What Apps Show Notification Badges On Samsung

When you have unread notifications, App icon badges tell you. An app icon badge shows you the number of unread alerts and it's omnipresent on the app icon. It's an easy way to tell if you have unread messages in the Gmail or Messages app, at a glance. So, in this guide, you will learn how to enable and disable App Icon Badges on Samsung Galaxy devices running on Android 10.

Meanwhile, If you have a new message, email, or missed call, you will be able to swipe down from the top of the screen to enter the notification panel to see what the notification information is. In the Settings menu, when there are notifications, you can also see an icon at the very top of the device, as well as a badge on the application itself.

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What You Will Learn in This Guide:

What Are Badges?

In a mobile app, a badge is a red circle that appears on the upper right-hand corner of the app's icon on a mobile device. The white numbers inside that circle display the "badge count," representing the number of unread messages waiting for a given user when they next open the app.

Enable App Icon Badges For All Apps on Samsung Galaxy

By following the below steps, you can enable app icon badges for all apps.

Go to the Settings app.
Tap Notifications.
Enable App icon badges.

Enable App Icon Badges

To customize, tap on the App icon badges text itself. Now, choose your preferred badge style: Number or Dot.
Toggle on Notifications on app iconsto allow you to check your notifications at a glance when you touch and hold app icons on the Home screen.

Customize App Icon Badges

Enable App Icon Badges For Individual Apps on Samsung Galaxy

To enable the display count of notifications for any particular apps, the App icon badges must be enabled, otherwise, you won't be able to turn the badges on for Individual Apps on Samsung Galaxy.

Go to the Settings app.
Tap Apps.
Tap the app you want to enable.
Select Notifications.
Scroll down all the way and enable the App icon badges option.

Enable App Icon Badges For Individual Apps

Disable App Icon Badges

Go to the Settings app.
Tap Notifications.
Disable App icon badges.

Disable App Icon Badges

Disable App Icon Badges For Individual Apps on Samsung Galaxy

To disable the display count of notifications for any particular apps, the App icon badges must be enabled, otherwise, you won't be able to turn the badges off for Individual Apps on Samsung Galaxy.

Go to the Settings app.
Tap Apps.
Tap the app you want to enable.
Select Notifications.
Scroll down all the way and disable.

Disable App Icon Badges For Individual Apps

That's it. This is how you can enable and disable App icon badges on Samsung Galaxy devices. As a Galaxy user, I really love to use Badges for my specific apps like Facebook Messenger and Instagram, because it displays the exact amount of messages that I have or have missed. Meanwhile, in this short guide, you have learned how to enable or disable App icon badges for any particular apps.

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