How to Manage iOS 26 Notifications

How to Manage iOS 26 Notifications

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If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the amount of notifications you’re getting, you’re hardly alone—that’s why we’re here to show you how to manage notifications on your iPhone.

As great as the iPhone is, it can be pretty distracting when you think about it. According to a study conducted in 2024, the average person will receive 146 notifications per day.

And the younger you are, the more notifications you get. Gen Zers received about 181 notifications a day – about one every eight minutes.

But it isn’t have be so, be You can stay on top of the onslaught of notifications using a number of proactive methods and AppleInsider is here to show you how.

Set up a scheduled summary in iOS 26

One of the most annoying things about notifications isn’t necessarily the number of notifications, but the frequency with which they come. If you’re really getting notifications every few minutes, Scheduled Summary can help you group it into more manageable chunks throughout the day.

Set up a scheduled summary

  1. Open on iPhone Settings application

  2. Tap Notification

  3. Tap Planned summary

  4. Switch Planned summary we

  5. Tap Continue

  6. Set a schedule for notification summaries

  7. Select the apps you want to see in the scheduled summary

  8. Press the button when finished back button

Turn off notifications for individual apps

If you have an app that keeps blowing up your phone, you can completely revoke its right to send you notifications. This is great if you have an app that you only use occasionally and that sends you a lot of spam notifications.

  1. OPEN Settings

  2. Tap Notification

  3. Scroll down and tap the app you want to stop receiving notifications for

  4. Turn off Enable notifications

How to Turn Off Government Notifications on iPhone

If you’ve owned a smartphone for a while, chances are you’ve had a pretty good scare from an ill-timed government warning. These include weather alerts, AMBER alerts – basically anything the government wants you to see.

However, there are some government warnings that we would advise you to ignore. For example, Public Safety Alerts and Emergency Alerts provide warnings of both serious and extreme imminent threat – probably a good idea to leave them on.

  1. OPEN Settings

  2. Scroll down to the section being read Government notice

  3. Turn off any notifications you no longer want to receive

  4. When done, either close the settings or press rear button

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