Hide Persistent Notifications

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About this app

Tired of ongoing notifications you can't swipe away? Hide Persistent Notifications clears the clutter. Pick the persistent notifications you don't want to see, and the app keeps them hidden from your notification shade for as long as it's installed.

No account. No sign-in. It just works.

✨✨ New ✨✨
• Hiding history — see exactly what was hidden, and when
• A completely new, modern design
• Light, dark, and system themes
• Now available in English, German, Arabic, Spanish, and Russian
• Optimized layout for tablets and large screens

WHAT IT DOES
• Hide any persistent (ongoing) notification that clutters your shade
• Choose exactly which notifications to hide — the rest stay untouched
• A background service automatically re-hides them whenever they come back
• Review your hiding history with timestamps
• Subtle haptic feedback throughout (turn it off anytime)

HOW IT WORKS
1. Grant the app notification access (one permission — no account needed)
2. Tap + to see your current persistent notifications
3. Select the ones you want gone
4. They stay hidden automatically — that's it

GOOD TO KNOW
• Media playback notifications are skipped automatically — they re-post on every track or playback change, so they can't be hidden reliably
• For the most reliable hiding, exclude the app from battery optimization (there's an in-app shortcut to the right screen)

PRIVACY FIRST
• No sign-in or account required to hide notifications
• The content of your notifications is never collected
• Anonymous usage analytics can be turned off in Settings

Requires Android 8.0 or higher and notification access permission.

Ratings and reviews

I've noticed that the app isn't working all the time now. I have to force stop it and then open it to get it to hide the persistent notifications again.

this app served me well for years after android added persistent notifications and there was no way to get rid of the ones you don't. since android 14 we have the opposite problem, Google got rid of persistent notifications completely. I now use notifixer to choose which apps can have persistent notifications and which can't. how it should've been from the start.

Poor, not worth the money. Partially works. Not all persistent notifications show up in the app as being able to be blocked. Once a persistent notification is blocked, selecting "Show Notification" does nothing and it just remains stuck in the list. Deleted an app off my phone for which I had blocked some notifications, there's no way now to remove them from the list in the app, they're just stuck there.

What’s new

Version 2.1.2:
➕ Now available in German, Arabic, Spanish & Russian — pick your language in Settings (Android 13+)
➕ Theme option: light, dark, or follow system, plus subtle haptics on taps and toggles
➕ Tablet & foldable support: side-by-side panes on large screens
🛠️ Faster startup and smoother scrolling
🛠️ "Other apps" list auto-updates, works offline, with Install/Open/Website buttons
🛠️ Media notifications no longer appear in the selection list, since they can't be reliably hidden