Nokia 5.1 Plus user guide

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Notifications

Stay in touch with what's happening on your phone with notifications.

Use the notification panel

When you receive new notifications, such as messages or missed calls, indicator icons appear on the status bar at the top of the screen. To see more information about the notifications, drag the status bar down. To close the view, swipe up on the screen.

To open the notification panel, drag the status bar down. To close the notification panel, swipe up on the screen.

To change the notification settings of an app, tap Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications > App notifications and tap the app name to open the app settings. You can turn off or on the notifications per each app individually. To see the apps which are not allowed to send notifications, tap All apps > Apps: Turned off.

Tip: To see notification dots, tap Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications and switch Allow notification dots to on. A small dot will appear on the app icon, if you’ve got a notification, but haven’t attended to it yet. Tap and hold the icon to see available options. You can tap the notification to open it, or swipe to dismiss.

Use the quick setting icons

Use the quick setting icons

To activate features, tap the quick settings icons on the notification panel. To see more icons, drag the menu down.

To rearrange the icons, tap mode_edit, tap and hold an icon, and then drag it to another location.

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