How to Remove the Notifications Panel in Quick Settings?

Martin

Hey everyone,

I’m using a Nothing Phone 2a with Android 15 and Nothing OS 3, and I have a frustrating issue with the Quick Settings panel.

When I swipe down from the top of the screen, I get a huge notifications panel that takes up most of the space. To actually see all my Quick Settings toggles, I have to swipe down again, which feels unnecessary.

The problem is: I don’t use notifications at all—I have them disabled for most apps. So for me, this notification section is just wasted space, and I’d rather go directly to Quick Settings with a single swipe.

Is there any way to disable or hide the notifications panel when opening Quick Settings?

If there isn’t, I’d love to see a setting that allows users to customize this behavior. Some users rely heavily on notifications, but for those of us who don’t, having a direct, one-swipe access to Quick Settings would be much more convenient.

Does anyone else feel the same way? Maybe there’s a workaround or an ADB command to tweak this?

Thanks!

Mr Steel

Martin This isn’t possible at the moment. I’d recommend providing OS feedback via your phone’s Settings > System > Feedback option.

Nicol_s_XmgnXEMWGu

Martin

You’re the first person I know who would need something like that.

Avidx

Martin i don’t know

GabD_Guy0

Martin I also think the toggle button is a good idea… have you submitted feedback through the feedback system? It’s a good feature to add..
Thanks for posting, I hope it gets implemented in the future.

Martin

Nicol_s_XmgnXEMWGu Interesting! Well, I don’t like notifications, I find them too time consuming. I limit myself to opening the apps only if I activeley need something from that app. I still use the app-badges to track If there are new messages or mails and so on.

Keerth1n

They could implement the swipe left side for notifs, swipe right side for fully extended quick settings panel…… I guess this would be more useful to everyone, since this is already implemented in Samsung’s OneUI, and some custom roms….

Martin

jay_again Thank you for your idea! I tried that, unfortunately the phone (call) notifications can not be turned off. It’s not so much that I dislike the notifications panel itself, its much more its location - covering up more useful features (for my use case).

Keerth1n I actually think the way it is now is probably quite well implemented if you rely on notifications that way. For me it would be enough to have a toggle in the notification settings “Show Notifications Panel in Quick Settings” or so.

jay_again

you can try turn off notifications of all apps. or may be try buzzkill? or you can remove apps you dont wanna see notifications from. you doont use apps much as well.

Keerth1n

jay_again he asked to turn off notifications panel, not notifications, please read properly next time.

jay_again

Keerth1n well well. if he turns off the notifications. he wont need to turn off notifications. and may be if people will never use internet will never get notifications. much easy.

Martin

GabD_Guy0 Thanks for your reply and comment. Yes I did submit a feature request via Ticket. They will pass on the request to the devs. Good to see that you actually can have an influence on the products. Lets hope they implement it! Way to go, nothing. Have a great day!