How to stop getting random and unwanted notifications on your Garmin

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Compatible with
  • Garmin
  • Garmin Approach S42
  • Garmin Fenix 5
  • Garmin Instinct
If you sometimes get a random or unwanted notifications on your Garmin please check the following settings:
  • Reminders
  • Alarms
  • Band connected notification (Notify app main left menu -> band settings)
  • Custom alerts: heart rate min/max value, phone low/high battery, ...
  • Phone anti loss (on tools section)
  • App notifications: disable all apps (long press app from list -> choose disable). Then start by enabling one app at once until you find the wrong one.
    Once you have find which app is generating the unwanted notifications, use exclusive filter and ignore clearable notifications options to stop receiving these kind of notifications on band (many app show "updating data..." notification when refreshing data for example)
    You may want to check also the tutorial How to filter app notifications

If you are not able to find out what is wrong with app notifications settings, please start by resetting all app notifications to default settings
Go on Apps section, click on Settings button (gear icon) to open the general settings. Choose Reset app list to default to restore default settings
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If you are not able to find out what is wrong with the Notify App settings, please try reset to default Notify app settings
Open main left menu, click on Reset app settings to restore default Notify app settings
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