diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/Index.razor b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/Index.razor
index e1eabc2c..76002925 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/Index.razor
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/Index.razor
@@ -159,22 +159,41 @@ else
                     <Row>
                         <td><ActionLink Action="View" Parameters="@($"id=" + context.NotificationId.ToString())" Security="SecurityAccessLevel.View" EditMode="false" ResourceKey="ViewNotification" /></td>
                         <td><ActionDialog Header="Delete Notification" Message="Are You Sure You Wish To Delete This Notification?" Action="Delete" Security="SecurityAccessLevel.View" Class="btn btn-danger" OnClick="@(async () => await Delete(context))" EditMode="false" ResourceKey="DeleteNotification" /></td>
-                        <td>@context.FromDisplayName</td>
-                        <td>@context.Subject</td>
-                        <td>@string.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss}", @context.CreatedOn)</td>
+                        
+                        @if (context.IsRead)
+                        {
+                            <td>@context.FromDisplayName</td>
+                            <td>@context.Subject</td>
+                            <td>@string.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss}", @context.CreatedOn)</td>
+                        } 
+                        else 
+                        {
+                            <td><b>@context.FromDisplayName</b></td>
+                            <td><b>@context.Subject</b></td>
+                            <td><b>@string.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss}", @context.CreatedOn)</b></td>
+                        }
                     </Row>
                     <Detail>
                         <td colspan="2"></td>
                         <td colspan="3">
                             @{
-                                        string input = "___";
-                                        if (context.Body.Contains(input))
-                                        {
-                                            context.Body = context.Body.Split(input)[0];
-                                            context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\n", "");
-                                            context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\r", "");
-                                        } }
-                            @(context.Body.Length > 100 ? (context.Body.Substring(0, 97) + "...") : context.Body)
+                                string input = "___";
+                                if (context.Body.Contains(input))
+                                {
+                                    context.Body = context.Body.Split(input)[0];
+                                    context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\n", "");
+                                    context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\r", "");
+                                }
+                                notificationSummary = context.Body.Length > 100 ? (context.Body.Substring(0, 97) + "...") : context.Body;
+                            }
+                            @if (context.IsRead)
+                            {
+                                @notificationSummary
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                <b>@notificationSummary</b>
+                            }
                         </td>
                     </Detail>
                 </Pager>
@@ -192,22 +211,42 @@ else
                     <Row>
                         <td><ActionLink Action="View" Parameters="@($"id=" + context.NotificationId.ToString())" Security="SecurityAccessLevel.View" EditMode="false" ResourceKey="ViewNotification" /></td>
                         <td><ActionDialog Header="Delete Notification" Message="Are You Sure You Wish To Delete This Notification?" Action="Delete" Security="SecurityAccessLevel.View" Class="btn btn-danger" OnClick="@(async () => await Delete(context))" EditMode="false" ResourceKey="DeleteNotification" /></td>
-                        <td>@context.ToDisplayName</td>
-                        <td>@context.Subject</td>
-                        <td>@string.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss}", @context.CreatedOn)</td>
+
+                        @if (context.IsRead)
+                        {
+                            <td>@context.ToDisplayName</td>
+                            <td>@context.Subject</td>
+                            <td>@string.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss}", @context.CreatedOn)</td>
+                        } 
+                        else
+                        {
+                            <td><b>@context.ToDisplayName</b></td>
+                            <td><b>@context.Subject</b></td>
+                            <td><b>@string.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss}", @context.CreatedOn)</b></td>
+                        }
+
                     </Row>
                     <Detail>
                         <td colspan="2"></td>
                         <td colspan="3">
                             @{
-                                        string input = "___";
-                                        if (context.Body.Contains(input))
-                                        {
-                                            context.Body = context.Body.Split(input)[0];
-                                            context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\n", "");
-                                            context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\r", "");
-                                        } }
-                            @(context.Body.Length > 100 ? (context.Body.Substring(0, 97) + "...") : context.Body)
+                                string input = "___";
+                                if (context.Body.Contains(input))
+                                {
+                                    context.Body = context.Body.Split(input)[0];
+                                    context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\n", "");
+                                    context.Body = context.Body.Replace("\r", "");
+                                }
+                                notificationSummary = context.Body.Length > 100 ? (context.Body.Substring(0, 97) + "...") : context.Body;
+                            }
+                            @if (context.IsRead)
+                            {
+                                @notificationSummary
+                            }
+                            else 
+                            {
+                                <b>@notificationSummary</b>
+                            } 
                         </td>
                     </Detail>
                 </Pager>
@@ -246,6 +285,7 @@ else
     private string category = string.Empty;
     private string filter = "to";
     private List<Notification> notifications;
+    private string notificationSummary = string.Empty;
 
     public override SecurityAccessLevel SecurityAccessLevel => SecurityAccessLevel.View;
 
diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/View.razor b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/View.razor
index 947a6c7b..58a3d211 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/View.razor
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Modules/Admin/UserProfile/View.razor
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@
             Notification notification = await NotificationService.GetNotificationAsync(notificationid);
             if (notification != null)
             {
+                notification.IsRead = true;
+                notification = await NotificationService.UpdateNotificationAsync(notification);
+
                 int userid = -1;
                 if (notification.ToUserId == PageState.User.UserId)
                 {
diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/INotificationService.cs b/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/INotificationService.cs
index d1be32a2..a831dd5d 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/INotificationService.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/INotificationService.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@ namespace Oqtane.Services
         /// <returns></returns>
         Task<List<Notification>> GetNotificationsAsync(int siteId, string direction, int userId);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="siteId"></param>
+        /// <param name="direction"></param>
+        /// <param name="userId"></param>
+        /// <param name="count"></param>
+        /// <param name="isRead"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<List<Notification>> GetNotificationsAsync(int siteId, string direction, int userId, int count, bool isRead);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="siteId"></param>
+        /// <param name="direction"></param>
+        /// <param name="userId"></param>
+        /// <param name="isRead"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<int> GetNotificationCountAsync(int siteId, string direction, int userId, bool isRead);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a specific notifications
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Services/NotificationService.cs b/Oqtane.Client/Services/NotificationService.cs
index 3368ff0b..f6fd1585 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Services/NotificationService.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Services/NotificationService.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ namespace Oqtane.Services
             return notifications.OrderByDescending(item => item.CreatedOn).ToList();
         }
 
+        public async Task<List<Notification>> GetNotificationsAsync(int siteId, string direction, int userId, int count, bool isRead)
+        {
+            var notifications = await GetJsonAsync<List<Notification>>($"{Apiurl}/read?siteid={siteId}&direction={direction.ToLower()}&userid={userId}&count={count}&isread={isRead}");
+
+            return notifications.OrderByDescending(item => item.CreatedOn).ToList();
+        }
+
+        public async Task<int> GetNotificationCountAsync(int siteId, string direction, int userId, bool isRead)
+        {
+            var notificationCount = await GetJsonAsync<int>($"{Apiurl}/read-count?siteid={siteId}&direction={direction.ToLower()}&userid={userId}&isread={isRead}");
+
+            return notificationCount;
+        }
+
         public async Task<Notification> GetNotificationAsync(int notificationId)
         {
             return await GetJsonAsync<Notification>($"{Apiurl}/{notificationId}");
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/NotificationController.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/NotificationController.cs
index dfdba5f1..95621a47 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/NotificationController.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/NotificationController.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ using Oqtane.Repository;
 using Oqtane.Security;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Reflection.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Oqtane.Controllers
 {
@@ -30,6 +33,72 @@ namespace Oqtane.Controllers
             _alias = tenantManager.GetAlias();
         }
 
+        // GET: api/<controller>/read?siteid=x&direction=to&userid=1&count=5&isread=false
+        [HttpGet("read")]
+        [Authorize(Roles = RoleNames.Registered)]
+        public IEnumerable<Notification> Get(string siteid, string direction, string userid, string count, string isread)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<Notification> notifications = null;
+
+            int SiteId;
+            int UserId;
+            int Count;
+            bool IsRead;
+            if (int.TryParse(siteid, out SiteId) && SiteId == _alias.SiteId && int.TryParse(userid, out UserId) && int.TryParse(count, out Count) && bool.TryParse(isread, out IsRead) && IsAuthorized(UserId))
+            {
+                if (direction == "to")
+                {
+                    notifications = _notifications.GetNotifications(SiteId, -1, UserId, Count, IsRead);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    notifications = _notifications.GetNotifications(SiteId, UserId, -1, Count, IsRead);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _logger.Log(LogLevel.Error, this, LogFunction.Security, "Unauthorized Notification Get Attempt {SiteId} {Direction} {UserId} {Count} {isRead}", siteid, direction, userid, count, isread);
+                HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
+                notifications = null;
+            }
+
+
+            return notifications;
+        }
+
+        // GET: api/<controller>/read?siteid=x&direction=to&userid=1&count=5&isread=false
+        [HttpGet("read-count")]
+        [Authorize(Roles = RoleNames.Registered)]
+        public int Get(string siteid, string direction, string userid, string isread)
+        {
+            int notificationsCount = 0;
+
+            int SiteId;
+            int UserId;
+            bool IsRead;
+            if (int.TryParse(siteid, out SiteId) && SiteId == _alias.SiteId && int.TryParse(userid, out UserId) && bool.TryParse(isread, out IsRead) && IsAuthorized(UserId))
+            {
+                if (direction == "to")
+                {
+                    notificationsCount = _notifications.GetNotificationCount(SiteId, -1, UserId, IsRead);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    notificationsCount = _notifications.GetNotificationCount(SiteId, UserId, -1, IsRead);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _logger.Log(LogLevel.Error, this, LogFunction.Security, "Unauthorized Notification Get Attempt {SiteId} {Direction} {UserId} {isRead}", siteid, direction, userid, isread);
+                HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
+                notificationsCount = 0;
+            }
+
+
+            return notificationsCount;
+        }
+
+
         // GET: api/<controller>?siteid=x&type=y&userid=z
         [HttpGet]
         [Authorize(Roles = RoleNames.Registered)]
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Migrations/Tenant/04000101_AddNotificationIsRead.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Migrations/Tenant/04000101_AddNotificationIsRead.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b97308c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Migrations/Tenant/04000101_AddNotificationIsRead.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Oqtane.Databases.Interfaces;
+using Oqtane.Migrations.EntityBuilders;
+using Oqtane.Repository;
+using Oqtane.Shared;
+
+namespace Oqtane.Migrations.Tenant
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(TenantDBContext))]
+    [Migration("Tenant.04.00.01.01")]
+    public class AddNotificationIsRead : MultiDatabaseMigration
+    {
+
+        public AddNotificationIsRead(IDatabase database) : base(database)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            var notificationEntityBuilder = new NotificationEntityBuilder(migrationBuilder, ActiveDatabase);
+            notificationEntityBuilder.AddBooleanColumn("IsRead", false);
+            notificationEntityBuilder.UpdateColumn("IsRead", "1", "bool", "");
+        }
+
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            var notificationEntityBuilder = new NotificationEntityBuilder(migrationBuilder, ActiveDatabase);
+            notificationEntityBuilder.DropColumn("IsPublic");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Repository/Interfaces/INotificationRepository.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Repository/Interfaces/INotificationRepository.cs
index 34fb58be..948d7b53 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Repository/Interfaces/INotificationRepository.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Repository/Interfaces/INotificationRepository.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ namespace Oqtane.Repository
     public interface INotificationRepository
     {
         IEnumerable<Notification> GetNotifications(int siteId, int fromUserId, int toUserId);
+        IEnumerable<Notification> GetNotifications(int siteId, int fromUserId, int toUserId, int count, bool isRead);
+        int GetNotificationCount(int siteId, int fromUserId, int toUserId, bool isRead);
         Notification AddNotification(Notification notification);
         Notification UpdateNotification(Notification notification);
         Notification GetNotification(int notificationId);
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Repository/NotificationRepository.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Repository/NotificationRepository.cs
index 7596ee94..42eff7cd 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Repository/NotificationRepository.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Repository/NotificationRepository.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,52 @@ namespace Oqtane.Repository
                 .ToList();
         }
 
+        public IEnumerable<Notification> GetNotifications(int siteId, int fromUserId, int toUserId, int count, bool isRead)
+        {
+            if (toUserId == -1 && fromUserId == -1)
+            {
+                return _db.Notification
+                    .Where(item => item.SiteId == siteId)
+                    .Where(item => item.IsDelivered == false && item.IsDeleted == false)
+                    .Where(item => item.SendOn == null || item.SendOn < System.DateTime.UtcNow)
+                    .Where(item => item.IsRead == isRead)
+                    .ToList()
+                    .Take(count);
+            }
+
+            return _db.Notification
+                .Where(item => item.SiteId == siteId)
+                .Where(item => item.ToUserId == toUserId || toUserId == -1)
+                .Where(item => item.FromUserId == fromUserId || fromUserId == -1)
+                .Where(item => item.IsRead == isRead)
+                .ToList()
+                .Take(count);
+        }
+
+        public int GetNotificationCount(int siteId, int fromUserId, int toUserId, bool isRead)
+        {
+            if (toUserId == -1 && fromUserId == -1)
+            {
+                return _db.Notification
+                    .Where(item => item.SiteId == siteId)
+                    .Where(item => item.IsDelivered == false && item.IsDeleted == false)
+                    .Where(item => item.SendOn == null || item.SendOn < System.DateTime.UtcNow)
+                    .Where(item => item.IsRead == isRead)
+                    .ToList()
+                    .Count();
+
+            }
+
+            return _db.Notification
+                .Where(item => item.SiteId == siteId)
+                .Where(item => item.ToUserId == toUserId || toUserId == -1)
+                .Where(item => item.FromUserId == fromUserId || fromUserId == -1)
+                .Where(item => item.IsRead == isRead)
+                .ToList()
+                .Count();
+        }
+
+
         public Notification AddNotification(Notification notification)
         {
             _db.Notification.Add(notification);
diff --git a/Oqtane.Shared/Models/Notification.cs b/Oqtane.Shared/Models/Notification.cs
index 975b28c8..d7e08c01 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Shared/Models/Notification.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Shared/Models/Notification.cs
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ namespace Oqtane.Models
         /// </summary>
         public DateTime? SendOn { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If it has been read. See also <see cref="IsDelivered" />
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsRead { get; set; }
 
         // constructors
         public Notification() {}
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ namespace Oqtane.Models
             }
             IsDelivered = false;
             DeliveredOn = null;
+            IsRead = false;
         }
     }