+          <ToggleSwitch
+            checked={pushNotifyInboxOnly}
+            onChange={(checked) => updateSetting('pushNotifyInboxOnly', checked)}
+            disabled={!emailNotificationsEnabled}
+          />
+        </SettingItem>
+        )}
       </SettingsSection>
 
       <SettingsSection title={t('calendar.title')} description={t('calendar.description')}>
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/web-push.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/web-push.test.ts
index af35b9b0f..86e4d5fdb 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/web-push.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/web-push.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import type { IJMAPClient } from '@/lib/jmap/client-interface';
 import type { EmailPushConfig, PushSubscription as JmapPushSubscription } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
 import {
+  buildEmailPushConfig,
   disableWebPush,
   enableWebPush,
   listPushDevices,
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ describe('enableWebPush', () => {
     const client = makeClient([sub('push-old', THIS_DEVICE)]);
     installFetch({});
 
-    const result = await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY });
+    const result = await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false });
 
     expect(result.subscriptionId).toBe('push-old');
     expect(client.createPushSubscription).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ describe('enableWebPush', () => {
     const client = makeClient([sub('push-old', THIS_DEVICE)]);
     installFetch({});
 
-    const result = await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, forceRecreate: true });
+    const result = await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, forceRecreate: true, inboxOnly: false });
 
     expect(client.destroyed).toContain('push-old');
     expect(client.createPushSubscription).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ describe('enableWebPush', () => {
     const client = makeClient([sub('push-other', OTHER_DEVICE)]);
     installFetch({ [OTHER_DEVICE]: 'unknown' });
 
-    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, forceRecreate: true });
+    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, forceRecreate: true, inboxOnly: false });
 
     expect(client.destroyed).not.toContain('push-other');
   });
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ describe('resyncWebPush', () => {
     const client = makeClient([sub('push-old', THIS_DEVICE)], { emailPushCapability: true });
     installFetch({});
 
-    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY })).toBe(true);
+    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false })).toBe(true);
 
     expect(client.createPushSubscription).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(client.updatePushSubscription).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ describe('resyncWebPush', () => {
     const client = makeClient([], { emailPushCapability: true });
     installFetch({});
 
-    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY })).toBe(false);
+    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false })).toBe(false);
 
     expect(client.listPushSubscriptions).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(client.createPushSubscription).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -241,13 +242,13 @@ describe('resyncWebPush', () => {
     installFetch({});
     const now = vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(1_000_000);
 
-    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY })).toBe(true);
-    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY })).toBe(false);
+    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false })).toBe(true);
+    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false })).toBe(false);
     expect(client.listPushSubscriptions).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 
     // A tab left open past a day renews again, before Stalwart's 7-day expiry.
     now.mockReturnValue(1_000_000 + 25 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
-    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY })).toBe(true);
+    expect(await resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false })).toBe(true);
     expect(client.listPushSubscriptions).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     now.mockRestore();
   });
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ describe('resyncWebPush', () => {
       throw new Error('relay down');
     }));
 
-    await expect(resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY })).resolves.toBe(false);
+    await expect(resyncWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false })).resolves.toBe(false);
   });
 });
 
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ describe('enableWebPush delivery filter (emailPush)', () => {
     const client = makeClient([], { emailPushCapability: true });
     installFetch({});
 
-    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY });
+    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false });
 
     expect(client.createPushSubscription).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     const params = (client.createPushSubscription as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls[0][0];
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ describe('enableWebPush delivery filter (emailPush)', () => {
     const client = makeClient([]);
     installFetch({});
 
-    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY });
+    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false });
 
     const params = (client.createPushSubscription as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls[0][0];
     expect(params).not.toHaveProperty('emailPush');
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ describe('enableWebPush delivery filter (emailPush)', () => {
     const client = makeClient([sub('push-old', THIS_DEVICE)], { emailPushCapability: true });
     installFetch({});
 
-    const result = await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY });
+    const result = await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false });
 
     expect(result.subscriptionId).toBe('push-old');
     expect(client.createPushSubscription).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ describe('enableWebPush delivery filter (emailPush)', () => {
     );
     installFetch({});
 
-    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY });
+    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false });
 
     expect(client.updatePushSubscription).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'push-old',
@@ -356,12 +357,46 @@ describe('enableWebPush delivery filter (emailPush)', () => {
     );
     installFetch({});
 
-    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY });
+    await enableWebPush({ client, relayBaseUrl: RELAY, inboxOnly: false });
 
     expect(client.updatePushSubscription).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
+// Inbox-only mode swaps the "not in Junk" mailbox condition for a positive
+// "in Inbox" one, so mail a Sieve rule files into any other folder never
+// reaches the push subscription.
+describe('buildEmailPushConfig inbox-only mode', () => {
+  it('keeps current behaviour when inboxOnly is false', async () => {
+    const client = makeClient([], { emailPushCapability: true });
+    expect(await buildEmailPushConfig(client, false)).toEqual(EXPECTED_EMAIL_PUSH);
+  });
+
+  it('requires the message to be in each account Inbox when inboxOnly is true', async () => {
+    const client = makeClient([], { emailPushCapability: true });
+
+    const config = await buildEmailPushConfig(client, true);
+
+    expect(config[ACCOUNT_ID].filter).toEqual({
+      operator: 'AND',
+      conditions: [{ notKeyword: '$junk' }, { inMailbox: 'mb-inbox' }],
+    });
+    expect(config[SHARED_ACCOUNT_ID].filter).toEqual({
+      operator: 'AND',
+      conditions: [{ notKeyword: '$junk' }, { inMailbox: 'mb-shared-inbox' }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('throws when an account has no discoverable Inbox mailbox', async () => {
+    const client = makeClient([], { emailPushCapability: true });
+    client.getAllMailboxes = vi.fn(async () => [
+      { id: JUNK_ID, originalId: JUNK_ID, name: 'junk', role: 'junk', accountId: ACCOUNT_ID },
+    ]) as unknown as IJMAPClient['getAllMailboxes'];
+
+    await expect(buildEmailPushConfig(client, true)).rejects.toThrow(/No Inbox mailbox/);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('disableWebPush', () => {
   it('destroys every subscription this device owns, not just the recorded id', async () => {
     localStorage.setItem(DEVICE_KEY, THIS_DEVICE);
diff --git a/lib/web-push.ts b/lib/web-push.ts
index 0af89c82d..f193640dd 100644
--- a/lib/web-push.ts
+++ b/lib/web-push.ts
@@ -72,31 +72,53 @@ export function serverSupportsEmailPush(client: IJMAPClient): boolean {
 }
 
 /**
- * The delivery filter we want on every account the subscription fans out to:
- * skip anything the spam filter tagged `$junk` and anything that lives only in
- * a Junk-role mailbox (Sieve `fileinto` doesn't set the keyword). The two are
- * ANDed so a stale mailbox id - the user deleted and recreated Junk - degrades
- * to keyword-only filtering rather than letting everything through.
+ * The delivery filter we want on every account the subscription fans out to.
+ *
+ * Default mode: skip anything the spam filter tagged `$junk` and anything
+ * that lives only in a Junk-role mailbox (Sieve `fileinto` doesn't set the
+ * keyword). The two are ANDed so a stale mailbox id - the user deleted and
+ * recreated Junk - degrades to keyword-only filtering rather than letting
+ * everything through.
+ *
+ * Inbox-only mode: same `$junk` keyword guard, but the mailbox condition
+ * requires the message to be IN the account's Inbox rather than merely NOT
+ * in Junk - mail a Sieve rule files into any other folder stays silent.
  */
 export async function buildEmailPushConfig(
   client: IJMAPClient,
+  inboxOnly: boolean,
 ): Promise<Record<string, EmailPushConfig>> {
   const primary = client.getAccountId();
   const junkByAccount = new Map<string, string[]>([[primary, []]]);
+  const inboxByAccount = new Map<string, string>();
   const mailboxes = await client.getAllMailboxes().catch(() => [] as Mailbox[]);
   for (const m of mailboxes) {
     const accountId = m.accountId || primary;
-    const junk = junkByAccount.get(accountId) ?? [];
     // Shared-account mailboxes carry a client-side "<account>:<id>" id;
     // the server only knows the original.
-    if (m.role === 'junk') junk.push(m.originalId ?? m.id);
-    junkByAccount.set(accountId, junk);
+    if (m.role === 'junk') {
+      const junk = junkByAccount.get(accountId) ?? [];
+      junk.push(m.originalId ?? m.id);
+      junkByAccount.set(accountId, junk);
+    }
+    if (m.role === 'inbox') inboxByAccount.set(accountId, m.originalId ?? m.id);
   }
+  if (!junkByAccount.has(primary)) junkByAccount.set(primary, []);
 
   const config: Record<string, EmailPushConfig> = {};
   for (const [accountId, junkIds] of junkByAccount) {
     const conditions: Record<string, unknown>[] = [{ notKeyword: '$junk' }];
-    if (junkIds.length > 0) conditions.push({ inMailboxOtherThan: [...junkIds].sort() });
+    if (inboxOnly) {
+      const inboxId = inboxByAccount.get(accountId);
+      if (!inboxId) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `No Inbox mailbox found for account ${accountId}; cannot build an inbox-only push filter`,
+        );
+      }
+      conditions.push({ inMailbox: inboxId });
+    } else if (junkIds.length > 0) {
+      conditions.push({ inMailboxOtherThan: [...junkIds].sort() });
+    }
     config[accountId] = {
       // Always the operator form: that's how the server echoes it back, so a
       // stored config compares equal to a freshly built one.
@@ -142,6 +164,10 @@ export interface EnableWebPushParams {
   // that outlives a permission change keeps pushing for mailboxes the user can
   // no longer read - recreating is the only client-side remedy (#841).
   forceRecreate?: boolean;
+  // Scope OS push notifications to Inbox-only mail. Mirrors settings-store's
+  // pushNotifyInboxOnly. Required, not optional: it changes the server-side
+  // delivery filter, so every caller must decide explicitly.
+  inboxOnly: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface EnableWebPushResult {
@@ -451,7 +477,7 @@ export async function enableWebPush(
   // revoked shared-mailbox access (#841).
   const existingSubs = await params.client.listPushSubscriptions().catch(() => []);
   const emailPush = serverSupportsEmailPush(params.client)
-    ? await buildEmailPushConfig(params.client)
+    ? await buildEmailPushConfig(params.client, params.inboxOnly)
     : null;
   const subIdKey = subscriptionIdKey(accountId);
   const storedServerId = localStorage.getItem(subIdKey);
@@ -663,6 +689,8 @@ export interface ResyncWebPushParams {
   client: IJMAPClient;
   relayBaseUrl?: string;
   accountLabel?: string;
+  // Mirrors settings-store's pushNotifyInboxOnly - see EnableWebPushParams.
+  inboxOnly: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -689,6 +717,7 @@ export async function resyncWebPush(params: ResyncWebPushParams): Promise<boolea
       client: params.client,
       relayBaseUrl: params.relayBaseUrl,
       accountLabel: params.accountLabel,
+      inboxOnly: params.inboxOnly,
     });
     return true;
   } catch {
diff --git a/locales/ar/common.json b/locales/ar/common.json
index dcce60bd7..0790963fb 100644
--- a/locales/ar/common.json
+++ b/locales/ar/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "إشعارات البريد",
         "enabled_desc": "إظهار الإشعارات عند وصول رسائل جديدة",
         "sound": "صوت الإشعار",
-        "sound_desc": "تشغيل تنبيه صوتي عند وصول رسائل جديدة"
+        "sound_desc": "تشغيل تنبيه صوتي عند وصول رسائل جديدة",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "إشعارات التقويم",
diff --git a/locales/ca/common.json b/locales/ca/common.json
index e704f2f44..5064bc1a8 100644
--- a/locales/ca/common.json
+++ b/locales/ca/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "Notificacions de correu",
         "enabled_desc": "Mostra notificacions quan arribin correus nous",
         "sound": "So de notificació",
-        "sound_desc": "Reprodueix un avís sonor quan arribin correus nous"
+        "sound_desc": "Reprodueix un avís sonor quan arribin correus nous",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Notificacions de calendari",
diff --git a/locales/cs/common.json b/locales/cs/common.json
index 24ca1d590..d99cc4f04 100644
--- a/locales/cs/common.json
+++ b/locales/cs/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-mailová oznámení",
         "enabled_desc": "Zobrazovat oznámení při příchodu nových e-mailů",
         "sound": "Zvuk oznámení",
-        "sound_desc": "Přehrát zvukové upozornění při příchodu nových e-mailů"
+        "sound_desc": "Přehrát zvukové upozornění při příchodu nových e-mailů",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Oznámení kalendáře",
diff --git a/locales/da/common.json b/locales/da/common.json
index 12e7d9f9a..71c6a476e 100644
--- a/locales/da/common.json
+++ b/locales/da/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-mail-notifikationer",
         "enabled_desc": "Vis notifikationer, når nye e-mails ankommer",
         "sound": "Notifikationslyd",
-        "sound_desc": "Afspil en lydadvarsel, når nye e-mails ankommer"
+        "sound_desc": "Afspil en lydadvarsel, når nye e-mails ankommer",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Kalendernotifikationer",
diff --git a/locales/de/common.json b/locales/de/common.json
index 97c4099fa..84434ed49 100644
--- a/locales/de/common.json
+++ b/locales/de/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-Mail-Benachrichtigungen",
         "enabled_desc": "Benachrichtigungen anzeigen, wenn neue E-Mails eintreffen",
         "sound": "Benachrichtigungston",
-        "sound_desc": "Einen Ton abspielen, wenn neue E-Mails eintreffen"
+        "sound_desc": "Einen Ton abspielen, wenn neue E-Mails eintreffen",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Kalender-Benachrichtigungen",
diff --git a/locales/en/common.json b/locales/en/common.json
index 7afb70caa..829241698 100644
--- a/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/locales/en/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "Email notifications",
         "enabled_desc": "Show notifications when new emails arrive",
         "sound": "Notification sound",
-        "sound_desc": "Play an audio alert when new emails arrive"
+        "sound_desc": "Play an audio alert when new emails arrive",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Calendar Notifications",
diff --git a/locales/es/common.json b/locales/es/common.json
index ff1c679d1..9f0515192 100644
--- a/locales/es/common.json
+++ b/locales/es/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "Notificaciones de correo",
         "enabled_desc": "Mostrar notificaciones cuando lleguen nuevos correos",
         "sound": "Sonido de notificación",
-        "sound_desc": "Reproducir un sonido cuando lleguen nuevos correos"
+        "sound_desc": "Reproducir un sonido cuando lleguen nuevos correos",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Notificaciones de calendario",
diff --git a/locales/fa/common.json b/locales/fa/common.json
index 0f4a3a571..78f393c0b 100644
--- a/locales/fa/common.json
+++ b/locales/fa/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "اعلان‌های ایمیل",
         "enabled_desc": "نمایش اعلان هنگام ایمیل جدید",
         "sound": "صدای اعلان",
-        "sound_desc": "پخش هشدار صوتی"
+        "sound_desc": "پخش هشدار صوتی",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "اعلان‌های تقویم",
diff --git a/locales/fr/common.json b/locales/fr/common.json
index 25a7d874d..7fb84ef33 100644
--- a/locales/fr/common.json
+++ b/locales/fr/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "Notifications par e-mail",
         "enabled_desc": "Afficher des notifications à l'arrivée de nouveaux e-mails",
         "sound": "Son de notification",
-        "sound_desc": "Jouer un son à l'arrivée de nouveaux e-mails"
+        "sound_desc": "Jouer un son à l'arrivée de nouveaux e-mails",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Notifications de calendrier",
diff --git a/locales/he/common.json b/locales/he/common.json
index 1467f72d2..51090fb7a 100644
--- a/locales/he/common.json
+++ b/locales/he/common.json
@@ -1127,7 +1127,9 @@
         "enabled": "התראות באימייל",
         "enabled_desc": "הצג התראות כשמגיעות אימיילים חדשים",
         "sound": "צליל התראה",
-        "sound_desc": "הפעל התראת שמע כשמגיעות הודעות דוא\"ל חדשות"
+        "sound_desc": "הפעל התראת שמע כשמגיעות הודעות דוא\"ל חדשות",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "הודעות לוח שנה",
diff --git a/locales/hu/common.json b/locales/hu/common.json
index cd2dddeaa..e53785bda 100644
--- a/locales/hu/common.json
+++ b/locales/hu/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-mail értesítések",
         "enabled_desc": "Értesítések megjelenítése új e-mailek érkezésekor",
         "sound": "Értesítési hang",
-        "sound_desc": "Hangjelzés lejátszása új e-mailek érkezésekor"
+        "sound_desc": "Hangjelzés lejátszása új e-mailek érkezésekor",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Naptár értesítések",
diff --git a/locales/it/common.json b/locales/it/common.json
index dfab0d2d9..b66e98cf7 100644
--- a/locales/it/common.json
+++ b/locales/it/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "Notifiche e-mail",
         "enabled_desc": "Mostra notifiche all'arrivo di nuove e-mail",
         "sound": "Suono di notifica",
-        "sound_desc": "Riproduci un suono all'arrivo di nuove e-mail"
+        "sound_desc": "Riproduci un suono all'arrivo di nuove e-mail",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Notifiche calendario",
diff --git a/locales/ja/common.json b/locales/ja/common.json
index 43e03cbb4..6784aa9ff 100644
--- a/locales/ja/common.json
+++ b/locales/ja/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "メール通知",
         "enabled_desc": "新しいメールが届いたときに通知を表示",
         "sound": "通知音",
-        "sound_desc": "新しいメールが届いたときに音を鳴らす"
+        "sound_desc": "新しいメールが届いたときに音を鳴らす",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "カレンダー通知",
diff --git a/locales/ko/common.json b/locales/ko/common.json
index a8694e094..5f7329a52 100644
--- a/locales/ko/common.json
+++ b/locales/ko/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "이메일 알림",
         "enabled_desc": "새 이메일이 도착하면 알림을 보여줘요",
         "sound": "알림음",
-        "sound_desc": "새 이메일이 도착하면 소리로 알려줘요"
+        "sound_desc": "새 이메일이 도착하면 소리로 알려줘요",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "캘린더 알림",
diff --git a/locales/lv/common.json b/locales/lv/common.json
index a87fd7450..21853d841 100644
--- a/locales/lv/common.json
+++ b/locales/lv/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-pasta paziņojumi",
         "enabled_desc": "Rādīt paziņojumus, saņemot jaunas vēstules",
         "sound": "Paziņojuma skaņa",
-        "sound_desc": "Atskaņot skaņas signālu, saņemot jaunas vēstules"
+        "sound_desc": "Atskaņot skaņas signālu, saņemot jaunas vēstules",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Kalendāra paziņojumi",
diff --git a/locales/mn/common.json b/locales/mn/common.json
index 5d1b44943..87b1e9265 100644
--- a/locales/mn/common.json
+++ b/locales/mn/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "И-мэйл мэдэгдэл",
         "enabled_desc": "Шинэ имэйл ирэх үед мэдэгдлийг харуулах",
         "sound": "Мэдэгдэлийн дуу",
-        "sound_desc": "Шинэ имэйл ирэх үед аудио дохиог тоглуулах"
+        "sound_desc": "Шинэ имэйл ирэх үед аудио дохиог тоглуулах",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Календарийн мэдэгдэл",
diff --git a/locales/nb/common.json b/locales/nb/common.json
index 31831d3f3..8f9181716 100644
--- a/locales/nb/common.json
+++ b/locales/nb/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-postvarsler",
         "enabled_desc": "Vis varsler når nye e-poster kommer",
         "sound": "Varslingslyd",
-        "sound_desc": "Spill av et lydvarsel når nye e-poster kommer"
+        "sound_desc": "Spill av et lydvarsel når nye e-poster kommer",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Kalendervarsler",
diff --git a/locales/nl/common.json b/locales/nl/common.json
index d5e66ae02..e0fb0b194 100644
--- a/locales/nl/common.json
+++ b/locales/nl/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-mailmeldingen",
         "enabled_desc": "Meldingen tonen wanneer nieuwe e-mails binnenkomen",
         "sound": "Meldingsgeluid",
-        "sound_desc": "Een geluid afspelen wanneer nieuwe e-mails binnenkomen"
+        "sound_desc": "Een geluid afspelen wanneer nieuwe e-mails binnenkomen",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Agendameldingen",
diff --git a/locales/pl/common.json b/locales/pl/common.json
index 5814ed7c9..081e8d42a 100644
--- a/locales/pl/common.json
+++ b/locales/pl/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "Powiadomienia e-mail",
         "enabled_desc": "Pokazuj powiadomienia po nadejściu nowych wiadomości e-mail",
         "sound": "Dźwięk powiadomienia",
-        "sound_desc": "Odtwarzaj sygnał dźwiękowy po nadejściu nowych wiadomości e-mail"
+        "sound_desc": "Odtwarzaj sygnał dźwiękowy po nadejściu nowych wiadomości e-mail",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Powiadomienia kalendarza",
diff --git a/locales/pt/common.json b/locales/pt/common.json
index 901cef9c7..bb0a61e7d 100644
--- a/locales/pt/common.json
+++ b/locales/pt/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "Notificações de e-mail",
         "enabled_desc": "Mostrar notificações quando novos e-mails chegarem",
         "sound": "Som de notificação",
-        "sound_desc": "Reproduzir um som quando novos e-mails chegarem"
+        "sound_desc": "Reproduzir um som quando novos e-mails chegarem",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Notificações de calendário",
diff --git a/locales/ro/common.json b/locales/ro/common.json
index de600523b..d98280686 100644
--- a/locales/ro/common.json
+++ b/locales/ro/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "Notificări prin e-mail",
         "enabled_desc": "Afișați notificări la primirea de e-mailuri noi",
         "sound": "Sunet de notificare",
-        "sound_desc": "Redă o alertă audio la sosirea unor e-mailuri noi"
+        "sound_desc": "Redă o alertă audio la sosirea unor e-mailuri noi",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Notificări din calendar",
diff --git a/locales/ru/common.json b/locales/ru/common.json
index 64f26ba0f..34819a331 100644
--- a/locales/ru/common.json
+++ b/locales/ru/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "Уведомления о почте",
         "enabled_desc": "Показывать уведомления при получении новых писем",
         "sound": "Звук уведомления",
-        "sound_desc": "Воспроизводить звуковой сигнал при получении новых писем"
+        "sound_desc": "Воспроизводить звуковой сигнал при получении новых писем",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Уведомления календаря",
diff --git a/locales/sk/common.json b/locales/sk/common.json
index 9f295e525..382d4868d 100644
--- a/locales/sk/common.json
+++ b/locales/sk/common.json
@@ -1165,7 +1165,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-mailové oznámenia",
         "enabled_desc": "Zobrazovať oznámenia pri príchode nových e-mailov",
         "sound": "Zvuk oznámenia",
-        "sound_desc": "Prehrať zvukové upozornenie pri príchode nových e-mailov"
+        "sound_desc": "Prehrať zvukové upozornenie pri príchode nových e-mailov",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Oznámenia kalendára",
diff --git a/locales/tr/common.json b/locales/tr/common.json
index e8ea56d66..6049579f6 100644
--- a/locales/tr/common.json
+++ b/locales/tr/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "E-posta bildirimleri",
         "enabled_desc": "Yeni e-postalar geldiğinde bildirim göster",
         "sound": "Bildirim sesi",
-        "sound_desc": "Yeni e-postalar geldiğinde sesli uyarı çal"
+        "sound_desc": "Yeni e-postalar geldiğinde sesli uyarı çal",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Takvim Bildirimleri",
diff --git a/locales/uk/common.json b/locales/uk/common.json
index e7c5a2727..5612fdbe6 100644
--- a/locales/uk/common.json
+++ b/locales/uk/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "Сповіщення електронною поштою",
         "enabled_desc": "Показувати сповіщення про надходження нових електронних листів",
         "sound": "Звук сповіщення",
-        "sound_desc": "Відтворення звукового сповіщення про надходження нових електронних листів"
+        "sound_desc": "Відтворення звукового сповіщення про надходження нових електронних листів",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "Сповіщення календаря",
diff --git a/locales/zh-TW/common.json b/locales/zh-TW/common.json
index b60a3a256..8d21d499a 100644
--- a/locales/zh-TW/common.json
+++ b/locales/zh-TW/common.json
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@
         "enabled": "郵件通知",
         "enabled_desc": "新郵件到達時顯示通知",
         "sound": "通知聲音",
-        "sound_desc": "新郵件到達時播放音訊提醒"
+        "sound_desc": "新郵件到達時播放音訊提醒",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "行事曆通知",
diff --git a/locales/zh/common.json b/locales/zh/common.json
index 48075c109..e8e0ef03b 100644
--- a/locales/zh/common.json
+++ b/locales/zh/common.json
@@ -1162,7 +1162,9 @@
         "enabled": "邮件通知",
         "enabled_desc": "新邮件到达时显示通知",
         "sound": "通知声音",
-        "sound_desc": "新邮件到达时播放音频提醒"
+        "sound_desc": "新邮件到达时播放音频提醒",
+        "inbox_only": "Inbox only",
+        "inbox_only_desc": "Only notify for mail that lands in the Inbox; skip mail a filter files into another folder"
       },
       "calendar": {
         "title": "日历通知",
diff --git a/stores/__tests__/settings-store-sync.test.ts b/stores/__tests__/settings-store-sync.test.ts
index d6894d492..4bfba4472 100644
--- a/stores/__tests__/settings-store-sync.test.ts
+++ b/stores/__tests__/settings-store-sync.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ describe('settings sync debounce', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('defaults pushNotifyInboxOnly to false and round-trips it through the sync payload', async () => {
+    const settings = useSettingsStore.getState();
+    expect(settings.pushNotifyInboxOnly).toBe(false);
+
+    settings.enableSync('a@example.com', 'https://mail-a.example.com');
+    settings.updateSetting('pushNotifyInboxOnly', true);
+
+    await useSettingsStore.getState().flushSync();
+
+    const request = apiFetch.mock.calls[0][1] as RequestInit;
+    expect(JSON.parse(request.body as string)).toMatchObject({
+      settings: { pushNotifyInboxOnly: true },
+    });
+  });
+
   it('does not rewrite a pending account snapshot after another account becomes active', async () => {
     const settings = useSettingsStore.getState();
     settings.enableSync('a@example.com', 'https://mail-a.example.com');
diff --git a/stores/settings-store.ts b/stores/settings-store.ts
index 75d8372c6..668cd5dc9 100644
--- a/stores/settings-store.ts
+++ b/stores/settings-store.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ interface SettingsState {
   emailNotificationsEnabled: boolean;
   emailNotificationSound: boolean;
   notificationSoundChoice: NotificationSoundChoice;
+  /** Web Push only fires for mail that lands in the Inbox; Sieve-filed mail stays silent. */
+  pushNotifyInboxOnly: boolean;
   /** Chosen Web Push relay URL. Empty = the admin-configured default. */
   pushRelayUrl: string;
 
@@ -629,6 +631,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
   emailNotificationsEnabled: true,
   emailNotificationSound: true,
   notificationSoundChoice: 'default' as NotificationSoundChoice,
+  pushNotifyInboxOnly: false,
   pushRelayUrl: '',
 
   // Protocol Handlers
@@ -828,6 +831,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = create<SettingsState>()(
           emailNotificationsEnabled: state.emailNotificationsEnabled,
           emailNotificationSound: state.emailNotificationSound,
           notificationSoundChoice: state.notificationSoundChoice,
+          pushNotifyInboxOnly: state.pushNotifyInboxOnly,
           pushRelayUrl: state.pushRelayUrl,
           protocolOpenMode: state.protocolOpenMode,
           calendarNotificationsEnabled: state.calendarNotificationsEnabled,