Galaxy phone or tablet makes a random notification sound

Your phone or tablet may make sudden notification sounds if you have unread or snoozed notifications. You may also be receiving unwanted notifications or repeating notifications, such as emergency alerts. To fix this, check your recent notifications and notification history to make sure you are only seeing the alerts that are important to you.
Galaxy S24 Ultra showing App notifications menu
Galaxy S24 Ultra showing App notifications menu

Galaxy phone or tablet makes a random notification sound

Access your recent notifications

Navigate to and open Settings, then tap Notifications, and then tap App notifications. Tap the drop-down menu at the top to select from Most recent, Most frequent, Notifications turned off, or All.

 

If you’d like to stop receiving notifications from a specific app, tap the switch next to that app to turn off notifications.

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Check your Wireless emergency alerts

If you received an emergency alert and did not clear it, you may continue to hear the alert noise. Navigate to and open Settings, then tap Notifications, and then tap Advanced settings. Tap Wireless emergency alerts. From here, you can select the switch(es) next to the alerts you prefer to receive. Presidential alerts cannot be disabled.

Wireless emergency alerts screen displaying various alerts with switches next to them

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Enable Notification history

Your Notification history will allow you to view notifications you have already dismissed or snoozed, as well as notifications you've received in the last 24 hours. Navigate to and open Settings, then tap Notifications, and then tap Advanced settings. Tap Notification history, and then tap the switch to turn it on.

 

The next time your device makes an unexplained noise, review the Notification history to track down which app is sending notifications. Then you'll be able to manage the app's notifications.

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Check your repeat notifications

If you previously allowed certain apps to send repeat notifications, you will hear the app’s notification sounds until you dismiss the notification. To turn this off, navigate to and open Settings, then tap Notifications, and then tap Advanced settings. Tap the switch next to Repeat notification alerts to disable the option.
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