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Settings : Apps & notifications
4.
Restart the phone to apply the new settings.
You won't see the icon in the status bar for any silent notifications. When you swipe the status bar
down, the icon appears in the pull-down along with the notification.
Tip: In phone Settings, you can only hide status bar icons for all apps. If you want to hide status bar icons
for a single app, open the app and look in its settings. Only some apps let you do this.
Hide silent notifications
1.
Go to
Settings
> Sound & vibration > Do Not Disturb.
Or, in quick settings, touch & hold
2.
Tap Advanced > Display options for hidden notifications.
3.
Select what to allow or block:
•
No sound from notifications: You will see notifications in the pull-down list of all notifications but
won't hear their sound.
•
No visuals or sound from notifications: You won't see or hear notifications.
•
Custom: Start with not seeing or hearing notifications, and make small adjustments, like allowing
notification dots on app icons.
Change notification volume
To adjust the volume level of all notifications:
1.
Press a Volume button and on the screen tap
2.
Adjust the Ring & notification volume slider.
Change notification sound
Set default notification sound
To change the sound used for notifications from all apps:
1.
Go to
Settings
> Sound & vibration > Advanced > Default notification sound.
2.
Do one of the following:
•
To change it, choose a new sound.
•
To turn notification sounds off, select None.
Set notification sound for a specific app
To use a distinctive sound for an app's notifications, instead of the default notification sound:
1.
Touch & hold the app icon.
2.
Tap
> Notifications.
3.
Tap the category for enabled notifications, then tap Advanced > Sound and select a unique ringtone, or
set it to none.
If you can't hear a notification
If an app's notifications are silent but you want to hear them:
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