Control app notifications on your phone

Did you just receive an important email? To view your notifications, swipe down from the top of your phone's screen. Notifications will be displayed under the Quick settings panel.

You can block notifications you don't want, so they'll be out of your hair.

From Settings, tap Notifications. Tap See all, and then tap the dropdown menu at the top of the page. Select All, and then the switch next to an app to turn its notifications on or off.

You can also pick different sounds for each notification. That way you'll know whether it's someone messaging you or if your lives have been refilled in your favorite game.

From Settings, tap Notifications. Tap See all, and then tap the dropdown menu at the top of the page. Select All, and then select your desired app. Next, turn its notification settings on or off by tapping the switch next to the different features. You can also adjust other notification settings from this page.

App icon badges are the little dots that appear next to your apps when they receive a notification. You can adjust whether your apps display App icon badges or not.

From Settings, tap Notifications, and then tap App icon badges. Tap the switch at the top to turn the badges on or off. Choose Number or Dot under Badge style to suit your preference.

If a bunch of notifications are clogging up your status bar, you can hide them all or only show a couple.

From Settings, tap Notifications. Tap Status bar, and then adjust the desired settings.

Certain settings on your phone have shortcuts built in. Let's say you're about to take off, and you need to turn on Airplane mode. You can access it and other settings from the Quick settings panel.

Swipe down from the top of your Home screen using two fingers. Then, tap your desired setting; the icon will glow when the setting is activated.

If you need to temporarily silence notifications or save them for later, you can set up a snooze option.

From Settings, tap Notifications, and then tap the switch next to Show snooze option to turn it on or off.

To snooze from the Notification panel, swipe down from the top of your screen to open the panel. Then, swipe your desired notification to the left or right. Tap the Snooze icon (it looks like a bell), choose your desired option, and then tap Save.

You can ask your phone to offer suggestions when checking your notifications. This makes checking them easier if you’d like to perform an action without opening the app.

To turn it on, navigate to Settings, tap Notifications, and then tap the switch next to Suggest actions and replies.

Here's a fun way to open or close the Notification panel: just swipe your finger up and down on your phone's fingerprint sensor.

To turn on this function from Settings, search for and select Finger sensor gestures. Tap the switch to turn it on. After the feature is turned on, give it a try by swiping your finger up and on the fingerprint sensor.

Note: This option is not available on phones with the in-screen fingerprint reader.