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Here's how to remove those annoying notifications from your phone

Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty
Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty

There are few things more rage-inducing, more ruinously annoying than seeing the following on your phone:

Breathe.

With a few easy steps you can be red-dot-free:

1. Go to 'notifications' in 'settings'

2. Select 'sort manually'

3. Choose the applications you don't want to get notifications from by swiping 'allow notifications' off

Android phones have a similar process: go to 'settings'/'application manager' and then 'BadgeProvider'. Select 'Force Stop', and then 'Disable' on the applications you don’t want to receive notifications from. Restart your device and you’re good to go.

Picture: Giphy

You are most welcome.

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