diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index d17a1eb6ec5..1d4283659e6 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
       user.staged = false
       user.active = false
       user.custom_fields[FROM_STAGED] = true
+      user.notifications.destroy_all
 
       DiscourseEvent.trigger(:user_unstaged, user)
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index eb1fbd6fcf9..164d121848b 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1600,6 +1600,16 @@ describe User do
       expect(User.unstage(email: 'no@account.com')).to be_nil
     end
 
+    it "removes all previous notifications during unstaging" do
+      Fabricate(:notification, user: user)
+      Fabricate(:private_message_notification, user: user)
+      user.reload
+
+      expect(user.total_unread_notifications).to eq(2)
+      user = User.unstage(params)
+      expect(user.total_unread_notifications).to eq(0)
+    end
+
     it "triggers an event" do
       unstaged_user = nil
       event = DiscourseEvent.track_events { unstaged_user = User.unstage(params) }.first