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How to customize notification permissions in Android 13

We all agree that there aren’t too many major updates in the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, especially compared to Android 12 Material You, an impressive update. However, something very good is the possibility of customize notification permissions in Android 13.

Basically, apps can’t send us notifications by default. We must allow the app to do this, giving us more control over what happens on our device.

Customize notification permissions in Android 13

One thing to consider before we get started is that notification preferences carry over from Android 12. So users who have devices that have been updated to Android 13 instead of running it out of the box for the first time will only see the notification permissions window. notification for new apps that install after updating.

But to make everything more comfortable, we are going to give precise instructions in all possible scenarios below.

for new applications

We are going to have to open a newly installed app on our phone for the first time. We will see that a window appears that will ask us for permissions to send notifications. Here we can choose Allow or Disallow.

This also applies if our phone has Android 13 out of the box and we are running the app for the first time.

From the notification panel

We will swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification panel. Next, we’ll long-press the app notification and tap Turn off notifications so we can disable all app notifications.

We press the gear icon on the right to access all the notification settings for this app. Here we can review the notification settings of the app and change them according to our needs.

From the app drawer we can customize the notification permissions of Android apps

We swipe up from the home screen to access the app drawer. In case our device does not have an app drawer, we slide to the left or right, so we find the application we are looking for.

Once we find the app, we will press and hold the app icon until App info appears.

Now we are going to press Notifications and we are going to see all the available options. We will have to decide what we activate and deactivate depending on what we want.

How to do it from Settings

We open Settings or Settings on our device, select Applications and then See all applications.

We will have to find the application that we want to customize and click on it. Now we are going to press Notifications; we proceed to enable or disable the changes according to our needs.

Control over push notifications

The level of control we have over notifications will depend on the application. Various developers make it extremely easy to customize notifications. On the other hand, we find others that do not allow too much customization of notifications. So the only option we have left in this case is to disable them completely.

Regardless of this, we cannot deny that it is a very good addition and that we needed in Android devices to improve the day to day use of our phone. Surely, on many occasions you found yourself checking the phone repeatedly due to notifications from different applications that made us confused, thinking that we had received some important message or email.

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