# Persistent phone notification? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** phones-tablets\ **Created:** [October 14, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551 "2023-10-14T03:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/1 "2023-10-14T03:57:19Z")
I get notifications on my iPhone all the time. Rarely I’ll get one that persists for days. What’s up with that? I currently see an Amazon credit card offer every damn time I look at my phone. I’m at the point where I might get the card to shut off the notification. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/2 "2023-10-14T04:52:39Z")
My phone (not an Apple) chimes me at random times all day long. No texts, calls, nothing. I just ignore it now, and sometimes piss off Tommy when they actually do send me a message. Pro Tip: Don’t Piss Off Tommy ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/3 "2023-10-14T05:33:24Z")
To remove the notification from Notification Center, swipe the notification to the left and tap “Clear.” Or are you asking why you are getting these notifications in the first place and what can you do about them? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/4 "2023-10-14T07:10:32Z")
Where is the notification coming from is the question. Is it from an email? A text message? Another App that has permission to send notifications (possibly Shop Amazon, Prime, or the like)? Fundamentally, I turn off App notifications from pretty much everything other than direct communications: texts, calls, emails. Nothing else has to tell me anything. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/5 "2023-10-14T11:39:13Z")
It’s from Amazon Business app. It’s the only notification I’ve ever received that didn’t just go away after I saw it. I swiped left and “cleared” it just now. Just curious how/why the notification behaved so differently from every other notification. I _want_ notifications from that app. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/6 "2023-10-14T12:02:48Z")
You’ve hit one of my/the big annoyances of apps. You have an e.g. banking app and you want notifications about e.g. deposits, withdrawals, etc. But often the vendor takes that as permission to use the same notification facility to send you advertising. Some apps & the website behind them are honest enough to let you control which they send. Some aren’t. I’d support the death penalty for the executive who decided that was acceptable business behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/7 "2023-10-14T14:00:49Z")
Since I got a new phone a few weeks ago, it pesters me every day to look at old photos. I admit, it’s neat to see some of that stuff, which I won’t dredge up on my own. But it also wants to suggest I buy canvas prints or something. Not happening! And it’s pretty annoying to be interrupted by what I think is a text, only to find it’s an ad. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/8 "2023-10-14T14:34:01Z")
Google Pictures? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/9 "2023-10-14T16:05:41Z")
I think. I deleted the notification right away. No doubt there’ll be another soon. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/10 "2023-10-14T23:04:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’m at the point where I might get the card to shut off the notification. If the Amazon Business app is like the regular Amazon app, press the hamburger menu at the bottom right, scroll down and tap “Settings,” then tap “Notifications,” then tap “Deals and recommendations,” and then tap “Turn off all.” That should turn off the marketing notifications but leave the notifications you actually want still on. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/11 "2023-10-14T23:09:10Z")
The Samsung antivirus on my phone insists for some reason on rescanning certain apps every single time I open them and notifying me that they’re safe. I’m not sure how many times my phone thinks I need to be reassured that Chrome, Amazon Music, and Gmail aren’t malware. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/12 "2023-10-15T00:52:57Z")
Every time they get updated there’s a new risk. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persistent-phone-notification/991551/13 "2023-10-15T18:16:02Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Where is the notification coming from is the question. I would assume that any such offer is malware, not from the entity it purports to be. To find the actual source, select FORWARD. The new message will show the actual email address of the sender.