diff --git a/openwisp_notifications/base/models.py b/openwisp_notifications/base/models.py
index 43417a17..29e33778 100644
--- a/openwisp_notifications/base/models.py
+++ b/openwisp_notifications/base/models.py
@@ -309,11 +309,19 @@ def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         with transaction.atomic():
             if not self.organization and not self.type:
                 try:
-                    original = self.__class__.objects.get(pk=self.pk)
+                    previous_state = self.__class__.objects.only('email').get(
+                        pk=self.pk
+                    )
                     updates = {'web': self.web}
 
-                    # Update 'email' only if it's different from the previous state
-                    if not self.web or self.email != original.email:
+                    # If global web notifiations are disabled, then disable email notifications as well
+                    if not self.web:
+                        updates['email'] = False
+
+                    # Update email notifiations only if it's different from the previous state
+                    # Otherwise, it would overwrite the email notification settings for specific
+                    # setting that were enabled by the user after disabling global email notifications
+                    if self.email != previous_state.email:
                         updates['email'] = self.email
 
                     self.user.notificationsetting_set.exclude(pk=self.pk).update(
diff --git a/openwisp_notifications/tests/test_notification_setting.py b/openwisp_notifications/tests/test_notification_setting.py
index 44c9ac1b..16a2712b 100644
--- a/openwisp_notifications/tests/test_notification_setting.py
+++ b/openwisp_notifications/tests/test_notification_setting.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def test_global_notification_setting_update(self):
         global_setting.save()
 
         with self.subTest(
-            'Update global web to False while ensuring at least one email setting is True'
+            'Test global web to False while ensuring at least one email setting is True'
         ):
             # Set the default type notification setting's email to True
             NotificationSetting.objects.filter(
@@ -308,6 +308,22 @@ def test_global_notification_setting_update(self):
                 ).exists()
             )
 
+        with self.subTest('Test global web to False'):
+            global_setting.web = False
+            global_setting.full_clean()
+            global_setting.save()
+
+            self.assertFalse(
+                NotificationSetting.objects.filter(
+                    user=admin, organization=org, web=True
+                ).exists()
+            )
+            self.assertFalse(
+                NotificationSetting.objects.filter(
+                    user=admin, organization=org, email=True
+                ).exists()
+            )
+
     def test_global_notification_setting_delete(self):
         admin = self._get_admin()
         global_setting = NotificationSetting.objects.get(