If you are looking for a way to disable Push Notifications, it is likely that you are dealing with the situation of having to constantly dismiss notifications from busy apps appearing on the screen of your iPhone.
Unlike regular Notifications, Push Notifications are designed to appear even when the Apps are not being used and they often require User Intervention.
Turn Off Push Notifications on iPhone
If you do not want to be constantly dismissing push notifications, you can either change the Push Notification Type to Temporary or reduce the number of Push Notifications by switching off Push Notifications from unimportant Apps.
When you change Push Notification Type to Temporary, Notifications appearing on your iPhone will be automatically disappearing after 3-4 seconds, unlike Persistent Push Notifications that remain active, until they are manually dismissed.
As mentioned above, the other option is to switch-off all types of Push Notifications from unimportant and busy apps, which totally prevents them from bothering you with unwanted notifications.
1. Disable Push Notifications from Specific Apps on iPhone
If certain busy or unimportant Apps are bothering you with Push Notifications, you can follow the steps below to disable Banner Style Push Notifications from such Apps.
1. Go to Settings > Notifications > select the App for which you want to Turn Off Push Notifications.
2. On the next screen, disable Time Sensitive Notifications, uncheck Banners and Lock Screen to prevent Banner Style Push Notifications from this App on the Lock Screen of your iPhone.
If required, you can also disable Notification Sounds 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 iPhone.
2. Change Push Notification Type on iPhone
As mentioned above, you can also make the push notifications to automatically disappear without any User Interaction by changing the Push Notification Type to Temporary.
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 Temporary option.
Note: You will have to repeat the above steps for other Apps that are bothering you with Persistent Push Notifications.
3. Disable Push Notifications for All Apps on iPhone
The Notifications App does not provide a global way to disable Push Notifications from All Apps. Hence, the only way to disable Push Notifications from All Apps on iPhone is by enabling “Do Not Disturb Mode”.
If a “Do Not Disturb” Schedule is available on your iPhone, you can switch your device to “Do Not Disturb” mode by going to Control Center and tapping on the Do Not Disturb Icon.
Note: Do Not Disturb Mode turns OFF all forms of Notifications and Alerts on iPhone. Hence, make sure that you remember to Disable Do Not Disturb mode, as soon as you are done using it.