Access Hidden Notifications in Your iPhone’s History - Tutorial Included

What to Know

• Swipe up from the middle on your iPhone’s Lock Screen to pull up the Notification Center.
• Unlocked iPhone:Swipe down from thetop-left corner of the screen.
• There is no way to recall deleted notifications.

This article explains how to find and interact with older notifications on your iPhone.

How Do I View Past Notifications on iPhone?

Notifications that have recently popped up on your iPhone’s lock screen should remain visible for some time. However, eventually, they will disappear or be replaced by more recent ones. If you happen to miss any notifications, recalling them is simple.

Attempting to view older (but still active) notifications on your iPhone’s lock screen uses the same steps regardless of whether you allow notifications to display on a locked iPhone.

1. If your iPhone’s screen is turned off, turn it on by tapping it or, depending on which iPhone you have, pressing either thePower orHome button.
2. Swipe up from the middle of your iPhone’s Lock Screen to pull up a list of notifications. If there are no notifications, you’ll seeNo Older Notifications appear instead.
3. Depending on the number of pending notifications, you may see all of them or be organized into groups based on the apps that generated the notifications.
   
4. Tap a notification, such as a text, to open the connected app.
   If your iPhone is locked, you must unlock it with Face ID, Touch ID, or your password to continue.
5. Swipe left on a notification (or grouping of notifications) to pull up theOptions andClear/Clear All buttons.
6. TapOptions to pull up a small menu to adjust notification settings for the app the notification originated from. If desired, you can use the menu to mute or turn off notifications for the app.
   
7. TapClear orClear All (depending on if there’s one or several notifications in one category) to delete notifications from an organized group.

This action will remove existing notifications from your Lock Screen until new ones appear but will not affect anything from within the app itself. It will also not affect notifications badges appearing on the app’s icon.
8. If you want to delete all current notifications at once, tapX (next to Notification Center), then tapClear All Notifications . As withClear All , this will remove existing notifications from your iPhone’s lock screen.

9. To view notifications when your phone is not on the Lock Screen, swipe down from the top-left corner of the screen. This will reveal your iPhone’s Lock Screen (though it won’t actually lock your phone).

10. The (unlocked) Lock Screen will display any available notifications, which will be organized by app.
11. If there are no notifications to view, the screen will display No Older Notifications instead.
    
12. You can interact with any available notifications in the same way as above.

How Do I See Deleted Notifications?

Unfortunately, you cannot view notifications once you’ve deleted them. If you delete, clear, or open one, it will no longer appear on your iPhone’s lock screen, and there’s no way to retrieve it.

If the notifications have not been deleted and can’t be seen when you first turn on your iPhone’s screen, you should be able to view them by following the same steps as above.

How to Turn Off Do Not Disturb on an iPhone 15

FAQ

• How do I turn off notifications on an iPhone?
  Toturn off notifications on an iPhone , open the Settings app and tapNotifications . Tap any app you want to disable notifications for, and then toggle offAllow Notifications . To temporarily disable notifications, put your iPhone in Do Not Disturb mode.
• Why am I not getting text notifications on my iPhone?
  If you aren’t getting notifications about texts on your iPhone, check your notification permissions. OpenSettings and tapNotifications , then scroll down and tapMessages . Ensure thatAllow Notifications is toggled on (green).
• How do I turn on Instagram notifications on my iPhone?
  You’ll enable Instagram notifications viaSettings . Open settings, tapNotifications, and then tapInstagram . Toggle onAllow Notifications .

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