Control notifications on Android

• To clear one notification, swipe it left or right.
• To clear all notifications, scroll to the bottom of your notifications and tap Clear all.
• To clear all silent notifications, next to "silent notifications," tap Close 

1. Open you phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Apps & notifications  Notifications  Advanced.
3. Turn on Allow notification snoozing. 

To snooze a notification, drag it slightly left or right, and then tap Snooze . To pick a time, tap the Down arrow .

• To expand a notification, tap the Down arrow . Then, to act directly from a notification, tap an action, like Reply or Archive.
• Some apps show a dot when you get a notification. Touch and hold the app with the dot to see the oldest notification. Then, clear each to show the next. Learn about notification dots.

Important: You can use this setting to manage certain emergency messages, like disaster warnings, threat notifications, and AMBER alerts. You can turn alert types on or off, view past alerts, and control sound and vibration.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Apps & notifications Advanced Wireless emergency alerts.
3. Choose how often you want to receive alerts and which settings you want to turn on.

   • If you can't find Apps & notifications, get help from your device manufacturer.

You can use this setting to manage certain emergency messages, like disaster warnings, threat notifications, and AMBER alerts.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Apps & notifications Notifications.
   • Pick the options you want as your phone's defaults. Scroll to “Notifications on lock screen” and select either:
     • Notifications on lock screen
     • Sensitive notifications
     • Sensitive work profile notifications (only available if you have a work profile)
   • Tap Advanced, then select:
     • Hide silent notifications in status bar
     • Allow notification snoozing
     • Suggested actions and replies
     • Notification dot on app icon
     • Default notification sound
     • Swipe fingerprint for notifications
     • Do Not Disturb

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Apps & notifications Notifications.
3. Under "Recently sent," find apps that recently sent you notifications.
   • To find more apps, tap See all.
4. Tap Advanced.
   • You can turn off all notifications for a listed app.
   • To pick specific categories of notifications, tap the app's name.

1. To find your notifications, from the top of your phone screen, swipe down.
2. Touch and hold the notification, and then tap Settings .
3. Choose your settings:
   • To turn off all notifications, tap Notifications off. 
   • Turn on or off notifications you want to receive.
   • To allow notification dots, tap Advanced, then turn them on.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Apps & notifications  Notifications.
3. Turn Allow notification dots on or off.

Important: Settings can vary by phone. For more info, contact your device manufacturer.

On some Android devices, you can choose what kind of notifications an app sends you:

• Alerting: You'll hear a sound, get a message on your lock screen, and find the app's icon in the status bar.
• Silent: Your phone won't make a sound or vibrate. But the notification will show up when you swipe down from the top of your screen.

Option 1: In your Settings app

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Apps & notifications  Notifications.
3. Under “Recently Sent,” tap an app. 
4. Tap a type of notification.
5. Choose your options:
   • Choose Alerting or Silent.
   • To see a banner for alerting notifications when your phone is unlocked, turn on Pop on screen.
   • If you chose “Silent,” you can turn Minimize on or off.

Option 2: On a notification 

1. After you swipe down from the top of your screen, drag the notification slightly right or left. Then tap Settings .
2. Tap Alerting or Silent  Apply.  

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Apps & notifications  Notifications.
3. Under "Lock screen," tap Notifications on lock screen or On lock screen.
4. Choose Show alerting and silent notifications.
   • On some phones, choose Show all notification content.

Tip: If you pick this option as your default, you can still restrict certain apps on your lock screen. You can have certain apps "Hide sensitive notification content" or "Don't show notifications at all" on your lock screen. Learn how to change notifications by app. 

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap App & notifications  Notifications. 
3. Under "Lock screen," turn off Sensitive notifications.

Tip: If you turn off this option, you can still restrict certain apps to "Don't show notifications" on your lock screen. Learn how to change notifications by app.