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How do I manage notifications on the moto z4 ?

When you receive unwanted notifications from an app, touch & hold the notification, then touch Turn off notifications.
 
To review all apps and adjust whether they can send notifications:
  1. Swipe down to view your notifications.
  2. At the bottom of the list, touch Manage
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To stop all notifications from an app, turn it off .
    • To stop certain notifications from an app, touch the app name, then turn notifications on  or off  for each category.
    • To stop an app from showing notifications as a banner across the top of an unlocked screen, like those for incoming calls, touch the app name, then turn Pop on screen off  for the category.

Receive silent notifications

If you want an app's notifications to be less intrusive, you can categorize them:
  • Alerting: You'll hear a sound, get a message on your lock screen, and can see the app's icon in your status bar.
  • Silent: You won't hear a sound or feel a vibration. But the notification will show up when you swipe down from the top of your screen.
To silence an app's notifications:
  1. Touch & hold a notification.
  2. Touch Silent
To add sound and vibration to an app's notifications, just touch & hold a notification and touch Alerting.

Turn notification dots off or on

You can control whether app icons show dots to alert you about unread notifications.
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To turn off for all apps:

  1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications
  2. Touch Advanced
  3. Turn Allow notification dots on or off

To turn off for one app:

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch Image > Notifications
  3. Touch Advanced
  4. Turn Allow notification dot on or off.

Change notification sound

To change the sound for all app notifications:

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Advanced > Default notification sound
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To change it, choose a new sound.
    • To turn notification sounds off, select None

To change the notification sound for a specific app:

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch Image > Notifications
  3. Touch the category for check marked notifications, then touch Advanced > Sound and select a unique ringtone, or set it to none.

    If you don't see Sound, touch Behavior and select an option that includes sound.
To adjust the volume level of notifications:
  1. Press a Volume button and on the screen touch
  2. Adjust the  slider.

Bypass Do Not Disturb

To let an app's notifications be heard when Do not disturb is on:

  1. Touch & hold the app icon.
  2. Touch Image > Notifications
  3. Touch the category for check marked notifications, then touch Advanced, and turn Override Do Not Disturb on.

Control lock screen notifications

If you've set a pattern, PIN or password, you can prevent lock screen notifications from revealing private information.

To adjust notifications for all apps:

  1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications
     
  2. To hide sensitive content on your lock screen, turn Sensitive notifications off
    You’ll get lock screen notifications for an incoming email or chat, but they won’t include message details.
    For finer control, leave this on  to allow details, and instead hide sensitive content from specific apps. Touch On lock screen

     
  3. To change which notifications show on your lock screen (show all, hide notifications from apps you silenced, or hide all), touch Notifications on lockscreen.
To hide sensitive content from specific apps:
  1. Set lock screen notifications for all apps to Show alerting and silent notifications
  2. Touch & hold the app icon, then touch Image > Notifications
  3. Touch the category for checkmarked notifications.
  4. Touch Advanced > Lock screen > Show sensitive content only when unlocked

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