There are five options to control notifications in Windows 10, though unfortunately you can
not turn off notification sounds.
Not exact matches
Turn off notifications so you don't feel the urge to check your social media accounts and lose your concentration and momentum.
Even when we're
not looking at our phones, and we've made a conscious effort to ignore them, such as
turning off notifications and ringers or powering them
off entirely, they still can distract us.
If you can't hear your phone's distracting dings without feeling that you must respond immediately,
turn your phone and email
notifications off.
The best idea is to
turn off this
notification on your own device so that senders can't see when you've read their messages.
They're bad enough during the day (I recommend
turning off all
notifications during the day so you're the boss of your time,
not your phone).
Turn off notifications so you aren't tempted by those little red and white numbers.
You want to
turn off notifications so that your phone isn't always alerting you to an incoming message or update.
And donâ $ ™ t forget to
turn off phone
notifications so youâ $ ™ re
not tempted all day.
I also
turn my phone
off before we meet, that way there are no
notifications to distract from the date and I'm
not tempted to look at it when there is a lull in the conversation.
If you do
not want push
notifications you can easily
turn this feature
off.
Turn off your
notifications so you don't get tempted outside of these times.
We found that
turning off all
notifications from the app meant it was
not demanding our attention and it was easier to take back control over when to log on and participate.
This is
not easily done for phones that have iOS, basically you have to
turn notifications off on an app by app basis, or put it in airplane mode.
The BBM Connected icon in the
notification bar can be
turned off under settings but doing so would lead to BBM messages
not being delivered or there could be a delay in delivery especially if device memory is low.
There are options within the HUB to
turn off particular
notifications, which is useful if you have thousands of Twitter Followers and Facebook Friends and don't want to see 10,000 status updates and tweets a day.
If you're
not one to proudly display who just messaged you, you can
turn off e-ink
notifications within the YotaHub app (along with lots of other
notification tweaks).
In 2017 I made more of an effort
not to be attached to social media by
turning off notifications on my phone and deleting apps.
Similar to iOS's Do
Not Disturb mode, Dormant mode allows you to
turn off certain kinds of
notifications or events permanently, or during specific hours.
If you are at a place in Honeycomb where you don't feel like you'll need the physical keyboard, then press the little keyboard icon in the
notification tray, and
turn it
off.
The update for the Bold consists of improved group Push to Talk functionality, enhancements to group Push to Talk calls, contacts and audio performance, improved viewing of text - messaging threads, when opening and listening to a picture / video message with audio, receiving a text message with a
notification ringtone will
not affect the audio attachmentâ $ ™ s playback, the text - message icon will register unread messages and disappear, the phone will connect and stay connected to a 3G network in Global Mode and using the End key to
turn off the Bold will now display a confirmation prompt.
Avoid aggravating factors -
Turn off Wi - Fi on your phone, sign off from all social networks or just turn notifications off so that you won't be disturbed or distracted by some
Turn off Wi - Fi on your phone, sign
off from all social networks or just
turn notifications off so that you won't be disturbed or distracted by some
turn notifications off so that you won't be disturbed or distracted by someone.
Lastly, the game doesn't bother to tell you when you've unlocked the next level, so if you have achievement
notifications turned off, you'll have to count your stars to know when it's time to leave one sorry environment for the next.
Turn off the
notification so that you will
not be distracted by it when you are doing work.
Most phones have a «do
not disturb» function in their Settings menus, which can temporarily
turn off all
notifications (sounds, lights and vibrations).
Battery back up is good if u
turn off always on display but then u will face some
notification related problem as LG G6 doesn't have any
notification LED.
For example, even though I reached out to their customer service about this issue, I was
not able to get push
notifications for any of my emails even though I had
turned all of the battery saving features
off.
Even though
not everyone wants a ton of
notifications sent to their wrists, the option to
turn them on or
off would certainly be nice.
Just note that
turning an app
off here doesn't actually remove it from the
Notification Area altogether.
There's
not a lot of intelligence or customization: apps that have been updated to support the Watch will let you either mirror your iPhone or set up Watch - specific settings, while older apps just let you
turn notifications on and
off.
You may also be able to choose a
notification sound (or simply
turn the sound on or
off), as well as whether or
not this particular app can appear on the Lock Screen.
Facebook Messenger's
notifications, for example, can't be
turned off — they can only be muted for up to 24 hours.
To conserve battery life, AVG offered a few tips: limit push
notifications, reduce frequency of refreshes,
turn off connectivity (Wi - Fi, Bluetooth, GPS) when
not in use, dim brightness, and disable background location tracking.
It includes the same features for
turning off distracting
notifications while also including important new features for addressing the curved edges of the screen and temporarily
turning off the «invisible» home button so you don't accidentally press it during gameplay.
Not just a great feature, this is a potentially lifesaving feature that basically
turns off notifications while you are driving.
This section is a little more useful if you're able to
turn cellular on and
off on watches with LTE support, or if you regularly use the watch to control
notifications in Do
Not Disturb, but that's about it.
The Settings page doesn't include a lot of options, but you can quickly
turn Windows Defender Antivirus
notifications on or
off for recent activity and scan results.
This
turns off screen and will
not give you
notifications.
We found the
notifications useful at times, but we didn't miss them when we
turned them
off.
Not only does
turning off notifications and constant polling cut down on your data use but it's great for extending your battery life.
If you find some
notifications useful, such as calendar events, but you don't want a toast
notification for every Facebook «Like» or new e-mail you receive, you can
turn them
off on a per - app basis.
With nothing to hide, I can «Show all
notification content,» keep certain items confidential via «Hide sensitive
notification content,» or
turn everything
off with «Don't show
notifications at all.»
To
turn off notifications for an app: Go to settings >
notifications and toggle
off notifications for the app you don't want to hear from.
Or, when you get a
notification you don't like, drag it slowly to the right and you'll see a settings icon, tap that to go to the settings for that app, and
turn it
off.
Turn off Bixby
notifications: If you don't want Bixby popping - up to tell you about something happening in Bixby, then open Bixby and head into Bixby settings >
notifications.
It would be great if the Home app let you disable
notifications for individual HomeKit devices, but it doesn't, so I wound up
turning off its
notifications entirely.
Additionally, OxygenOS offers a Reading Mode that filters out blue light for a more enjoyable reading experience, a Gaming Do
Not Disturb Mode which
turns off unnecessary
notifications while gaming, and much more.
But some apps are big jerks, and don't have options to
turn off notifications.
Dim the screen when you don't need it at full brightness,
turn on Airplane mode when you don't need internet access to
turn off the Wi - Fi and Cellular radios (both huge power hogs), and disable unnecessary updates and
notifications.
For example, you can set it so that Google Photos will only provide a text
notification but
not play a sound when backing up your library, or you can
turn off Google Maps» travel times for major traffic delays.