How to customize notifications on iPhone

By default notifications will be displayed on the iPhone lock screen, as soon as new news becomes available. Sometimes such displays will confuse users.

Under the default mode on Android, iOS, when there is a new notification like a message, the application will be displayed on the screen. This helps users know the fastest information. However, when there are too many announcements on the screen, it also confuses the viewer, they become messy, not following any arrangement. If you want to adjust the notification system on your iPhone, you can refer to some tips below.

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Instructions for customizing iPhone notifications

1. Remove unused applications

On iOS 11 version, there is an additional feature called Offload Unused Apps . When you do not use an application for a long time, you can use this feature to remove the application, retrieve the memory capacity but still retain the data. This helps you reuse the application when you need it.

We can use Offload Unused Apps in 2 different ways, which is to turn off one or more applications to free up space.

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Or let the device automatically turn off unused applications. To see how to use the Offload Unused Apps feature, please refer to the article How to Use Offload Unused Apps to remove the iPhone application without losing data, freeing up memory.

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2. Turn off application notifications

There will be applications that you do not need to receive notifications such as newspaper reader applications, fitness apps, etc. If so, you can turn off the notification sending mode on iPhone. As such, all notifications will not appear on the screen. You just need to access the notification management interface on iPhone and then select which application you want to turn off notifications.

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3. Turn off Badge App Icon

In each application when a new notification that you have not read will display the number on the application icon. Thus users will know how many messages they miss. If you find this icon unnecessary, you can turn it off. Go to Settings> Notifications and select the application you want to turn off. Then in the custom notification interface, swipe the horizontal bar at Badge App Icon to turn off the number notification.

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4. Use non-disturbing mode

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In case you do not want to customize any settings, but do not want to bother by notifications for a period of time, you can use the mode that does not disturb Do not Disturb. At that time the message will still be displayed on the screen, but there is no sound including calls from strange numbers to the iPhone.

Just enable Do not Disturb feature on iPhone.

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Here are some tips to help you customize the notification section on your iPhone, not receive notifications from some apps or not be bothered by notification sounds. It's best to customize it to only receive notifications from commonly used applications like messages, Messenger or Zalo.

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Hope this article is useful to you!

Update 25 May 2019
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