How to Disable Preview of my Messages on iPhone – Step by Step

General settings for all phones displays a short description or a preview of messages when they arrive, this can be a problem for those who like privacy. The good news is that it is an option that can be changed and today we will teach you how to do it from your iPhone.

How do I hide the messages that are seen on my iPhone when it is locked?

When the iPhone is locked, message notifications arrive showing the name of the person who sent it and a display of the first lines of what the message says, however this option can be changed so that this does not happen.

You have the possibility of only allowing the notification that something has arrived to be seen or to notice who the recipient is, all this from the configuration options, To do so, follow the steps below.

iPhone Settings

• Go to the settings menu of your iPhone.
• Press the ‘Notifications’ option and then select where it says ‘Messages’.
• Once inside this option, you have to locate where it says ‘Show preview’.
• Touch the ‘Lock Screen’ option, from here you can turn off message notifications and you can choose how you want the notifications to be seen.
• After this you must exit the menu and voila, when your phone is locked and you receive a message, the notification will appear, but you will not be able to open it until you decide to unlock the iPhone.

Can I select the messages that I want to see in the preview of the iPhone?

When you turn off message preview on your iPhone it will only work for those that correspond to the mobile equipmentie only text messages. When it comes to other external apps, you have to set the preview option from the app itself.

You have the possibility to block Messenger messages, configure the whatsapp notifications or even hide any other notification.

WhatsApp messages

When you enter WhatsApp you can from the notifications option decide whether or not you want these to appear on the screen of your iPhone, and among other options is also to prevent chained messages from reaching you. Just follow the steps that we are going to show you below, you will see that the messages will appear just as you want.

• Enter a the WhatsApp application from your iPhone.
• Go to the gear icon that you will find in the lower right corner of the phone screen.
• Then you have to click on the ‘Notifications’ option.
• Already inside the option you just have to click on the tab that says ‘Show preview’. Here you will only have to press to enable or disable the option.

Hide your text messages

If by disabling the option preview of messages, you are not satisfied; then you can choose to permanently hide text message notifications and they will end up being hidden.

• Go back to the menu 0 ‘Settings’ or ‘Settings’ of your iPhone.
• Then scroll through the options until you find the one that says ‘Notifications’.
• Already in this tab you just have to click on ‘View on the Lock Screen’ and that’s it. Exit the settings menu, restart your computer and check the fix.

This way the preview of your messages will be deactivated, you will only be able to know when one arrived and to read it you have to unlock your phone. You also have the option to completely disable notifications, the only problem with this is that you won’t know when something will arrive.

• To do this, start by opening the ‘Settings’ or ‘Settings’ menu on your iPhone.
• Then go to the ‘Notifications’ option.
• Pull down the menu until you find where it says ‘Notification style’ comparable to the customization of notifications in Telegram ‘.
• When you are already inside that tab you will notice that there is a list of applicationsenter each of the ones you want to modify the notification and among the options that will appear are: ‘Allow Notifications’, Lock screen – Notification centers, Group or show previews, etc.
• After choose one of the tabs you will only have to repeat the same step with each of the applications that have essential and important notifications.