We use our Vivo Y16s for so many things that they have now become secure things, we don't necessarily want them to fall into just any hands. Whether it's messages, photos, browsing history... There are a number of points that you potentially don't want to share with the rest of the world.
We will now focus on the information that remains accessible even with the phone locked. And, as you've probably noticed, there are quite a few, including text messages, your emails, your applications that send you push notifications... In the event that you want to make sure that your privacy 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 Vivo Y16?
To do this, first, we will find out how you can disable notifications on your Vivo Y16, then, how to hide only the content of text messages while keeping the notification that a new message has arrived on your Vivo Y16.
How to hide all notifications on a Vivo Y16?
So we start our tutorial by showing you the two possible solutions in the event that you want disable notifications on your Vivo Y16. We will first see how to deactivate the notifications of 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, secondly, how to deactivate all notifications on your Vivo Y16. In the event that you also want, do not hesitate to take a look at our tutorial to discover how to hide an app icon on your Vivo Y16.
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. Indeed, deactivating notifications on your Vivo Y16 only from messaging applications or from an application that you do not want those around you to know about or what is happening on it is in most cases the most common reason for this. Type of research.
The procedure is very simple, apply in a very simple way the few instructions which follow:
- Access the "Settings" of your Vivo Y16
- Access the "Applications" menu
- Find the application whose message content you want to hide in the notification bar of your Vivo Y16
- In "Application settings" click on notification and turn off the display of notifications of it
How to turn off notifications from all apps on your Vivo Y16?
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 technique to avoid being disturbed by them. Nevertheless, you will have to carry out the procedure yourself to go and 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 Vivo Y16 apply the following instructions:
- Go to the "Settings" of your Vivo Y16
- Tap on "Notifications"
- Disable all notification options so that you no longer have anything displayed in the notification bar of your Vivo Y16
How to hide only the content of the message on the notification bar of your Vivo Y16?
Finally, if you ever want to hide only the content of messages in the notification bar of your Vivo Y16 , the procedure will be significantly different. It will allow you, even unlocked phone not to display the preview of text messages in the notification bar. We explain it to you below:
- Go to the "Settings" of your Vivo Y16
- 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 Vivo Y16, apply these indications:
- Go to the "Settings" of your Vivo Y16
- Go to the "Lock screen" menu
- Tap on the "Notifications" tab
- Activate the option "Hide content"
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the Vivo Y16, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Live Y16.
