diff --git a/notifications/inc/class.notifications_ajax.inc.php b/notifications/inc/class.notifications_ajax.inc.php
index 8b965329b3..577da8ea09 100644
--- a/notifications/inc/class.notifications_ajax.inc.php
+++ b/notifications/inc/class.notifications_ajax.inc.php
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class notifications_ajax {
 				'notify_type' => self::_type
 			),__LINE__,__FILE__,self::_appname);
 		}
+		$this->response->data(['deleted'=>$notify_ids]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -250,38 +251,10 @@ class notifications_ajax {
 	 *
 	 * @return boolean true or false
 	 */
-	private function get_egwpopup($browserNotify = false) {
-		$rs = $this->db->select(self::_notification_table, '*', array(
-				'account_id' => $this->recipient->account_id,
-				'notify_type' => self::_type
-			),
-			__LINE__,__FILE__,0 ,'ORDER BY notify_id DESC',self::_appname, 100);
-		$result = array();
-		if ($rs->NumRows() > 0)	{
-			foreach ($rs as $notification) {
-				$actions = null;
-				$data = json_decode($notification['notify_data'], true);
-				if ($data['appname'] && $data['data'])
-				{
-					$_actions = Api\Hooks::process (array(
-						'location' => 'notifications_actions',
-						'data' => $data['data']
-						), $data['appname'], true);
-					$actions = $_actions[$data['appname']];
-				}
-				$result[] = array(
-					'id'		=> $notification['notify_id'],
-					'message'	=> $notification['notify_message'],
-					'status'	=> $notification['notify_status'],
-					'created'	=>  Api\DateTime::server2user($notification['notify_created']),
-					'current'		=> new Api\DateTime('now'),
-					'actions'	=> is_array($actions)?$actions:NULL,
-					'extra_data'		=> ($data['data'] ? $data['data'] : array())
-				);
-
-			}
-			$this->response->apply('app.notifications.append', array($result, $browserNotify));
-		}
+	private function get_egwpopup($browserNotify = false)
+	{
+		$entries = notifications_popup::read($this->recipient->account_id);
+		$this->response->apply('app.notifications.append', array($entries['rows'], $browserNotify, $entries['total']));
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/notifications/inc/class.notifications_popup.inc.php b/notifications/inc/class.notifications_popup.inc.php
index 007f280cfb..61723f261d 100644
--- a/notifications/inc/class.notifications_popup.inc.php
+++ b/notifications/inc/class.notifications_popup.inc.php
@@ -130,21 +130,31 @@ class notifications_popup implements notifications_iface {
 		), false,__LINE__,__FILE__,self::_appname);
 		if ($result === false) throw new Exception("Can't save notification into SQL table");
 		$push = new Api\Json\Push($this->recipient->account_id);
-		$push->call('app.notifications.append', $this->read());
+		$entries = self::read($this->recipient->account_id);
+		$push->call('app.notifications.append', [$entries['rows'], null, $entries['total']]);
 	}
 
 
 	/**
-	 * read all notification messages for current recipient
-	 * @return type
+	 * read all notification messages for given recipient
+	 * @param $_account_id
+	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function read()
+	public static function read($_account_id)
 	{
-		$rs = $this->db->select(self::_notification_table, '*', array(
-				'account_id' => $this->recipient->account_id,
+		if (!$_account_id) return [];
+
+		$rs = $GLOBALS['egw']->db->select(self::_notification_table, '*', array(
+				'account_id' => $_account_id,
 				'notify_type' => self::_type
 			),
 			__LINE__,__FILE__,0 ,'ORDER BY notify_id DESC',self::_appname, 100);
+		// Fetch the total
+		$total =  $GLOBALS['egw']->db->select(self::_notification_table, 'COUNT(*)', array(
+			'account_id' => $_account_id,
+			'notify_type' => self::_type
+		),
+			__LINE__,__FILE__,0 ,'',self::_appname)->fetchColumn();
 		$result = array();
 		if ($rs->NumRows() > 0)	{
 			foreach ($rs as $notification) {
@@ -169,7 +179,7 @@ class notifications_popup implements notifications_iface {
 				);
 
 			}
-			return $result;
+			return ['rows' => $result, 'total'=> $total];
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/notifications/js/notificationajaxpopup.js b/notifications/js/notificationajaxpopup.js
index 406397d97a..3114cf5cb3 100644
--- a/notifications/js/notificationajaxpopup.js
+++ b/notifications/js/notificationajaxpopup.js
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
 		this.run_notifications();
 
 		this.filter = '';
-
+		// total number of notifications
+		this.total = 0;
 	};
 
 	notifications.prototype.run_notifications = function ()
@@ -561,10 +562,13 @@
 
 	notifications.prototype.delete_all = function () {
 		if (!notifymessages || Object.entries(notifymessages).length == 0) return false;
-		egw.json("notifications.notifications_ajax.delete_message", [notifymessages]).sendRequest(true);
+		var self = this;
+		egw.json("notifications.notifications_ajax.delete_message", [notifymessages], function(_data){
+			if (_data && _data['deleted']) self.total -= Object.keys(_data['deleted']).length;
+			self.counterUpdate();
+		}).sendRequest(true);
 		notifymessages = {};
 		jQuery("#egwpopup_list").empty();
-		this.counterUpdate();
 		egw.loading_prompt('popup_notifications', false);
 	};
 
@@ -575,7 +579,11 @@
 		_event.stopPropagation();
 		var egwpopup_message = _node[0];
 		var id = egwpopup_message[0].id.replace(/egwpopup_message_/ig,'');
-		var request = egw.json("notifications.notifications_ajax.delete_message", [[notifymessages[id]]]);
+		var self = this;
+		var request = egw.json("notifications.notifications_ajax.delete_message", [[notifymessages[id]]],function(_data){
+			if (_data && _data['deleted'])	self.total -= Object.keys(_data['deleted']).length;
+			self.counterUpdate();
+		});
 		request.sendRequest(true);
 		var nextNode = egwpopup_message.next();
 		var keepLoadingPrompt = false;
@@ -590,8 +598,6 @@
 		if (keepLoadingPrompt && !egwIsMobile()) egw.loading_prompt('popup_notifications', true);
 		egwpopup_message.remove();
 		this.bell("inactive");
-		this.counterUpdate();
-
 	};
 
 	/**
@@ -647,7 +653,7 @@
 	 * @param _rowData
 	 * @param _browser_notify
 	 */
-	notifications.prototype.append = function(_rawData, _browser_notify) {
+	notifications.prototype.append = function(_rawData, _browser_notify, _total) {
 
 		var hasUnseen = [];
 		// Dont process the data if they're the same as it could get very expensive to
@@ -657,6 +663,7 @@
 		var old_notifymessages = notifymessages;
 		notifymessages = {};
 		var browser_notify = _browser_notify || this.check_browser_notify();
+		this.total = _total || 0;
 		for (var i=0; i < _rawData.length; i++)
 		{
 			var data = this.getData(_rawData[i]['message'], _rawData[i]['extra_data']);
@@ -841,6 +848,10 @@
 		var counter = 0;
 		var apps = {};
 
+		// set total number
+		document.getElementById("egwpopup_header").childNodes[0].textContent = (egw.lang("Notifications")+" ("+this.total+")");
+		document.getElementById('topmenu_info_notifications').title = egw.lang('total')+":"+this.total;
+
 		for (var id in notifymessages)
 		{
 			if (typeof apps[notifymessages[id]['extra_data']['app']] == 'undefined')