How to Silence Notifications on iPhone

You can control the notifications on your iPhone and stop them from showing on your lock screen. If your iPhone is bothering you with Notifications from Social Media, Messaging, and other Apps, here's how to silence notifications for specific apps on your iPhone.

How to Silence Notifications from Specific Apps on iPhone

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone

2. Tap on "Notifications."

3. Tap on the app with the notifications you want to silence. 

4. To turn off all notifications, toggle the button next to Allow Notifications to off.

5. To just limit the app's notifications, choose where it can send them (Lock Screen, Notification Center, and Banners) and turn on or off Sounds and Badges.

How to Silence Notifications on iPhone with the Volume button

The easiest way to turn off all iPhone notifications is to use the volume down button to turn off the sound on your device.

Keep pressing the Volume down button on your iPhone until the volume is turned all the way down and the Mute icon appears on the screen.

How to Silence Notifications on iPhone using Silent/Ring Switch

Use the Ring/Silent switch on the left side of your iPhone for another easy way to turn off all types of notifications.

By moving the Switch to the Silent Mode position, you can turn off Call, Message, and App alerts at any time.

The problem with this method, though, is that it also turns off Calls and Message Alerts on iPhone, which can make it hard or impossible for you to answer important Calls and Messages right away.

How to Silence Notifications on iPhone Using Do Not Disturb Mode

Enabling Do Not Disturb Mode is a common way to turn off notifications on an iPhone. This turns off notifications from all apps and sends incoming calls to Voicemail.

You can turn on "Do Not Disturb" mode to turn off all alerts for a certain amount of time.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

2. Tap "Focus."

3. Tap Do Not Disturb.

4. To turn on "Do Not Disturb," tap the switch next to it.

How to Hide Notification Previews on iPhone

Go to Settings > Notifications > Show Previews and choose Never. This will hide all previews of notifications on your iPhone. This will hide the details in your notifications, so all you'll see is the app's name and icon.

This will hide the information in your notifications, but someone could easily find out what it is by tapping and holding on to the notification. So, if you want to hide certain notifications, this might not be the best choice.

Once you've turned off notifications, you can delete any that are still in the Notification Center, which other people might be able to see from your lock screen. This is how:

How to clear notifications on your iPhone

If you haven't looked at your notifications in a while, they may start to pile up in the Notification Center. They are pretty easy to clean.

1. Swipe down from the top left corner of your iPhone's screen to open the Notification Center.

2. Swipe a notification to the left and tap Clear to get rid of it.

3. Tap the X button next to the Notification Center to clear all notifications at once. This will turn the button into a Clear button, which you should tap to get rid of the Notification Center.