The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has a large always-on display and a bright flashing notification LED at the top. While these are features that most people love, you can disable them if you want. In this guide, we will show you how to turn off the Galaxy Note 9 notification LED.
Notification LED gives you at-a-glance information without turning on the screen. Blinks for incoming notifications, alerts, missed calls and more.
However, with similar features like the always-on display or Edge notifications, the blinking LED is unnecessary for some. Not to mention the distraction. Whether you’re in a movie theater and want to turn it off or not, here’s how to turn it off. We will also show you how to change the colors.
How to Turn Off Galaxy Note 9 Notification LED
In some cases, users are reporting phantom flashes. Where the LED lights up for no reason and you don’t have an incoming notification. We haven’t experienced this ourselves yet, but it’s an issue we’ve seen in past Samsung devices. Either way, let’s close.
Before continuing, it’s worth noting that this kills the notification LED completely. This means you won’t see an orange, red or green light while charging the Galaxy Note 9. You can’t get rid of notifications but you can exit the charging case. All or nothing. Now that we’ve disabled the LED, your phone won’t disturb those around you or light up your bedroom late at night.
How to Change Note 9 LED Color (and other details)
Another option is to customize it when you see the notification LED or turn it off for individual apps using it. Apps like LightFlow. This way you still get the battery charge status and you get a flashing light for the apps you are interested in and turn it off for everything else.
Download LightFlow from the Google Play Store and choose which colors will light up for each app or notification type. Or press “none” for apps you don’t want to see visual notifications for.
On shutdown, you can always turn the notification LED back on if you decide to try again later. Simply go back and change to . So decide what works best for you, customize notifications if you want, or disable them altogether. Everything depends on you.
While we’re talking about customization, here’s how to change Galaxy Note 9 lock screen wallpaper and themes. Give it a try today.
