In general, most iPhone users prefer receiving Notifications and consider Notifications from Messages, WhatsApp and other Messaging Apps as being very useful.
However, there could also be many non-essential apps constantly flashing Notifications on the Lock Screen of your iPhone and crowding up the Notification Center with unwanted Notifications.
Hence, we are providing below the steps to Disable Notifications from unwanted Apps on the Lock Screen and also on the Control Center of iPhone.
Disable Notifications on iPhone
iPhone provides the option to Turn OFF Notifications from any app that is bothering you with unwanted notifications and it also provide the option to change the type of notifications appearing on your device.
1. Disable Notifications from Any App on iPhone
All that is required to Disable Notifications from any App on iPhone is to go to Notifications Settings and move the slider next to the App to OFF position.
1. Go to Settings > Notifications > scroll down and select the App for which you want to Disable Notifications.
2. On the next screen, move the toggle next to Allow Notifications to OFF position.
After this, you will no longer find this particular App bothering you with Notifications.
You can repeat the above steps to Disable Notifications from other non-essential Apps on your iPhone.
2. Quickly Turn OFF All Notifications on iPhone
If you are in an important meeting or looking for a totally distraction free period, you can quickly disable Notifications from all Apps on your iPhone by switching your device to “Do Not Disturb Mode”.
The quickest way to Enable “Do Not Disturb” mode on iPhone is by going to the Control Center and tapping on the Do Not Disturb Icon.
If you have never used “Do Not Disturb” Mode, you can take a look at this guide: How to Enable “Do Not Disturb” Mode On iPhone.
3. Turn OFF Siri Suggestions on Lock Screen for All Apps
Another way to reduce the distracting impact of Notifications from all Apps on iPhone is to disable Siri Suggestions on the Lock Screen of your device.
1. Go to Settings > Notifications > Siri Suggestions.
2. On the next screen, disable Siri Suggestions by moving the slider to OFF position.
This will prevent Siri from pushing notifications from apps on the Lock Screen of your iPhone.
4. Disable Lock Screen Notifications on iPhone
Instead of completely disabling Notifications, you can reduce the distracting impact of Notifications from non-essential apps by disabling Lock Screen Notifications.
1. Go to Settings > Notifications > select the App for which you want to Disable Notifications.
2. On the next screen, scroll down to Alerts section and tap on Lock Screen to remove the check mark.
Note: Move the toggle next to Sounds to OFF position to prevent Sound notifications from this particular App.
After this, you will no longer find Notifications from the selected App flashing on the Lock Screen of your iPhone or distracting you with Notification sound.
However, you will still be able to check Notifications from this App by going to the Notification Center on your iPhone.
5. Disable Banner, Badge and Sound Notifications on iPhone
Most Apps installed on iPhone have a default tendency to automatically Flash Banner, Badge and Sound Notifications on your device.
However, you can modify the type of Notifications appearing on your device by disabling Banners, Badges and Sound.
1. Go to Settings > Notifications > select the App for which you want to disable Banner, Badge and Sound Notifications.
2. On the next screen, uncheck Banners and move the toggle next to Badges to OFF position.
Note: You may also want to disable Notifications Sound by moving the toggle next to Sounds to OFF position.
If you do not want to be constantly dismissing notifications appearing on the screen of iPhone, you can either change the Push Notification Type to Temporary or turn-off Push Notifications from unimportant Apps on your device.
When you change the Push Notification Type to Temporary, Notifications appearing on the screen of your will iPhone will disappear after 3-4 seconds, unlike Persistent Push Notifications that remain on the screen, until they are manually dismissed.
You can also switch-off all types of Push Notifications from unimportant or unnecessarily busy apps on your iPhone and prevent them from bothering you with unwanted notifications.
Turn Off Push Notifications on iPhone
You can find below the steps to change Push Notification Type to Temporary and also the steps to disable or turn-off Push Notifications from unimportant apps on your iPhone.
1. Disable Push Notifications from Specific Apps on iPhone
If certain busy or unimportant Apps are bothering you with Push Notifications, you can easily disable Banner Style Push Notifications from such Apps on your device.
1. Go to Settings > Notifications > select the App for which you want to Turn Off Push Notifications.
2. On the next screen, uncheck the Banners option to disable Banner Style Push Notifications from this App on your iPhone.
If required, you can disable Notification Sounds from this particular App by moving the Sounds toggle to OFF position.
If there are more such Apps, you will have to repeat the above steps to Disable Push Notifications from all such Apps on your device.
2. Change Push Notification Type on iPhone
As mentioned above, you can change the type of Push Notifications that appear from any App on your iPhone.
1. Go to Settings > Notifications > select the App for which you want to change Push Notification type.
2. On the next screen, make sure Banners is selected and tap on Banner Style.
3. On the next screen, select the type (Temporary or Persistent) Banner Style Notification that you want to see from this App on your iPhone.
Select Persistent, if you want to make sure that you attend to all Notifications from this App. Select, Temporary, if you do not want to see Notifications from this App sticking at top of the screen.