This tutorial teaches you to see the notification history of your Android or iPhone so you don’t miss anything. Whether you use Android or iPhone this procedure is very simple, as well as seeing the history of applications installed on Google Play. Keep reading!
Sometimes, with daily busyness, you don’t have the time to be aware of the phone and all the notifications that arrive. Sometimes there are so many that they just get lost in the long list and in the end, you can’t see them all.
There is a false belief that if notifications do not appear in the status bar of your phone you will not be able to see them. You should know that there is a way of seeing them that very few people know.
There are two options to view the notification history of your Android or iPhone, the first is through the settings widget on the main screen in the case of Android, from the notification center if you have iPhone and with external applications. Find out how to do it with the following instructions.
Use phone settings to view Android or iPhone notification history
Just as the settings are used to update the Android software of a phone or tablet or simply know if the Android is 34-64 bits, they are also useful in this tutorial scenario.
The main way to see the notification history of your Android or iPhone is through the mobile settings. It is the least complicated way to do it for both operating systems since you do not need to do much more than use the tools that your mobile offers you.
Android notification history
This feature is available for the Android operating system from the 4.3 Jelly Bean update onwards.
It is important to take into account that it only works on pure Android and you must always have the latest version of the software on your mobile updated.
Here are the steps to follow so that you can see the Android notification history from the phone settings:
- Go to the main screen of your mobile and press and hold any part that is free.
- After a few seconds, a menu will appear on the screen offering different options. Find the one that says “Display Settings” and select it.
- When you are in the screen settings window, scroll down until you find the option “Notification log”.
- Selecting this option will fix the notification log widget on the main screen. To see the history you just have to go to the main screen and click on it.
iPhone notification history
From any iPhone, you can see all the notifications that have reached your mobile thanks to the Notification Center. To do this you must follow the following steps:
- If you want to see your notifications from the locked screen, you only have to, from the middle of the screen, slide your finger up.
- To see all notifications from any screen of your mobile you have to slide your finger down from the top of it.
- From the notification center, you can also delete all history. You just have to press and hold the X button and select “Delete all notifications”.
External applications to view the notification history of your Android or iPhone
If your mobile does not use Pure Android, you will not be able to see its notification history through the widget that we have mentioned before.
However, you can use applications to view the notification log, with the exception that notices prior to the installation of the application cannot be recovered. You will also have to grant permission to access your mobile notifications.
Notification history
It is a fairly simple application to use and has a good reputation, you get it in the Play Store. The first thing you should do is install it and grant it the necessary permissions. Once this is done, the app allows you to sort your notifications according to the application that sends them; You can also sort them chronologically or search for a specific one.