For awhile now on iPhone, you’ve had the ability to hide message previews when receiving a notification from the Messages app. Now, with iOS 11, you can also disable previews for notifications from all your other apps. For example, say you have Facebook notifications enabled and a friend comments on your photo. Normally, you’d receive a notification that tells you that person commented on your photo. But when you disable notification previews, you’ll simply see that you have a Facebook notification, with no further info being displayed on the Lock screen. Here’s how to disable notification previews for all apps with iOS 11 on iPhone.
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How to Disable Notification Previews for All Apps
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Notifications.
- At the top, select Show Previews.
- To disable all notification previews, tap Never.
- To hide previews only when your phone is locked, tap When Unlocked.
