Finally cleared my phone notification bar after 3 years of clutter

I had over 400 unread notifications just sitting there on my lock screen. Apps for weather, games I don't even play anymore, random store alerts. Last Saturday I spent 20 minutes going into each app's settings and turning off all non-essential notifications. Now I only get texts and calls popping up and my phone actually feels less stressful to look at. Has anyone else done a full notification audit and noticed a difference?

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ericb669d ago

Oh man, I did this exact thing like 2 months ago. I had like 600 unread emails from the Gmail app alone and about 150 random app notifications I was just ignoring. I turned off everything except texts, calls, and my bank app. The difference is huge, I actually look forward to checking my phone now instead of dreading the screen full of junk. My battery life even got better somehow.

jamiekim9d ago

Did you set your email to manual fetch too? That alone saved my sanity.