Web User - UK (2019-10-02)

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Best Free Apps

App of the Fortnight

TOOLS

Unnotification

bit.ly/unnotify485

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Notifications are either

extremelyhandyor

intensely annoying,

depending onyourpoint

ofview. Androidhas a

numberofbasicbuilt-in

tools for managing

notifications –you can

viewthem, turnthemoff

for specificappsand

changethe noisethey

make whentheyarrive–

but that’s about it.

If only there was aneasy

way toviewprevious

notificationhistory or

undo accidentally

dismissednotifications.Well, with Unnotificationthere is

• plusa wholelot more.
  While it’s truethatAndroiddoes, infact,keepa
  notificationlog,this isusuallyhidden and mostdevices
  don’t allowyou toviewit bydefault. Insomecases,you
  may be abletoworkaroundthisbyusing asomewhat
  convoluted hack thatinvolvescreatinga widgetonyour
  homescreen. But Unnotification makes thismucheasier.
  With the app installed,you can not only viewyour
  notificationhistory,but also
  searchit for specifictext
  (app names ortextwithin
  a notificationheading,for
  example). You can also set up
  a schedulethatautomatically
  clearsyourlog daily,weeklyor
  monthly, andevenexportyour
  notificationlog –toGoogle
  Drive oranemail, for instance
  
  
  • if you wanttokeepa backup.
    Whenit originallylaunched,
    Unnotificationwas only
    availablefor devices running
    Android8 and above.
    The latest update, however,
    opens upthe app tousers
    ofAndroid6 andup, too,
    althoughsomeof its features
  
  
  
  


• namely the
  abilitytoundoswipednotifications andthe
  optiontoviewsnoozed ones– remainlimited
  toAndroid8+ devices.But the app isstillwell
  worth installing.

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Launch Unnotification

andswipeyourway

through all the introductory

screens.Atthe end,you’ll

see a screen promptingyou

toallow the app permission

toaccessyour notifications.

Tap EnableAccess, then

press the sliderto switch on

‘Notification access’ for

Unnotification^1 and tap

Allow^2 in the box that pops

up.Tap the Back button^3

toreturntoUnnotification,

then tap OK.

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Tap the magnifying-

glass icon in the

top-rightcornertobring up

a comprehensive list ofyour

device’s notification history.

(^1) You can type akeyword
where it says‘Search
notifications’atthetop^2
tosearchfor something
specific, or just browseyour
notification historyby
scrolling.Bydefault, the
mostrecent notifications
appearatthetop,butyou
can tap the triangle menu^3
for more sorting options.
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Users of Android 8 and
aboveget afewextras,
including the abilitytobring
back notificationsyou’ve
accidentally deleted.Swipe
down from thetop of the
screentoview the Android
notification drawer,^1 then
swipeawayone of the
notifications.You’ll seea
new mini-notification appear
atthetop saying ‘Undo
Notification?’.^2 Press Undo
(^3) toreturn the notification
towhere itwas beforeyou
deleted it.
MINI WORKSHOP
Manage your notifications using
Unnotification
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