Re: Will blocking notifications block all of them f rom a company?

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-04-24 07:47, AJL wrote:

On 4/23/25 9:49 PM, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 24 Apr 2025 03:15:50 -0000 (UTC), AJL
<noemail@none.com> wrote:
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On 4/23/25 7:03 PM, micky wrote:

I looked at Instacart's app and checked with restaurants near me would
deliver through them, then today I got a notification from them.
I hate notifications.  They take my attention and waste my time.
But if I turn them off, block them in settings, in general, will that
stop nofiications when I actually do business with, for example,
insstacart?  If I order a delivery, when they text me about
substitutions or when/if it will be delivered, is that going to be
turned off too, or only the annoying notifications.

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Hold the app's icon down for a few seconds until a small menu pops
up. Tick
the "i". That should take you to an app info screen. Notifications
should
be near the top. Tick that and turn off the switch. That should turn off
notifications for that app only.

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Thanks for your reply.
I understand that it would be that app only, but would it be the
annoying notifications only,

 
It would be ALL notifications for that ONE app. But since the above process

 
Somewhere I have seen a list of notification types for one app, and you
can block one type or class of notifications.

Many apps allow you to select *within the app* which types of notifications
they'll show you.  eg you can opt out of promotions but still be notified of
deliveries.

Then in the system settings for each app you can block all notifications, or
there are settings for each class of notifications the app chooses to offer.
eg in the ebay app there are categories for 'general notifications',
'recommendations and rewards', 'shopping updates', etc.  For each one you
can change the behaviour - eg you could have it make a different sound for
'selling notifications' and have 'rewards' be silent.

Finally SMS notifications come from the SMS app not the service provider's
app (ebay, instacart, etc).  In the AOSP Messaging app it allows you to set
different settings for each sender, so you could eg mute notifications from
your bank but have family members' SMS each make a different noise.

(this is in GrapheneOS of Android 15, but I think this also applies to stock
Android too)

Theo