Choose how notifications look and open

Control notification numbers or dots

App icons show numbers or dots (badges) to alert you about unread notifications. You can choose to use numbers or dots for the badges. You can also turn badges off for one app or all apps.

Choose between numbers or dots

Go to Settings > Notifications.
Tap App icon badges and select Numbered or Dot.

That's the type of badge you'll see for notifications from all apps, unless you turned them off for an app.

Turn numbers/dots off for all apps

Go to Settings > Notifications.
Tap App icon badges and select No badge.

Turn numbers/dots off for one app

Touch & hold the app icon.
Tap > Notifications.
Turn Allow notification dot off or on .

Turn bubbles off/on for messaging

Bubbles keep your conversations accessible by floating on top of other apps. Read and send messages from the bubble without opening the app.

Turn off/on for all apps

Go to Settings > Notifications > Bubbles.
If you want to always see conversations in their full app, turn Allow apps to show bubbles off .

To read and send messages from a bubble without opening the app, turn Allow apps to show bubbles on .

Turn off/on for specific app or conversation

Go to Settings > Apps > See all # apps.
Tap the app to change.
Tap Notifications > Additional settings in the app > Bubbles.

If you don’t see Bubbles, then the app doesn’t support this feature.
Adjust settings to specify whether some or all conversations can bubble, or nothing should bubble (all conversations open in the full messaging app).

Turn on snoozing

If you want to be able to snooze your notifications, turn on snoozing:

Go to Settings > Notifications.
Turn Allow notification snoozing on .

Allow notifications to open apps in freeform

In addition to the sidebar, you can set apps to open in freeform mode from your notifications.

Go to Settings > Gestures > Sidebar.
Tap at the bottom of the screen, then tap (More settings) at top.
Turn Open notifications in freeform on ,