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ShouldersChestPantsShoes
User level: Level 1 (10 points)

How do I disable unwanted notifications and pop-ups on my iPhone?

I’m really hating the iPhone experience. It never stops asking me questions, giving me annoying pop-ups, unwanted notifications, spaammmm, and to top it off… IT JUST DOESNT WORK.



ALSO… Does anyone here know how to write a title for an Apple Discussions post? It used to be at the top of the input box, but it’s not there anymore. Just more “innovation” from Apple. 🙄 Let me guess… some AI chat troll is going to write the perfect title for me? Right? Did I get it Wright?



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Original Title: Unwanted creepy iPhone AI

Posted on Oct 7, 2026 1:52 PM

3 replies

IdrisSeabright
User level: Level 10 (201,695 points)

Oct 8, 2026 8:31 AM in response to ShouldersChestPantsShoes

ShouldersChestPantsShoes wrote:
I’m really hating the iPhone experience. It never stops asking me questions, giving me annoying pop-ups, unwanted notifications, spaammmm, and to top it off… IT JUST DOESNT WORK.

I agree with Rudegar. It sounds as if you haven't properly customized your notifications. It can be a bit tedious but it will make all the difference. I start by going through and turning them off for almost everything. Why would I ever need a notification from a game? Then I carefully consider every app that has them turned on: do I really need this?


You should also go to Settings>Apps>Phone and select your preferred method for being notified about unknown callers. You can even set it so that you're not notified at all. You might also want to go to Settings>Apps>Messages and enable Screen Unknown Calls and Filter Spam. That also helps.

ShouldersChestPantsShoes Author
User level: Level 1 (10 points)

Oct 7, 2026 1:53 PM in response to ShouldersChestPantsShoes

YEP, I WAS RIGHT!!!


Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256372136