What to Know

• Turn off or on: TapSettings>Notifications,select an app,and toggleAllow Notificationsoff or on.
• Choose an alert style: For active notifications,selectLock Screen, Notification Center, orBanners.
• From Notification Center: SelectXto clear all, tap to expand an alert, orslide left on an alert and tapManage, View, orClear.

A push notification on your iPad notifies you of an event without the need to open the app, such as the alert that appears on the screen when you receive a message on Facebook or the vibrating buzz and sound that plays when you get a new email.This feature lets you know about events without taking the time to open a lot of apps, but it can also drain battery life.

iPad Notification Settings

Push notifications are managed on a per-app basis.You can turn off the notifications of a particular app, but there is no global setting to turn all notifications off. You can also manage the way you are notified by each app.

1. On the iPad Home screen, tap theSettingsapp.

2. TapNotifications.

   

3. Tap theapp you want to manage to open a screen for that particular app's Notifications settings.

4. To turn off notifications for the app, turn off theAllow Notificationstoggle switch.

   

5. To enable notifications for the app, turn on theAllow Notificationstoggle switch, then select one or more alert types. Choose eitherLock Screen, Notification Center, or Banners.

6. If you choseBanners, select aBanner Style, either Temporary or Persistent. You can also select an alert sound and turnBadges- the number that appears in the corner of the app icon - on or off. Additional options include whether to show previews during an alert and whether to repeat an alert

7. With some apps, an additional entry displays at the bottom of the Notification screen for an app. For example, the News app showsNews Notification Settings. This setting displays additional app-specific notifications.

   

8. TapNews Notification Settingsto open a screen of settings for the News app. Use the toggles to select which news sources you want to notify you.

   

   The content of these additional settings varies by app. For example, the additional notifications for the Podcast app can be managed to alert for new episodes of specified podcasts. The X (formerly Twitter) app offers notifications for Tweets, Mentions, Retweets, Likes, and a list of other activities on the app.

Using the Notifications Center

In iOS 12, Apple introduced the Notifications Center to manage multiple notifications. It displays the most recent notifications from your apps, grouped by app. To open the Notifications Center:

1. Swipe down on the upper-left corner of the iPad screen. The notifications are grouped by app. The most recent notification is on top with the app name, a preview, and the time it was issued. Previous notifications from that app are nested under it.

   

   Tap the Xat the top of the notifications screen while the notifications are collapsed to clear the notifications.

2. Tap the top notification to expand the stack of notifications for a single app.

   

3. Slide a notification to the left to review the options. TapManageto open a settings screen for the app and a link to other settings. TapViewto open the story, link, or related post. TapClearto remove the notification.

   

4. Tap theXnext toShow lessfor the expanded app notifications to remove the notifications for that app.

5. TapShow lessto collapse the app notifications to a single entry.