Control notification sound
Change notification volume
To adjust the volume level of all notifications:
- Press a Volume button and on the screen tap
- Adjust the Notification volume slider.
Quiet notification bursts
Sometimes, you get a sudden influx of notifications - when everyone on a thread likes a comment or when you turn off Airplane mode after a flight. Notification cooldown can help. When on, if you receive many notifications in quick succession from the same app, Notification cooldown lowers the volume and vibration, making them less intrusive.
Calls, alarms, and priority conversations are not affected.
- Go to Settings > Notifications > Notification cooldown.
- Turn it on or off.
Change notification sound
You can modify the notification sound for all apps, or assign a distinctive sound to notifications from a specific app, replacing the default.
Set default notification sound
- Go to Settings > Sound & vibration > Default notification sound.
Do one of the following:
- To change it, choose a new sound.
- To turn notification sounds off, select None.
Set notification sound for a specific app
- Touch & hold the app icon.
- Tap
Tap the category for enabled notifications, then tap Sound and select a unique ringtone, or set it to none.
If you can't hear a notification
If an app's notifications are silent but you want to hear them:
- Touch & hold a notification.
- Tap Default.
If you're only getting some notifications from an app, check if Notification cooldown is on.
Silence an app's notifications
Change to Silent
If you want an app's notifications to be less intrusive, you can categorize them:
- Default: You'll hear a sound and feel vibration (if on), get a message on your lock screen, and can see the app's icon in your status bar.
- Silent: You won't hear a sound or feel a vibration. The notification icon will still show in the status bar, unless you hide them.
Option 1: On a notification
- Touch & hold a notification.
- Tap Silent.
Option 2: In Settings
- Go to Settings > Notifications > App notifications, and select the app.
- Tap the type of notification to change.
- Tap Silent.
Hide status bar icons for silent notifications
To hide the icons for silent notifications from all apps:
- Go to Settings > Notifications.
- Turn Hide silent notifications in status bar on
Restart the phone to apply the new settings.
You won't see the icon in the status bar for any silent notifications. When you swipe the status bar down, the icon appears in the pull-down along with the notification.