Learn how to turn off Google Messages on Android and iOS devices. We’ll show you step by step how to unsubscribe from notifications and daily digest emails. Check out our guide!
Google News is a convenient tool that provides the latest information on topics that interest us. Often, however, too many notifications can be bothersome. Fortunately, you can manage how many and what push messages you receive. In this article, we’ll show you how to turn off Google Messages on Android, iOS and iPadOS devices.
Why turn off Google News notifications?
While Google News is a useful source of information, not every user needs regular notifications. These messages can be distracting during work or everyday duties, especially when they are too frequent or concern topics that are no longer interesting to us. Turning off or customizing these notifications will allow you to better manage your digital space and control what information you receive on a daily basis.
How to turn off Google messages on Android?
If you’re using an Android device, turning off Google Messages is quite simple and doesn’t require advanced technical knowledge. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it:
Open the Google News app
On your Android phone or tablet, find and open the Google News app.
Click your profile picture or initial in the upper right corner
When you open the app, you will notice your profile picture or initial in the upper right corner of the screen. Click them.
Go to notification settings
After clicking on the profile photo, a menu will appear. Select ‘Notifications & Shared Content’.
Customize your notification settings
Now you have access to your notification settings. To turn off notifications completely, move the slider next to “Get notifications” to the left.
Adjusting the number of notifications
If you don’t want to completely stop receiving notifications, but want to limit their number, you can select the “Number of notifications” option and adjust it according to your needs – from “Few” to “A lot”.
With these simple steps, you can reduce or completely turn off Google News notifications on Android.
How to Turn Off Google Messages on iPhone and iPad?
If you’re using an iOS or iPadOS device, the steps to turn off Google Messages are almost identical to those on Android:
Open the Google News app
On your iPhone or iPad, find the Google News app and launch it.
Click your profile picture or initial in the upper right corner
As on Android, find your profile picture or initial in the upper right corner of the screen and click on it.
Select ‘Notifications & Shared Content’
After clicking on your profile picture, select “Notifications and Shared Content” from the list of available options.
Turn off notifications
To turn off notifications completely, move the slider next to “Get notifications” to the left. If you do not want to completely eliminate them, but only limit their number, select your preferred option in the “Number of notifications” section.
How to manage daily news digests?
If you don’t want to receive daily news digests by email, you can easily turn this off on both Android and iOS:
Open the Google News app
Proceed in the same way as when turning off notifications.
Click your profile picture or initial in the upper right corner
After opening the application, access your settings by clicking your profile photo.
Go to message settings
Select the “Messages Settings” option, which allows for advanced control over the type and frequency of messages you receive.
Turn off news digest emails
In the “Alerts” section, you will find the “News summary emails” option. Turn this off to stop receiving daily news digests in your email inbox.
It’s worth mentioning that you must be signed in to your Google account to receive news digest emails. If you opt out of this function, you can enjoy peace of mind without unnecessary messages.
Customize notification types
If you don’t want to turn off notifications completely, but just customize their types, Google News gives you the option. Here’s how to do it:
Go to the notification settings in the application
After opening the application and entering your profile settings, go to the “Notifications and shared content” section.
Customize notification types
In this section, you can enable or disable notifications for different types of content, such as “News based on your interests”, “Top news”, and more. This is a great way to tailor notifications to your preferences rather than turning them off completely.
