Choose how apps notify you

Turn app's notifications off

Turn off all notifications

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch > App notifications.
  3. Turn it off .

You can also touch & hold the status bar notification, then turn Notifications off .

Turn off some notifications

To see only some categories of notifications from the app:

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch > App notifications.
  3. For each category, turn options on or off .

You can also touch & hold the status bar notification, then touch ALL CATEGORIES or MORE SETTINGS and adjust options.

TipTo prevent notifications from all apps during certain times or calendar events, use Do not disturb.

Change notification sound

To change the sound for all app notifications:

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Advanced > Default notification sound.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • To change it, choose a new sound.
    • To turn notification sounds off, select None.

To change the notification sound for a specific app:

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch > App notifications.
  3. Touch a type of notification the app sends.
  4. Touch Sound and select a unique ringtone, or set it to none.

To let an app's notifications be heard when Do not disturb is on:

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch > App notifications.
  3. Touch a type of notification the app sends.
  4. Make sure that Allow sound is on .
  5. Turn Override Do Not Disturb on .

Turn app's notifications on

If an app isn't sending notifications but you want it to:

  1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications.
  2. Touch See all from last ### days.
  3. At the top, touch and select Turned off.
  4. Turn notifications on as needed.

Turn notification dots off or on

App icons show dots to alert you about unread notifications. You can turn off dots for one or all apps.

Turn dots off for all apps

  1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications.
  2. Turn Allow notification dots on or off .

Turn dots off for one app

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch > App notifications.
  3. Turn Allow notification dot on or off .

Change list order

You can adjust the order of notifications in the list that appears when you swipe down from the status bar.

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch > App notifications.
  3. If the app includes notification categories, touch a notification category.
  4. Touch Importance and set the level. Higher levels appear at the top of the list.

Control lock screen notifications

If you've set a pattern, PIN or password, you can prevent lock screen notifications from revealing private information.

To adjust notifications for all apps:

  1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications.
  2. Touch On the lock screen.
  3. Do one of the following:

    • To hide all notifications on your lock screen, select Don't show notifications at all. You can still peek at your notifications--swipe down on the lock screen, then enter your pattern, PIN, or password if required.
    • To hide sensitive content in notifications from all apps, select Hide sensitive notification content. For example, you'll get a lock screen notification for an incoming email or chat, but it won't include message details.
    • To see all notifications on your lock screen, select Show all notification content.

To hide sensitive content from specific apps:

  1. Set lock screen notifications for all apps to Show all notification content.
  2. Touch & hold the app icon, then touch > App notifications.
  3. Types of notifications the app sends appear here. For each enabled notification that you want to hide:

    1. Touch the name.
    2. Touch On the lock screen > Hide sensitive notification content.