Apple warning: Change key iPhone setting to stop pals snooping on your notifications

CHECK your iPhone now – dodgy settings could be exposing your texts to others.

Notifications on your lockscreen could give away your personal info.

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Thankfully, a simple tweak can stop this from happening.

When you get a WhatsApp text on your iPhone, the message is visible in full.

It’s the same story for a Messages text, or the details of a private Instagram message.

But there are two options that can make your lockscreen much safer.

The hack was revealed by TikTok user @betimm_b, where it’s racked up thousands of likes.

It involves hiding the contents of your notifications on the lockscreen.

It’s possible to set it so that notification contents aren’t visible when the phone is locked.

And you can even set it so that messages don’t have previews even when the phone is locked.

That means the only way to see the contents of a message would be to unlock your phone and tap into the notification.

How to hide notification previews on iPhone

First, make sure you’re using the latest version of iOS.

Go to Settings > General > Software Update and install any pending changes.

Then go back into Settings and tap Notifications.

Now go into Show Previews near the top of the page.

You then have three options: Always, When Unlocked and Never.

Choosing Always means that you’ll see notification previews on the Lock Screen at all times.

Changing it to When Unlocked will limit previews to being visible only when you’ve unlocked the phone with your passcode, Touch ID or Face ID.

And Never means that the content of notifications will always be hidden from view.

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