A new feature in iOS 11 will now let you disable lock screen notifications and previews for just about any app. Here are the details. Apple’s iOS 11 is in the midst of its beta program and while we are very much at the beginning of that process, there are plenty of new features or simple changes to existing ones that have already been discovered to be part of iOS 11 so far.
iOS 11 allows you to manage notification preview with optimum ease. It’s a must have feature for the folks who are always concerned about the privacy of their messages or notifications. If you wish to offer some curtain to your personal messages, check this quick guide to hiding notification previews in iOS 11 on your iPhone and iPad.
Need a simple way to turn off, disable or hide Notifications Preview on iPhone or iPad in iOS 11? This article will show you different methods of how to disable lock screen notifications and previews in iOS 11 devices on your own. Follow to hide unwanted notification on your own now.
How to disable lock screen notifications and previews in iOS 11 for specific app on iPhone and iPad
For now, lock screen notifications cannot be disabled altogether at once. Instead, you are to disable this feature for each app individually.
For instance, notifications from messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, among others. This might be your top priority, so you could disable lock screen notifications for those apps and services.
If you have no clue on how to get this done, simply follow the simple guide below:
Step 1: ===> Open up the “Settings” app on your iOS device
Step 2: ===> tap on “Notifications”.
Step 3: ===> Just scroll down and choose the application that you want to disable lock screen notifications for. Here on this example, I decided to disable lock screen notifications for WhatsApp
Step 4: ===> the next menu, you will be able to disable lock screen notifications and previews for that particular app by simply tapping on “Show on Lock Screen” toggle.
How to disable lock screen notifications and previews in iOS 11 on iPhone and iPad
Step 1: ===>Launch Settings app on your iOS device
Step 2: ===> Scroll down and tap on Notifications.
Step 3: ===> Now, you have to tap on Show Previews.
Step 4: ===> lastly, either select when unlocked or Never.
Transfer iOS 11 data to PC to prevent Notifications Preview from reading them
The other way to avoid or prevent Notification Preview from reading and popping up information of private data in iOS 11 devices is to transfer and move specific data to PC or other storage devices with the help of free iPhone data transfer software. Details bellow.
Step 1: ===> Connect iPhone 7s/iPhone 7s Plus/iPhone 8 or iPad etc iOS 11 devices to PC
Step 2: ===> Download, install and launch EaseUS MobiMover
Step 3: ===> select Transfer to PC to allow this iOS data transfer software to read all data on iOS device automatically
Step 4: ===> Select data such as Contacts, Notes, Music files, videos, images/photos or PDF etc that you need to transfer together from iOS 11 device to computer or external storage device as it pleases you.
Step 5: ===> Click Browse to select the location on PC to transfer selected data to by clicking Transfer
Step 6: ===> Wait for the iOS 11 data transferring process to complete.
After this, you can delete transferred data on iOS 11 iPhone, iPad etc and clear all relative information so that Notifications Preview will not be able to read and pop up a notice on your device again.
Finally
Following any of these methods will help to disable lock screen notifications and previews on iOS devices either on single app or the entire apps on your devices.
If you have any other method of achieving this, fill free to share with us on the comment box bellow. If this write up helped you, kindly share with your friend on any social media.
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