We do so many things with our OnePlus 6 that they have now become sensitive elements, we don't necessarily want just anyone to have access to them. Whether it is messages, photos, browsing history… There are a lot of points that we potentially don't want to share with the rest of the world.
Today we will focus on the information that remains accessible even with the locked smartphone. And, you will undoubtedly have noticed, there are a multitude of them, among others those of the messages, your emails, your applications which send you push notifications ... In the event that you want to make sure that your privacy does not will not be violated, there is a solution for this type of problem, we will, in this article, explain to you how to hide the content of messages in the notification bar of your OnePlus 6?
In this context, first of all, we will find out how it is possible to deactivate notifications on your OnePlus 6, then, how to hide only the content of messages while keeping the notification that a new message has arrived on your OnePlus 6 .
How to hide all notifications on a OnePlus 6?
We therefore start our guide by presenting you the two possible methods in the eventuality where you want disable notifications on your OnePlus 6. We will first see 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 who you are communicating with. Then, in a second step, how to deactivate all the notifications of your OnePlus 6. In the event that you also want to, we invite you to take a look at our tutorial to find out how to hide an application icon on your OnePlus 6.
How to turn off notifications from a single app
We start with the first solution, it is probably the one that interests you the most. In fact, deactivating notifications on your OnePlus 6 only from messaging applications or an application that you do not want your loved ones to find out about or what is happening on it is most of the time the most common reason for this. Type of research.
The process is very simple, simply apply the few indications below:
- Go to the “Settings” of your OnePlus 6
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- Find the application whose message content you want to hide in the notification bar of your OnePlus 6
- In "Application settings" tap notification and turn off the display of notifications of it
How to turn off notifications from all apps of your OnePlus 6?
Finally, in the event that you are fed up, in addition to not wanting to share them, of the inevitably higher number of notifications that we receive, there is a radical solution to ensure that you are not more disturbed by these. However, you will have to take the step yourself of going to look in each application if you have received a message or in the event that something has happened, to hide the content of all applications in the notification bar of your OnePlus 6 apply the indications below:
- Go to the “Settings” of your OnePlus 6
- Tap on "Notifications"
- Deactivate all the notification options so that you no longer have displayed anything in the notification bar of your OnePlus 6
How to hide only the content of the message on the OnePlus 6 notification bar?
Finally, in the event that you want to hide only the message content in the notification bar of your OnePlus 6 , the process will be a little 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 present it to you below:
- Go to the “Settings” of your OnePlus 6
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- Select the messaging app whose content you want to hide
- Disable the option "Viewing notifications"
Otherwise, in the event that you simply want to hide the content of the messages on the lock screen of your OnePlus 6, follow these instructions:
- Go to the “Settings” of your OnePlus 6
- Go to the "Lock screen" menu
- Tap on the "Notifications" tab
- Activate the option "Hide content"
If you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the OnePlus 6, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: OnePlus 6.
