diff --git a/frontend/model/notifications/storageConstants.js b/frontend/model/notifications/storageConstants.js
index aa187b3a08..8045ea5111 100644
--- a/frontend/model/notifications/storageConstants.js
+++ b/frontend/model/notifications/storageConstants.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import { DAYS_MILLIS } from '~/frontend/model/contracts/shared/time.js'
 
 // The maximum allowed age of read (resp. unread) stored notifications.
 // Not to be confused with maximum storage duration.
-export const MAX_AGE_READ = 30 * DAYS_MILLIS
-export const MAX_AGE_UNREAD = Infinity
+// Notifications older than `MAX_AGE_READ` are automatically marked as read
+export const MAX_AGE_READ = 60 * DAYS_MILLIS
+// Notifications older than `MAX_AGE_UNREAD` are automatically discarded.
+export const MAX_AGE_UNREAD = 180 * DAYS_MILLIS
 // The maximum allowed number of stored notifications.
 export const MAX_COUNT = 30
 // The maximum allowed number of read (resp. unread) stored notifications.
diff --git a/frontend/model/notifications/utils.js b/frontend/model/notifications/utils.js
index c49082f3f9..01912a3c63 100644
--- a/frontend/model/notifications/utils.js
+++ b/frontend/model/notifications/utils.js
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export function age (notification: Notification): number {
 /*
  * Creates a copy of the given notification list, possibly sorted and/or truncated to
  * make it suitable for offline storage.
+ * The second argument, `status` contains separarately-stored parameters for that
+ * notification hash to reflect how notifications are used in the app
+ * (specifically, the `read` parameter is stored there).
  *
  * Algorithm steps taken on the copy:
  *
@@ -40,9 +43,9 @@ export function age (notification: Notification): number {
  *   5f. discard unread notifications, older ones first.
  * 6. Return the remaining notifications.
  */
-export function applyStorageRules (notifications: Notification[]): Notification[] {
+export function applyStorageRules (notifications: Notification[], status: { [string]: Notification } = {}): Notification[] {
   // Apply the MAX_AGE constraint by selecting items that have not yet expired.
-  let items = notifications.filter(item => !isExpired(item))
+  let items = notifications.filter(item => !isExpired({ ...item, ...status[item.hash] }))
 
   if (items.length > MAX_COUNT) {
     // Sort the list by descending priority order.
diff --git a/frontend/model/notifications/vuexModule.js b/frontend/model/notifications/vuexModule.js
index 16f845d52c..6f9e411776 100644
--- a/frontend/model/notifications/vuexModule.js
+++ b/frontend/model/notifications/vuexModule.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 'use strict'
 
 import { Vue } from '@common/common.js'
-import type { Notification } from './types.flow.js'
-import './selectors.js'
-import { compareOnTimestamp, isNew, isOlder } from './utils.js'
-import * as keys from './mutationKeys.js'
 import { cloneDeep } from '~/frontend/model/contracts/shared/giLodash.js'
+import * as keys from './mutationKeys.js'
+import './selectors.js'
+import { MAX_AGE_READ, MAX_AGE_UNREAD } from './storageConstants.js'
+import type { Notification } from './types.flow.js'
+import { age, compareOnTimestamp, isNew, isOlder } from './utils.js'
 
 const defaultState = {
   items: [], status: {}
@@ -13,7 +14,18 @@ const defaultState = {
 
 const getters = {
   notifications (state, getters, rootState) {
-    return state.items.map(item => ({ ...item, ...state.status[item.hash] }))
+    return state.items.map(item => {
+      const notification = { ...item, ...state.status[item.hash] }
+      // Notifications older than MAX_AGE_UNREAD are discarded
+      if (age(notification) > MAX_AGE_UNREAD) {
+        return null
+      } else if (!notification.read && age(notification) > MAX_AGE_READ) {
+        // Unread notifications older than MAX_AGE_READ are automatically
+        // marked as read
+        notification.read = true
+      }
+      return notification
+    }).filter(Boolean)
   },
   // Notifications relevant to the current group only.
   currentGroupNotifications (state, getters, rootState) {
diff --git a/frontend/model/state.js b/frontend/model/state.js
index e9a48a280f..bfad20ac67 100644
--- a/frontend/model/state.js
+++ b/frontend/model/state.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ sbp('sbp/selectors/register', {
       }
 
       const { identityContractID, encryptionParams } = state.loggedIn
-      state.notifications.items = applyStorageRules(state.notifications.items || [])
+      state.notifications.items = applyStorageRules(state.notifications.items || [], state.notifications.status || {})
       if (encrypted) {
         await sbp('gi.db/settings/saveEncrypted', identityContractID, state, encryptionParams)
       } else {