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Android – How to remove Unwanted App Notifications

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Unwanted App Notifications are a pain. Also If you didn’t know, these notifications can also be a big battery drain.

Fortunately if you are on Android version 4.1 or higher there is a simple way to permanently remove an app’s notifications. Here is how you do that:

  1. In your notification bar, do a long press on the unwanted App Notification.
  2. You should get a pop up option “App info“
  3. Tap on App Info and you will be taken to the App Info page of the App
  4. Here Uncheck “Show Notifications” and hit OK in the confirmation box.

Now you should be free of unwanted notifications in future 🙂

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How to Enable Whatsapp Notification Light – Nexus 5

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Nexus 5‘s notification LED can be configured to notify new messages on Whatsapp. It can be configured to show different color light based on the type of message received too. Here is how to do it:

  1. Open Whatsapp and goto the Settings page.
  2. Select “Notificaitons”
  3. Scroll down to find the section “Message Notifications” and select the “Light” option
  4. Choose the color of notification you want for messages

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To configure for Group Notifications, follow the first two steps as the above and then do this:

  • Scroll down to find the section “Group Notifications” and select the “Light” option
  • Choose the color of notification you want for group messages

 

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Android Nexus 5 Solutions

How to Enable Notification Light on Nexus 5

Nexus 5 comes with a beautiful multi color notification light. This can be used to notify events when the screen is off.  This feature is disabled by default and can be enabled from here:

  • Goto Settings -> Display
  • Check the tickbox option next to “Pulse Notification Light”

You might need to configure the color of the light, frequency and other options in the specific application’s settings(like Whatsapp and Gmail), for which you want the notifications.