diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 5aa7eb089..431fa1863 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     "logout": "Abmelden",
     "login": "Anmelden",
     "about": "Über HealthLog",
-    "notifications": "Benachrichtigungs-Center",
+    "notifications": "Benachrichtigungen",
     "theme": "Darstellung",
     "themeSystem": "System",
     "themeDark": "Dunkel",
@@ -4692,8 +4692,8 @@
     "disabledBody": "Der Administrator hat Bug-Reports auf diesem Server deaktiviert."
   },
   "notifications": {
-    "title": "Benachrichtigungs-Center",
-    "breadcrumbInbox": "Benachrichtigungs-Center",
+    "title": "Benachrichtigungen",
+    "breadcrumbInbox": "Benachrichtigungen",
     "breadcrumbChannels": "Benachrichtigungs-Kanäle",
     "breadcrumbSettings": "Einstellungen",
     "eventColumn": "Ereignis",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index bcfa155bf..b83e09a1d 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     "logout": "Sign out",
     "login": "Sign in",
     "about": "About HealthLog",
-    "notifications": "Notification Center",
+    "notifications": "Notifications",
     "theme": "Appearance",
     "themeSystem": "System",
     "themeDark": "Dark",
@@ -4692,8 +4692,8 @@
     "disabledBody": "The administrator has disabled bug reports on this server."
   },
   "notifications": {
-    "title": "Notification Center",
-    "breadcrumbInbox": "Notification Center",
+    "title": "Notifications",
+    "breadcrumbInbox": "Notifications",
     "breadcrumbChannels": "Notification channels",
     "breadcrumbSettings": "Settings",
     "eventColumn": "Event",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index 6e5146b72..13e215365 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     "logout": "Cerrar sesión",
     "login": "Iniciar sesión",
     "about": "Acerca de HealthLog",
-    "notifications": "Centro de notificaciones",
+    "notifications": "Notificaciones",
     "theme": "Apariencia",
     "themeSystem": "Sistema",
     "themeDark": "Oscuro",
@@ -4692,8 +4692,8 @@
     "disabledBody": "El administrador ha desactivado los informes de errores en este servidor."
   },
   "notifications": {
-    "title": "Centro de notificaciones",
-    "breadcrumbInbox": "Centro de notificaciones",
+    "title": "Notificaciones",
+    "breadcrumbInbox": "Notificaciones",
     "breadcrumbChannels": "Canales de notificación",
     "breadcrumbSettings": "Ajustes",
     "eventColumn": "Evento",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index c422e5303..4481bde38 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     "logout": "Se déconnecter",
     "login": "Se connecter",
     "about": "À propos de HealthLog",
-    "notifications": "Centre de notifications",
+    "notifications": "Notifications",
     "theme": "Apparence",
     "themeSystem": "Système",
     "themeDark": "Sombre",
@@ -4692,8 +4692,8 @@
     "disabledBody": "L'administrateur a désactivé les rapports de bug sur ce serveur."
   },
   "notifications": {
-    "title": "Centre de notifications",
-    "breadcrumbInbox": "Centre de notifications",
+    "title": "Notifications",
+    "breadcrumbInbox": "Notifications",
     "breadcrumbChannels": "Canaux de notification",
     "breadcrumbSettings": "Paramètres",
     "eventColumn": "Événement",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index 112f8c9ba..dc804f209 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     "logout": "Esci",
     "login": "Accedi",
     "about": "Informazioni su HealthLog",
-    "notifications": "Centro notifiche",
+    "notifications": "Notifiche",
     "theme": "Aspetto",
     "themeSystem": "Sistema",
     "themeDark": "Scuro",
@@ -4692,8 +4692,8 @@
     "disabledBody": "L'amministratore ha disattivato le segnalazioni di bug su questo server."
   },
   "notifications": {
-    "title": "Centro notifiche",
-    "breadcrumbInbox": "Centro notifiche",
+    "title": "Notifiche",
+    "breadcrumbInbox": "Notifiche",
     "breadcrumbChannels": "Canali di notifica",
     "breadcrumbSettings": "Impostazioni",
     "eventColumn": "Evento",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index fa0e5dead..36aab26fc 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     "logout": "Wyloguj",
     "login": "Zaloguj",
     "about": "O HealthLog",
-    "notifications": "Centrum powiadomień",
+    "notifications": "Powiadomienia",
     "theme": "Wygląd",
     "themeSystem": "Systemowy",
     "themeDark": "Ciemny",
@@ -4692,8 +4692,8 @@
     "disabledBody": "Administrator wyłączył zgłoszenia błędów na tym serwerze."
   },
   "notifications": {
-    "title": "Centrum powiadomień",
-    "breadcrumbInbox": "Centrum powiadomień",
+    "title": "Powiadomienia",
+    "breadcrumbInbox": "Powiadomienia",
     "breadcrumbChannels": "Kanały powiadomień",
     "breadcrumbSettings": "Ustawienia",
     "eventColumn": "Zdarzenie",
diff --git a/src/components/settings/__tests__/sections.test.tsx b/src/components/settings/__tests__/sections.test.tsx
index 5a915c73e..736021f1b 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/__tests__/sections.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/__tests__/sections.test.tsx
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ describe("settings sections — SSR smoke", () => {
     const html = render(<NotificationsSection />);
     // v1.4.33 IW7 — section renamed from "Notifications" to
     // "Notification channels" so it doesn't collide with the inbox at
-    // `/notifications` ("Notification Center").
+    // `/notifications` ("Notifications").
     expect(html).toContain("Notification channels");
   });
 
diff --git a/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx b/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx
index 25e3fcb6b..dae7fd79a 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe("<SettingsShell>", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("Integrations");
     // v1.9.0 — the section label is back to the shorter "Notifications"
     // (single-line; the longer "Notification channels" wrapped). The
-    // `/notifications` inbox is still "Notification Center" — distinct enough.
+    // `/notifications` inbox now shares the "Notifications" label.
     expect(html).toContain("Notifications");
     expect(html).toContain("Dashboard");
     expect(html).toContain("Insights");
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ describe("<SettingsShell>", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("Integrationen");
     // v1.9.0 — back to the shorter "Benachrichtigungen" (single-line; the
     // compound "Benachrichtigungs-Kanäle" wrapped). The `/notifications`
-    // inbox stays "Benachrichtigungs-Center" — distinct enough.
+    // inbox now shares the "Benachrichtigungen" label.
     expect(html).toContain("Benachrichtigungen");
     // v1.4.3: the Settings sub-section formerly labelled "Übersicht" is now
     // "Dashboard" (matching the term users see in the main nav). The