Surely iPhones are the bee’s knees for the majority of tech lovers out there, but still, we all know that there’s no such thing as perfection in life. Alerts coming from various apps on your iPhone can surely annoy the Dallai Lhama out of you. In most situations, you find many of those notifications useless, so why not learn how to shut them off?
If you’ve downloaded a game like Asphalt 9, for instance, don’t be surprised if it starts bombarding you with alerts regarding the latest in-game prizes and competitions.
How to hide notifications on your iPhone
Hiding notifications on your iPhone can be very simple. All you have to do is head over to the ‘Messages’ area, swipe left on a conversation, and ultimately hit the ‘Hide alerts’ option or the bell icon that appears with a line through it.
If you’re also wondering what exactly does the iMessage Hide Alerts feature entails, you’ve made it to the right place. When it comes to previous iOS versions, there was a Hide Alerts button that could be tapped when swiping left on a text message conversation. It served the purpose of preventing notifications and alerts specifically for that conversation. This feature is especially useful for active group text conversations where you may not want to be bombarded with numerous notifications from multiple people.
As for newer iOS versions, the Hide Alerts button has been replaced with a bell icon, but the functionality remains the same. To check if you have enabled Hide Alerts for a particular iPhone text message, you need to look for a bell icon with a line through it in your conversation list. If you see the bell icon without a line, it means you have muted the conversation. To toggle the Hide Alerts setting, you have to simply tap the button.
Tim M. Hill helped bring Digital-Overload from a weekly newsletter to a full-fledged news site by creating a new website and branding. He continues to assist in keeping the site responsive and well organized for the readers. As a writer to Digital-Overload, Tim mainly covers mobile news and gadgets.
