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Beautility, My Ultimate iPhone Setup
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Tips To Reduce Notifications On Your Phone
- Remove all unnecessary items from the home screen to reduce your need to check for notifications.
- Use a bland background.
- Put all of your apps, except three, in one folder named “Apps” and use the search function to find them. The three apps on the home screen represent things you choose to do on the phone if you’re not responding to a push notification.
- Turn all notifications off. If you can’t do that turn off the notifications you don’t need and if the app has time sensitive notifications, make the app quickly accessible in the folder.
- Use widgets to have easy access to things you might need throughout the day.
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