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Oliver Haslam

How to clean up your iPhone’s lock screen notifications in iOS 16

Nobody wants to be buried beneath an avalanche of notifications. Sure, you could turn them off, but how else would you know when your crush likes your Instagram story? Luckily, iOS 16 has the answer: letting you receive notifications, but on your own terms.

Apple added a new feature with iOS 16 that lets you change how notifications appear on your iPhone. With iOS 15 (or earlier), they tend to take over your screen. But with iOS 16, you can choose from three different ways to display notifications, including one that hides them almost entirely, giving you a proper view of your chosen lock screen wallpaper.

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