We do so many things with our Sony Xperia 5 that they have now become sensitive elements, we don't necessarily want them to fall into just any hands. Whether it concerns messages, photos, browsing history… There are a number of points that we potentially don't want to share with the rest of the world.
In this guide, we will focus on the information that remains accessible even with the locked mobile phone. And, as you will no doubt have noticed, there are quite a few, including those for texting, your emails, your applications that send you push notifications ... In the event that you want to preserve your privacy, there are a solution for this kind of problem, we will, in this guide, show you how to hide the content of messages in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 5?
To do this, first of all, we will find out how you can deactivate notifications on your Sony Xperia 5, then, how to hide only the content of text messages while keeping the information that a new message has arrived on your Sony. Xperia 5.
How to hide all notifications on a Sony Xperia 5?
So we start our article by showing you the two possible methods if you ever want to. disable notifications on your Sony Xperia 5. We will first explain to you how to deactivate notifications from a single application, such as Facebook Messenger, or your Messages application, 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 Sony Xperia 5. In the event that you also want, you can take a look at our article to find out how to hide an application icon on your Sony Xperia 5.
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 Sony Xperia 5 only from messaging applications or from an application that you do not want those around you to find out or what is happening on it is generally the most common reason of this kind. of research.
The technique is very easy, apply the following few steps very easily:
- Access the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- Find the application whose message content you want to hide in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 5
- In "Application settings" tap notification and turn off the display of notifications thereof
How to turn off notifications from all applications of your Sony Xperia 5?
Finally, if you ever get fed up, in addition to not wanting to share them, with the systematically higher number of notifications that we receive, there is a radical solution to prevent you from being disturbed by them. However, you will have to do the procedure yourself of going to check 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 Sony Xperia 5 apply the following steps:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5
- Tap on "Notifications"
- Deactivate all the notification options so that you no longer have anything displayed in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 5
How to hide only the content of the message on the notification bar of Sony Xperia 5?
Finally, in the event that you want to hide only the content of the messages in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 5 , the technique will be significantly different. It will give you the option, even when the phone is unlocked, not to display the text message preview in the notification bar. We explain it to you below:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- Choose the messaging app whose content you want to hide
- Disable the option "Viewing notifications"
Otherwise, if you ever want to simply hide the content of messages on the lock screen of your Sony Xperia 5, follow these instructions:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5
- Go to the "Lock screen" menu
- Tap on the "Notifications" tab
- Activate the option "Hide content"
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