We do so many things with our Google Pixel 4 XL that they have now become sensitive elements, we don't necessarily want everyone to have access to them. Whether it concerns messages, photos, browsing history… There are many points that we certainly do not want to share with the whole world.
In this guide, we will focus on the information that remains accessible even with the phone locked. And, as you will certainly have noticed, there are a multitude of them, including those of messages, your emails, your applications that send you push notifications ... If you ever want to make sure that your privacy will not be violated, there is a solution for this kind of problem, we will, in this guide, explain to you how to hide the content of messages in the notification bar of your Google Pixel 4 XL?
To do this, first of all, we will see how you can disable notifications on your Google Pixel 4 XL, then, how to hide only the content of messages while keeping the notification that a new message has arrived on your Google Pixel 4 XL.
How to hide all notifications on a Google Pixel 4 XL?
We start with our tutorial by showing you the two possible solutions if you ever want disable notifications on your Google Pixel 4 XL. We will first find out how to deactivate notifications from a single application, such as Facebook Messenger, or your Messages application, in order to be quiet and that curious little ones cannot know with whom you are exchanging messages. Then, after, how to disable all notifications from your Google Pixel 4 XL. If you ever also wish, feel free to take a look at our article to find out how to hide an application icon on your Google Pixel 4 XL.
How to turn off notifications from a single app
We start with the first solution, it is certainly the one that interests you the most. Indeed, disabling notifications on your Google Pixel 4 XL only from messaging applications or an application that you do not want your loved ones to know about or what is happening on it is most of the time the most classic reason for that kind of research.
The technique is very easy, very easily apply the following guidelines:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- Access the "Applications" menu
- Find the application whose message content you want to hide in the notification bar of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- In "Application settings" click on notification and turn off the display of notifications thereof
How to turn off notifications from all applications of sound Google Pixel 4 XL?
Finally, if you ever get fed up, in addition to not wanting to share them, with the systematically greater number of notifications that we receive, there is a radical technique to avoid being disturbed by them. On the other hand, you will have to do the procedure yourself of going to look in each application if you have received a message or if anything has happened, to hide the content of all applications in the notification bar of your Google Pixel 4 XL apply the following indications:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- Click on "Notifications"
- Deactivate all the notification options so that nothing is displayed in the notification bar of your Google Pixel 4 XL
How to hide only the content of the message on the notification bar of Google Pixel 4 XL?
Finally, if you want to hide only the content of the messages in the notification bar of your Google Pixel 4 XL , the technique will be significantly different. It will give you the option, even when the device is unlocked, not to display the preview of messages in the notification bar. We explain it to you below:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- Choose the messaging app whose content you want to hide
- Disable the option "Viewing notifications"
Otherwise, if you ever simply want to hide the content of messages on the lock screen of your Google Pixel 4 XL, follow these instructions:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- Go to the "Lock screen" menu
- Click on the "Notifications" tab
- Activate the option "Hide content"
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Google Pixel 4 XL, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 4 XL.
