How to Turn Off App Notifications from iPhone Lock Screen

iOS has a very useful feature to turn off application notifications from the screen, allowing you to quickly and temporarily mute notifications of a specific application without affecting other applications. This way, users can easily turn off notifications of the application that is bothering you, without having to access the application settings on the iPhone. Below are instructions to turn off application notifications from the iPhone lock screen.

Instructions to turn off application notifications from iPhone lock screen

Step 1:

On the lock screen interface when you receive notifications from the application, swipe left on the application you want to turn off and then tap Options to display custom notifications for the application from the lock screen.

Step 2:

You will then see a custom menu for notifications, including the option to turn off app notifications for 1 hour or turn them off for the day . Depending on your needs, you want to temporarily turn off app notifications until when, then click select.

Step 3:

In addition, from this menu you can also directly access the application's Settings on the iPhone for further adjustments if desired.

Step 4:

If you want to immediately reopen app notifications on iPhone from the lock screen, tap Options and then tap Turn on notifications.

Lesley Montoya

Update 26 May 2025