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How to Clear All Your iPhone Notifications At Once

This post provides a guide on clearing notifications on the iPhone, either individually or all at once. It also includes a disclaimer on the evolving nature of technology. The post ends with a quote and information on sharing the post and accessing the author’s eBook on the Battle of Tra Bong Vietnam.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
March 5, 2024

This is for the iPhone. Screenshots are from iPhone 14 Pro running iOS 17+

Notifications on your iPhone provide important updates and information at a glance. However, if you are like us and do not dismiss or interact with your notifications, they can start to pile up. When your Notification Center becomes cluttered and clogged up, you can easily clear notifications on your iPhone simultaneously. Let’s explore this easy feature.

Clear All Your iPhone Notifications

If you are feeling overwhelmed by all the unread notifications in your Notification Center, clearing them might help.

Unlock your phone and swipe down from the top left of your screen

swipe up from your Lock Screen to pull them up.to open the Notification Center.

Tap and hold the “X” icon for a moment. Refer to the below image:

Clear Notifications 1 — Selecting the icon to clear all notifications

Tap Clear or Clear All Notifications when it pops up. See the below image:

Clear Notifications 2 — Clear all notifications

Once you tap Clear or Clear All Notifications, all of your notifications will instantly disappear from the Notification Center. Now you do not have to deal with hundreds of notifications clogging up your phone every day!

Clear One

You can delete them one at a time by swiping the notification to the left, and then tap Clear or Clear All. See the following image:

Clear Notifications 3 — Clear one notification

Disclaimer

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3 iPhone Settings to Check

Year after year, Apple rolls out new features and settings for its iPhones, adding more customization options that change how we use our phones.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
April 25, 2023

Year after year, Apple rolls out new features and settings for its iPhones, adding more customization options that change how we use our phones.

Now is a good time to review some settings. Take a few minutes to peruse these three settings and make sure you are getting the most out of your iPhone.

This is for the iPhone. Screenshots are from iPhone 14 Pro running iOS 16+

Check Individual Settings

First, if a factory reset is too drastic, you can handpick the settings that need a refresh. Head to:

Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset

Next, tap Reset All Settings to refresh your iPhone’s network settings, keyboard dictionary, location settings, privacy settings, and Apple Pay cards all in one shot, without deleting your photos, contacts, or other data and media. Refer to the below image:

Or update them one by one (the preferred method).

Having connectivity problems? Choose Reset Network Settings to remove previously used networks and VPNs (that were not installed using a configuration profile).
If there’s an issue with your phone’s layout, try Reset Home Screen Layout to return Apple’s built-in apps to the Home screen, like they would be on a new phone out of the box.
Each time you tap on a word or spelling the phone does not know, it notes it and saves the information to your dictionary. If something goes wrong, try Reset Keyboard Dictionary to erase all the words you have added and reset the suggested words you see while typing.
To revoke location access for people or apps, tap Reset Location and Privacy to restore those settings to their default. (For people, this can also be managed from the Find My app.) When you re-open apps that used your location, like Uber or Google Maps, they will likely ask you to grant them access to your location again.

Enable Safety Check

In iOS 16, Apple added Safety Check to quickly disconnect from people and apps that may be tracking you, either with or without your knowledge. In the case of domestic abuse or other harmful situations, this feature can help restore control of the iPhone to its owner.

It can also be helpful to revisit share settings that you made in the past and forgot about to disconnect from anyone who may still have access to your content, location, or settings.

First, to review the people and apps you are sharing information with, head to

Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check > Manage Sharing & Access

to see your current settings and decide if you want to change anything or not. See the below image:

Fix Notifications

If there are some apps that are not notifying you when you think they should be, there is no single solution to fix those settings. Instead, you will have to change things manually for individual apps: First, head to:

Settings > Notifications

to find a list of all the apps on your phone. Next, choose Scheduled Summary to see if any apps have been set to deliver notifications at a specific time.

You can also inspect an individual app. An app’s notifications can be enabled or disabled from the Allow Notifications toggle at the top of the screen. You can also decide whether the app notifies you on the Lock Screen, Notification Center, and uses Banners.

If you scroll to the bottom of the Notifications section, you can turn off, or back on, AMBER Alerts, Emergency Alerts, and Public Safety Alerts. See the following image: