How to disable apps notifications on Pixel 3

Being able to disable apps notifications on pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL device can come in handy. Especially if you’re the type of person that gets so many notification from some specific apps on your phone. You can stop those apps from showing their notifications on your lock screen or home screen. That way, you won’t be notified when a new notification comes in from that app. For example, you can decide to turn of WhatsApp notifications if you have so many contacts bombarding you with messages on a daily basis, not to talk of the messages from the numerous group chats that you might be in.

You can just disable WhatsApp notifications from showing up on both your home screen and lock screen. That way, you’ll have to open the app before seeing new messages. No more incessant notifications from apps. You can do this for Gmail, Instagram, BBM and any other app you might have installed on your Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL Smartphone. Follow the below methods to achieve that.

How to disable apps notifications on Pixel 3

To disable apps notifications on Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, follow the steps below.

– Navigate to the Settings Menu by Swiping down the notification panel and Clicking on the Gear Icon or Click on the Settings App/Icon on your home screen or app drawer.

– Scroll down and Click On Security & Location.

– Under Device Security, Click on Lock Screen Preferences.

– Tap On Lock Screen to bring out the available options.

Show All Notification Content – Selecting this means you’ll get to see the notification as well as it contents from the lock screen. With just a simple press of the power button, you can see all your notification on lock screen.

Hide Sensitive Content – Selecting this means you get to see just the notification alone on your home screen and not the contents of the notification.

Don’t Show Notification At All – All Notifications will not show up on your lock screen.

– Choose Don’t show notifications at all and you won’t see the notifications from apps on your lock screen anymore.

How To Disable Individual Apps Notification on Pixel 3 and 3 XL

To Disable apps notifications on a per app basis, you’ll jave to go to Settings >> Apps and Notifications >> Select an app you would like to stop notifications from >> Tap on Notifications Located under uninstall and Toggle the show notifications Option Off.

You’ve successfully stopped notifications from that particular app. You can do the same for other apps you would like to stop getting notifications from.

Conclusion

That is how you disable apps notifications on Pixel 3 and 3 XL. If you run into any troubles while carrying out the above steps or have questions about the this guide, be sure to let us know about it using the comment section down below.

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