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Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel

This guide show you how to access and use notification panels in Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel is a centralized location for all notifications from all apps on your Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

This guide applies to Galaxy S7 edge notification panel as well, although Galaxy S7 notification panel is used in the guide.

Table of Contents hide
1) How to access Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel?
2) Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for Galaxy S7 or S7 edge with single SIM card inside
3) Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for Galaxy S7 or S7 edge with two SIM cards installed (for dual SIM models only)
4) How to dismiss notifications from Galaxy S7 notification panel?
5) How to dismiss (exit) Galaxy S7 notification panel?
6) Can you access and use Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for your Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge?

How to access Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel?

You can access Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel by swiping down from the status bar (top of the screen) as shown below.

If you are in immersive full-screen mode (full-screen without status bar), you can just swipe from top of the screen to access Galaxy S7 notification panel.  You can in either landscape mode or portrait mode.

access Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel

 

Please note, unlike other Android phones, Samsung Galaxy S7 only use one finger to access notification panel.

If you swipe down from top of screen with 2 fingers, or swipe down twice with one finger, you will get the Quick Setting buttons panel, not Galaxy S7 notification panel.

Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for Galaxy S7 or S7 edge with single SIM card inside

Samsung Galaxy S7 (and S7 edge) has two versions based on number of SIM card supported: single SIM version and dual SIM version of Galaxy S7 (and S7 edge).

For single SIM version of Galaxy S7 (S7 edge), you can put SIM card in slot 1 and slot 2 is for micro SD card.

For dual SIM version of Galaxy S7 9S7 edge), you can put either SIM card or micro SD card into slot 2 (but not bother) as explained in Galaxy S7 SIM card guide page.

If there is only one SIM card installed, Galaxy S7 notification panel will look like the screenshot shown below.

Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for Galaxy S7 or S7 edge with single SIM card inside

You can find the following components in Galaxy S7 notification panel (as shown above):

  • Date and time 
  • Settings icon.  Tap the icon to launch Galaxy S7 Settings
  • Quick Setting buttons. Tap the icon to enable/disable the corresponding features.
  • More button (for quick setting buttons). Tap the button to see all quick setting buttons (quick settings panel).  This is equivalent to swipe down again in notification panel. For more details on how to use quick setting button (and quick settings page), please check this guide.
  • Brightness control.
  • Quick connect.
  • Notifications.  Some notifications are actionable. You can perform certain actions through notifications in Galaxy S7 notification panel.
  • Notification settings.
  • Clear button. Tap the button to dismiss all notifications (excluding on-going notifications, e.g, USB notification).

Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for Galaxy S7 or S7 edge with two SIM cards installed (for dual SIM models only)

If you installed two SIM cards in your Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge, you will get one more additional item on dual SIM card settings as shown below.

You can tap it to access Settings—SIM card manager.

Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for Galaxy S7 or S7 edge with two SIM cards installed

 

How to dismiss notifications from Galaxy S7 notification panel?

What you can do with individual notification depends on the corresponding app.

To dismiss a notification from Galaxy S7 notification panel, you can swipe it left or right.

You can dismiss all notifications from notification panel by tapping Clear button as mentioned above.

Please note, dismissing/clearing notifications from notification panel does not change the number badge for some apps (e.g., email, messages…). For these apps, the number badge change only after you read the new message/notification.

If you want to know the app that sends the notification, you can tap and hold the notification, then tap more info.

How to dismiss (exit) Galaxy S7 notification panel?

To exit Galaxy S7 notification panel, you can use any of the following method:

All these 3 method will exit notification panel and you will be in the page before you access Galaxy S7 notification panel.

Please note, if you tap Home button, you will go to Home screen. The app you are using before accessing notification panel will be pushed to background.

Can you access and use Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel for your Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge?

If you have questions or encounter problems on using Samsung Galaxy S7 notification panel, please let us know your questions or problems in the comment box below.

The community will try to help you.

You can get the official Samsung Galaxy S7 user manual (user guide) in your local language here, and Galaxy S7 edge user manual (user guide) in your local language here.

For other guides on using Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, please check Galaxy S7 online manual page.

For detailed Galaxy S7 how-to guides, please check Galaxy S7 how-to guides page.

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  1. dave o says

    i have an s7 … up on the pull down status bar it used to notify of apps running in the backround. It stopped doing that. how can i get it to notify me again.

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  2. Francis J Wrin Jr says

    Can you set different sound notifications on Samsung S7 for separate apps…example, messenger, blink, email etc,? Anytime my notification sound beeps I’m not sure what one it is.

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  3. JG says

    I can only pull down the notification panel when the phone is locked, in landscape mode, or when I am using an app. However, I cannot pull it down from the Home Screen. This is INCREDIBLEY frustrating. I have tried the following:
    – restarting phone
    – using the phone in Safe Mode (the bar still cannot be pulled down)
    – clearing the settings cache
    – clearing memory and storage cache
    – clearing the partition cache

    None of these has worked. Does anyone else have this issue and how did you fix it????

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  4. JG says

    My notification bar will not work in portrait mode. I can pull it down when the phone is locked, and I can pull it down when I rotate my phone to landscape. I have tested it in Safe Mode, and I still cannot slide it down. I have restarted the phone, cleared the settings cache and am going to try clearing the partition cache but just wondering how many other people have this problem and how they fixed it…. Really do not want to do a factory reset…

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  5. Russ Shisler says

    Which phone should I buy if I want to remove unwanted notifications, like the Samsung account notification?

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  6. Myst says

    Hi is there a way to remove the app name in the notifications? I only want to display the icon and the content not the app name

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  7. Kassie says

    I know this sounds wierd, but my Samsung Galaxy S7 just did an update.so when I get notifications i still pull down the menu bar and press clear to clear all the notifications, but now it clears all the notifications on the home screen on the apps instead of just clearing it on tht pull down menu. So how do I make it so the notifications stay on there apps but i can still clear it from the drop down bar

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  8. Digby says

    Hi, I find it really annoying that notifications are listed in alphabetical order by the name of the app they are for, not listed by most recent. This means I never know what notification has just come up, when I go to my phone after hearing a notification sound.

    Is there a way to change the order notifications are listed in the notification panel so I can get most recent at the top?

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  9. ANA says

    Hi! Is it normal that the notification doesn’t clear automatically if I open the app that notification belongs? Do I need to clear manually every time?
    Thanks

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  11. Courtnay says

    I’m must of messed with a setting or something, but now I can’t access my notification panel when I’m in an app or game. How do i fix this?

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  12. dbazza88 says

    Hi would anyone know if i can disable the pull down notification bar on samsung galaxy s7 whilst the the screen is locked please. For example….if i lose my phone and someone has found it at they can easily switch the phone off or wifi/mobile data to prevent me tracking my phone. Which is kind of lame if this can’t be prevented any help would be appreciated

    Thanks

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  13. Doug says

    I accidently made it so that if i download something off the internet it doesnt show the notification and progress of the download how do i fix this?

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  16. Abhijith says

    Hey guys I’ve galaxy note 5 but I can pull down the notification panel even on secured screen lock, so how to prevent the notification bar to be opened on secured screen? Is there any option? Thanks in advance

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  17. Kara says

    My S7 is having issues accessing the notifications bar due to the inability of sensing pressure across the top quarter inch of the screen (below the insignia, of course). Is there a different method for accessing the notifications bar?

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  20. Zak says

    Is there a way/app for status bar to go fullscreen with one swipe, like it was on s4mini ?
    Hate swiping status bar more than one time as i only use swap to check/delete msgs/emails.

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  21. Terri says

    my status bar on my galaxy S7 is visible but it is not allowing me to access it, when I try to swipe down to access it it does not respond. How do it fix this.

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  22. Rox says

    I have a phone symbol up rge top next to my Wifi symbol. Its a phone with 3 lines going up similar to the strength of wifi lines. What is this?

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  23. Korn says

    Hello, I’m new to android.
    I have a question bout notifications on the notification panel. For example, if I received 3 new messages from the same friend on Line (chat application), then I pull down the notification panel to see the preview, it will only show the latest message. Is there any way that I could see the previews of all new messages?
    Thank you

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  24. GK_AMMO says

    I wish to disable WhatsApp to appear in the notification panel. Is there any way? because when a new message is received, the message pop out in the notification panel and it seems not to be privacy for me, when my phone is on.

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  25. Jeff Caudel says

    How can you enlarge the notification bar on the s7 after nougat update? It is so small it is almost impossible to read.

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  26. Paul says

    I have just done a data upgrade. Before i did this i would get a missed call or message icon on my phone when it was not being used so one glance and I knew. Now I don’t get either. I have to open my phone to see if I have missed something. How do I correct this ??

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  27. Emma says

    Hi guys pls help. My calender reminder/notification pops up on screen for less than one sec then disappears. I’ve missed so many bdays and reminders. It doesn’t leave any record on my notification panel. I had to swipe to dismiss on my note 7. How can I change my settings? Pls help thanks

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  28. Gene says

    How do we go back to old notification look? This new look since update is HORRIBLE. I d not like it at all.

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  29. Mich says

    Since the update my drop down panel no longer swipes left and right, as I used to like the icons in a row. Can this be changed as I can only see them once expanded. Thanks

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  30. Althea says

    I have had the s7 edge for a few months now. Recently, my notification bar and panel have not been clearing after I read my messages/email/view fb notifications, etc. For example, if I’ve opened my SMS messages and read my messages already, I still have to manually clear the icon from the notification bar by bringing down the panel and swiping.

    Does anyone have a solution for this?
    Thanks in advance.

    -Althea

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  31. Bella Powell says

    Hi, tired to enlarge the font size on notification page, going to display, zoom etc, it doesn’t change the font size on the notification page, just everything else! Type is so small on notification page I read it!

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  32. Heather says

    I just upgraded, one the fonts on the notification panel is so small I can’t read it. Also the font constrast is not good enough.
    How do I change this? I’ve tried the font-size, accessibility settings, and screen zoom, but nothing works.

    Why do they change things that are working?

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  33. JODIE says

    I have just updated my Samsung galaxy 7s and now all my notification panel now has small icons it doesnt show my screen dimmer unless i open the full panel. Is there a way i can have my icons back to the way they were nefote i updated the phone. My phone is set to standard mode and is current version software. Please help this is frustrating

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  34. Tauya says

    What could be the problem? When I swipe down my notification panel on my samsung galaxy j7 2016 the settings and expand icons on the top right no longer respond when I tap on either of them.

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  35. Kathy C says

    The pull down notification panel on my S7 edge has completely disappeared! I can still see the notification icons of the different apps but when I swipe down from the top nothing comes out. I’ve been searching for a solution but, short of doing a factory reset which I don’t want to do yet, i haven’t found any. My Android OS is still 6.0.1. Any tips please?

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  36. Pam says

    I just had an update on my Samsung galaxy s7 and now there is a plus symbol with a circle around it on my notification bar. Does anyone know what it means?

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  37. Keith says

    Is it possible to change individual notifications? Specifically I want only my Facebook notification to vibrate silently while all others have a sound.

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  40. Anna says

    Having downloaded Nougat 2 nights ago I am having issues with the notifications. Before, I would not get any pop up notifications from the likes of WhatsApp and I use Textra however I did get them in the pull down notification bar which was fine.
    Now when I’m in a message on WhatApp a new message comes through, with preview, in a roll down notification and I cannot seem to disable.
    I have gone into the Advanced options in Notification settings and clicked on “Show silently” however this now does not allow the LED light to work so it’s a pain for me when I’m in the office.
    It’s a privacy issue more than anything else. I don’t like as I’m sure most don’t, my messages showing in that roll notification. I’d only gotten myself accustomed to them being shown in the notifications drop down menu.
    Can anyone advise if I can change this?
    Using a Samsung S7

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  41. Diane says

    Is there any way to change the font size on the notification panel? I just did the software update and I don’t see any way to change the font size for the notifications – all notifications are working properly – just need to change the font size.

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  42. A says

    I use s7 and i have a question about Line app. When i got Line message i see notification on notification pane. But i click Line app directly and read the message already. However i notice the notification still show on notification pane. I need to click clear by myself. I think when I go to Line directly the message on notification pane should automatic clear.

    Do i have misunderstanding?
    Thank you
    A

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  44. Roger D Bacon says

    I am having a problem with notifications repeating themselves endlessly every 20-30 seconds. For instance, if I receive a voice mail, a missed call, a text message, a Gmail, or a requested reminder from Google Calendar (or Samsung calendar, which insists on sending me reminder notifications even though I have done everything possible to disable it) and am unable to respond to the initial notification immediately (driving, etc.), then my phone repeats the notification every 20-30 seconds until I terminate it. In the case of Google and Samsung calendars, they BOTH chime constantly every 20-30 seconds. I have disabled notifications on all but the essential apps. I have TRIED to disable Samsung calendar, but the “disable” button is grayed out, refusing to allow me to disable it, and it continues to synch with Google calendar and issue notifications. I realize that I can’t completely uninstall the canned apps that Samsung has loaded onto my phone (sigh), but I should at least be allowed to disable them and prevent them from continuing to synch with other applications. I paid $700+ for the privilege. Neither Verizon nor Samsung tech support has been able to help. The level one Samsung tech, who I could hardly understand, suggested that I simply disable ALL notifications, essentially making mine a “dumb” phone. That was a GREAT help. When I declined to follow that bit of valuable advise, they wanted me to either do a factory reset while on the phone with them (I know, right), or allow them to take control of my phone remotely. No thank you. Who knows what they might mess up or data that they might lose. I find it hard to believe that I am the only one who has experienced this problem. Has anyone else discovered a fix? I simply want my phone to chime only one time for each reminder/notification.

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  45. Jennifer says

    Somehow a week ago, I think I may have accidentally changed some sort of setting which has caused two things to appear in the left hand status bar on my S7. One thing is the wifi symbol and if I pull down my notification it says I am connected to my home wifi (which I always am, so I don’t know why I need or am getting that notification) and it never used to be there before. Also, whenever I go into a field to type, whether it is in a text or in the browser, I get a keyboard icon in the left status bar and it says select a keyboard, but the keyboard is already selected, so I don’t get it. I can clear it, but every time I type, it comes back. Anyone know how to disable these two “notifications”?

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  46. Akiva Plutno says

    Hi. For some reason music controls don’t appear in the notification centet when I use the google play music app. I force stopped the app, cleared the cache, and uninstalled updates for the app, but nothing worked . Any ideas?

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  47. Mikow says

    Since this morning (11/01/17) I’m not getting Telegram notification icons and sound on my s7, another app notification n sound is no problem. setting for notification for Telegram is same, no change.

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  48. Neil says

    I have lost the notification panel on my s7 not sure what happened to it but it’s not there and i don’t know how to get it back. If any one let me know how to get it back that would be great cheers

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  49. Dan says

    The buttons to open the full display of settings at the top of the drag down menu don’t work. The other buttons like wifi, brightness, Bluetooth work but the settings cog and the down arrow at the top are unresponsive. How do i fix this

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  50. Jack says

    Please advise how can I stack notifications on S7 Edge the same way as on Note 7.

    On N7 I used to see one icon on the bar, app name, number of notifications and expand button to see all notifications for that app. Now on S7 my notification panel is cluttered with 50 twitter notifications instead of one expandable.

    Thanks in advance

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  51. Steven says

    Hi, is there any way to disable the ‘clear’ button on the bottom? My palm or finger will sometimes hit it and delete all my notifications, very frustrating. Thanks!

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  52. Tina Robinson says

    Since today (31/11/16) I’m not getting any notification icons on my s7 edge. So annoying, I’m missing emails, messages, texts etc.

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  54. Jay says

    Hi. I got a Samsung S7 .
    On the display bar , where the time, battery %, Wi-Fi icon, blue tooth icon, etc… I noticed that behind the icons for time , blue tooth and battery % appears that i got other icons behind it. Looks like double icons but the one behind are frozen. Very annoying. Thanks

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  55. Chris Liebenberg says

    If I pull down to display my notification, nothing is displayed. I have no idea how this happened. All apps are having notifications switched on.Please assist.

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  56. Rosie says

    How do I get open apps to show on my notifications bar? In particular. I’m a Lyft driver. On my Samsung 6S Edge when I was online as a driver the Lyft would always show at t HD email top of my screen so that if I swiped down it would show in notifications and I could tap on it to open it. With my S7 I have to go to my home page and tap the app icon every time I want to get back to it. Appreciate help with this.

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  57. Traci says

    I cannot pull down my notification bar quite often. It has been happening more and more frequently. Each time, I restart and it is fixed but this is getting annoying having to restart many times a day. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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  59. Nissa says

    Hi,
    Is there a way to disable the brightness adjuster from the notification panel. I could do it on the s5 but can’t on the s7.

    Thanks

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  60. Noops says

    how can we disable the settings sliding panel on lock screen, in case of theft, person can disable internet connection or location from lock screen. On Samsung galaxy S4 the settings sliding panel was disabled on lock screen

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  61. Bill says

    I have a strange quirk with my S7 Edge. When I swipe down to get the notifications, if I use my left thumb, and so the left side of the screen, it locks the phone. It does not do it if I swipe down on the right side.

    Is this normal? Maybe it’s intended as a feature, not a bug..

    Any ideas?

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  62. Juliusson Per says

    I can not access settings from The notifications bar ord the expanded view for The Quick settings. This just started yesterday.

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  63. Rich says

    Hi. How do I retrieve accidently cleared notifications? On my HTC it had a settings shortcut widget to do get to the notification log. The s7 doesn’t??

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  64. John says

    I have a hard time dragging my notification bar down with my finger. Never had this problem with the s5, and older phones, only this S7.
    I have to carefully touch the very tip top of my screen to slide it down, as if my finger is too fat, or they didnt assign a wide enough window at the top of the screen to drag it down.
    It is very annoying,. I thought maybe I just needed to calibrate the digitizer, but can’t even find a place to do that on this phone.
    In other words, when I try to drag down the notification window, it doesn’t think that’s my intention, because it doesn’t think my finger is high enough on the screen. Even though it is touching the top of the screen, if that makes since.
    Anybody else have this problem?

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  65. Nick says

    Is there any way to disable to notification panel or lock it?

    When I have the phone in landscape mode, I like to rest my fingers on the top. With the edge, I find my fingers inadvertently dropping the notification panel,. I love the phone but am frustrated by this.

    Any solutions?

    Thanks.

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  66. Randy says

    Hello,

    How can i see my notifications when the screen is turned off or on the always on screen?
    iOS has that feature, but i want it on my S7 so i can see what notification i got.

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  67. Ary says

    On my Galaxy S5 I used to be able to dismiss the notification but still keep the icon on the status bar. Now if I dismiss the notification from the panel, it also wipes the icon off the status bar. I liked to keep my icons on the status bar as a reminder of things that I still needed to review/get to/attend to… Any idea how I can dismiss the notification but still keep the icon on the status bar?

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  69. Kat Young says

    It used to be that when clicking on the notification would take you to the app and the notification would dissappear…. Now I have to manually remove each notification even after accessing the app. It’s very frustrating.. It’s only started happening in the last few days but I don’t want to still be notified in the panel after having already clicked on the notification. Is there anything I can do to stop this and have the notification go when I click through to the app again like it always has???

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  72. DENEAN says

    My swipe down notification panel is not updating to show open apps. This had been happening for about 2 weeks. Nor are open apps displayed with the back button on left side. Pls help.

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  73. Vashek says

    I haven’t found how to remove the brightness control from the notification tray. I never use it and it just takes space. It used to be removable (at least in SGS5 and SGS2 which I had).

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