How to stop promotional notifications on Android

Find out who is sending the promotion

A familiar logo in an alert does not always identify the app that posted it. Before changing anything, inspect the sending app. A shopping promotion, a browser notification, and a message in a shopping service's chat may need different settings.

Press and hold the notification to reach its Android controls, where available. Menu names and category options vary by phone. Check the sending app's own preferences for promotions, offers, or marketing updates.

Choose the smallest switch that solves it

If promotions have their own notification category, disable that category while leaving the others available. Turning off an entire app is a broader decision: consider whether you also rely on it for deliveries, booking changes, or account notices.

When useful updates and promotions share the same controls, a content rule can add another layer. Quietly filters by the selected app and patterns you set in the notification title or text. It cannot recognize every promotion automatically, and it does not certify a message as important.

Turn one repeated promotion into a rule

Suppose a fictional shopping app repeatedly sends 'Members-only sale' alerts. That phrase is a more useful starting point than 'member' or 'order.' The narrower condition reduces the chance of matching a different kind of notification from the same app.

This example demonstrates the decision process, rather than a rule that has been tested against your shopping app. Services can change their wording or send offers through different channels.

1. Enable Quietly notification processing and Android notification access after reading the disclosure.
2. Wait for a new promotion to appear in History, open its detail, and choose Block.
3. Review or edit the condition so it targets the correct app and distinctive promotional wording.
4. Save the rule, then check subsequent promotions and useful updates before adding more conditions.

Prefer a specific block over a broad permission list

For this task, begin with the Block rule type. It targets notifications that match its conditions. The separate Important notifications only mode blocks notifications that do not match your permitted patterns while that gate is active, so it requires much more complete knowledge of the messages you need.

An important-pattern rule does not undo a matching block rule: block rules take priority. If a wanted update disappears, inspect existing rules instead of adding an exception and assuming it will override them. Disable the questionable rule while you investigate.

Review results without promising silence

Quietly acts after Android posts an alert, so a matching promotion may still make a sound or briefly display a banner. For quiet hours, use Android's interruption settings as well.

Successful block records are optional, and recording their content is a separate choice. Enable only what you want to retain when checking results. An absent record does not prove a notification never arrived or that a rule removed it.

Your next step

Keep the delivery update. Target the recurring sales phrase. Recheck the rule when the app changes its notification wording, and use its own marketing settings whenever they are sufficient.

Explore this feature in Quietly, or get help with setup.

Sources and further reading

• Android notification settings
• Quietly on Google Play