Curb Annoying Notifications

No one likes it when an app starts throwing unwanted notifications into the shade and mucking up your business. The most effective way to kill unwanted notifications is to disable them in the app itself. Most apps have fine grain controls that allow you to dictate exactly how and when an app will notify you of something—just head to the app's settings and look for a "Notifications" section. Not only will turning them off here save you some annoyances, but it also reduces battery drain, since your phone is reaching out for new information less often. On the other hand, if an app doesn't have those options, you have another fallback. As of Android 4.1 and up, you can override an app's ability to make notifications at all. Simply find the offending program in the app manager and uncheck "Show notifications." For root users who want some a more comprehensive solution, Notifications Off allows you to disable notifications for all your apps in one place. As an added luxury, you can set up multiple profiles that allow a certain set of apps to create notifications and swap between them with home screen shortcuts. This way you can quickly turn off alerts from a group of apps at night or while you're at work, and turn them back on later.