Android devices come with a notification history that lets you see what notifications were sent and received. This is a great way to see what notifications you have missed and to learn how to respond to them. To view your notification history on Android, open the Settings app and select the “Notifications” tab. Under “Notifications,” select “History.” The “History” section will show all of the notifications that were sent and received in your current session. You can see which notifications were sent by tapping on one of the icons in the list, or by scrolling through the notifications using the arrow keys. You can also view your notification history by swiping left or right on a notification. If you swipe left, you will see all of the notifications that were sent in that particular order, while if you swipe right, you will only see those that were received within the last 30 minutes.
Notifications are a key component of smartphones, so it can be annoying if you accidentally swipe one away before reading it. Introduced in Android 11, “Notification History” is a log of every notification you’ve dismissed. Here’s how to use it.
The Notification History feature is not enabled by default. Once turned on, it will keep a log of every notification that was dismissed over the past 24 hours. This includes system notifications and alerts that appeared and disappeared on their own.
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On your Android phone or tablet, swipe down from the top of the screen (once or twice depending on your device’s manufacturer), then tap the “Gear” icon to open the “Settings” menu.
Select the “Apps & Notifications” option from the menu.
Next, tap “Notifications.”
At the top of the screen, select “Notification History.”
Lastly, toggle the switch on at the top of the screen for “Use Notification History.”
The log will be blank at first, but it will start storing notifications after you enabled the feature. Once notifications appear in the log, tapping them will take you to the associated app, just like a regular notification.
The next time you accidentally remove a notification, you can visit this section to see what it was!
