We do so many things with our Sony Xperia 8 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 lot of points that we certainly don't want to share with the whole world.
In this guide, we will focus on the information that remains accessible even with the locked smartphone. And, you will undoubtedly have noticed it, there are many, among others those of texts, your emails, your applications which send you push notifications ... In the event that you wish to preserve your private life, there is a solution for this kind of problem, we will, in this article, teach you how to hide the content of messages in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 8?
For this, first of all, we will see how it is possible to deactivate notifications on your Sony Xperia 8, then, how to hide only the content of text messages while keeping the notification that you have received a new message on your Sony Xperia 8.
How to hide all notifications on a Sony Xperia 8?
We therefore start our tutorial by presenting you the two possible alternatives in the event that you wish disable notifications on your Sony Xperia 8. We will first explain to you how to deactivate the notifications of a single application, such as for example Facebook Messenger, or your Messages application to be reassured and that the curious little ones cannot know with whom you exchange messages. Then, after, how to deactivate all the notifications of your Sony Xperia 8. In the event that you also wish, we invite you to take a look at our article to find out how to hide an application icon on your Sony Xperia 8.
How to turn off notifications from a single app
We start with the first option, it is probably the one that interests you the most. Indeed, deactivating notifications on your Sony Xperia 8 only from messaging applications or from an application that you do not want your loved ones to know about or what is happening on it is generally the most classic reason for this kind of problem. research.
The technique is very easy, very easily apply the few steps below:
- Access the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 8
- Access the "Applications" menu
- Find the application whose message content you want to hide in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 8
- In "Application settings" tap notification and turn off the display of notifications of it
How to turn off notifications from all applications of your Sony Xperia 8?
Finally, in the event that you have enough, in addition to not wanting to share them, of the necessarily greater number of notifications that we receive, there is a radical solution to avoid you being bothered by them. this. On the other hand, you will have to take the step yourself of going to check in each application whether 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 Sony Xperia 8 apply the steps below:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 8
- Click on "Notifications"
- Deactivate all the notification options so that you no longer have anything displayed in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 8
How to hide only the content of the message on the notification bar of Sony Xperia 8?
Finally, in the event that you want to hide only the content of the messages in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 8 , the technique will be a little different. It will allow you, even an unlocked device, not to display the preview of text messages in the notification bar. We present it to you below:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 8
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- Choose 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 Sony Xperia 8, apply these indications:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 8
- Go to the "Lock screen" menu
- Click on the "Notifications" tab
- Activate the option "Hide content"
If you are ever looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Sony Xperia 8, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia 8.
