Ordinarily, notifications are a handy way to stay up to date on your phone — messages, email, Facebook, and other news or alerts from various apps.
But if you're feeling overwhelmed by the constant buzzing of notifications, here's how to take control.
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How to turn off notifications on a Samsung Galaxy S10
1. Start the Settings app.
2. Tap "Notifications."
3. In the Recently sent section, tap "See all."
4. You should now see a long list of apps with notification switches. By default, you're only seeing the most recent apps. If you want to see all your apps, tap "Most recent" and choose "All."
5. For each app that you want to disable notifications, tap to swipe the button to the left.
6. When you're done, tap the back button or close Settings.
How to temporarily turn off notifications on a Samsung Galaxy S10 using Do Not Disturb
If you want to temporarily silence all your notifications at once, you can do that easily by enabling Do Not Disturb mode.
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal the Control Panel.
2. Tap the Do Not Disturb button (it looks like a circle with a minus sign through the middle). If you don't see it on the single line of icons, pull down a second time to reveal all the icons.
You can also read more here about how to customize an Android's Do Not Disturb settings.
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