Although push notifications are designed to keep you up to date, they can be annoying and distract you from everything you’re doing on your iPhone. Therefore, we provide below the steps to turn off or turn off push notifications on iPhone or iPad.
Disable Push Notifications on iPhone
Push notifications on iPhone and iPad appear as banners appearing at the top of the screen, whenever you receive a notification.
In general, push notifications on iOS devices can be categorized into two types: temporary and persistent.
- Temporary: These types of push notifications appear momentarily at the top of the screen and then disappear after about 3-4 seconds.
- Persistent: These types of push notifications stay on your screen and don’t go away until you interact with the notification.
Although push notifications can be useful, sometimes they can be very annoying, causing users to search for a way to turn off or turn off push notifications on iPhone.
Disable push notifications for apps on iPhone or iPad
If only certain apps on your iPhone are bothering you with unnecessary push notifications, you can follow the steps below to turn off push notifications for those apps on your iPhone or iPad.
1. Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
2. On the Settings screen, tap Notifications.
3. On the Notifications screen, scroll down and tap the app for which you want to disable push notifications on iPhone or iPad.
4. On the next screen, scroll down and turn off the Show as Banners option located under the Alerts section.
From now on, you won’t be bothered by push notifications from this particular app.
If there are more busy apps, you can mute or disable push notifications for those apps by repeating the steps above.
Disable Push Notifications on iPhone for All Apps
Unfortunately, there is really no option to turn off push notifications on iPhone for all apps. The only way to disable push notifications on iPhone for all apps is to enable Do Not Disturb mode on your device.
1. Open Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen on your iPhone or iPad.
To note: If you’re using the iPhone X, you’ll need to swipe down from the top right corner of your screen to launch Control Center.
2. Next, tap on the Do Not Disturb icon located in the control center (see image below)
To note: Do Not Disturb mode disables all forms of notifications and alerts on your iPhone. Therefore, make sure to turn off Do Not Disturb mode as soon as you are done with your busy phase.
Change push notification type on iPhone or iPad
Another way to manage push notifications on iPhone is to change the type of push notifications on your device, instead of completely disabling push notifications on your iPhone or iPad.
1. Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
2. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap Notifications
3. On the Notifications screen, tap the app for which you want to change the push notification type.
4. On the next screen, scroll down and tap on the temporary or persistent option (see image below),
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