---
title: "How to stop notifications from showing up on the lock screen"  
description: "Android provides features for notification with default sound. If you get any notification it’s give a sound for get notification for example mail not"  
author: "Manoj Pandey"  
published: 2015-05-06  
updated: 2019-12-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1762/how-to-stop-notifications-from-showing-up-on-the-lock-screen  
category: "mobile/tablet"  
tags: ["mobile device", "mobile troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to stop notifications from showing up on the lock screen

[Android](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1567/navigation-drawer-implementation-in-android) provides [features](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86404/best-5-rolls-royce-cars-to-buy-with-features-and-price) for [notification](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/205/property-notification-in-c-sharp) with default sound. If you get any notification it’s give a sound for get notification for example mail notifications, [text message](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50389/what-to-do-when-your-iphone-6s-keeps-saying-that-your-sim-sent-a-text-message), [social media](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83903/why-social-media-is-so-important-for-promotion), alerts etc. It’s also provides us when device is [lock screen](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2585/spotify-launches-lock-screen-and-notification-area-support-for-android-13-s-redesigned-media-player) mode. It can be a handy way to help you see whether a notification is important or not without actually [unlocking your](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94871/can-anyone-read-your-notes-without-unlocking-your-iphone-13) phone. However, it also means that anyone that picks up [your phone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/108492/what-to-do-if-your-phone-is-frozen) can see snippets of information that might be private.\

***Android offers to hide notifications alert beep sound. If you want to hide notification alert sound then follow below steps-:***

1. Open Settings.

2. Click on Sound & notification.

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![How to stop notifications from showing up on the lock screen](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/2e4a74bb-4a56-4cfb-860f-03023daca0bd/images/cbac13b8-62fa-4c3e-8c44-437c8b5c9e58.png)\

3. Now scroll down the content and click on when device is locked or While locked.

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![How to stop notifications from showing up on the lock screen](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/2e4a74bb-4a56-4cfb-860f-03023daca0bd/images/6c716a89-7738-4cee-8630-ca20c874b075.png)\

4. Choose Hide [sensitivity](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2273/what-are-different-types-of-collation-sensitivity) notification content.

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![How to stop notifications from showing up on the lock screen](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/2e4a74bb-4a56-4cfb-860f-03023daca0bd/images/5a4aa50b-93f6-4d48-9da5-10b4244b9277.png)

The "Show all content" option means you'll get notifications on the lock screen and Samsung won't attempt to hide any information it thinks might count as 'sensitive'.

![How to stop notifications from showing up on the lock screen](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/2e4a74bb-4a56-4cfb-860f-03023daca0bd/images/3ae822f3-aa4b-44fe-b734-f18064d8015a.png)

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