How to Sort iPhone/iPad Notifications in iOS 9: Three Different Ways

You can sort your Notifications on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 9 in three ways; grouping notifications by app, reorder grouped app alerts in Notification Center and sort notifications by time received.

When you are bogged down by too many notifications on your iPhone or iPad, it is difficult to make a choice which one to read first and which to keep last. Setting a priority would be a handy option for you at such time.

Only if you knew that you can sort all your iOS notifications from your iOS device itself, and for this, you don't need to Jailbreak your device neither you need any third-party app. Take a close look at how you can sort your iOS notifications.

There are three ways you can sort your iOS Notifications; first one is grouping iPhone notifications by app, second is reorder grouped app notifications in Notification Center and third and last is sort notifications by time received.

How to Sort Notifications on iPhone and iPad

Grouping iPhone Notifications by App

Step #1. Open Settings app on your iOS device enabled by iOS 9 or later version → Tap on Notifications.

On this screen, you will find an option: Group By App.

Step #2. Toggle Group By App option ON.

Step #3. Now tap on Sort Order option, which is right above Group By App.

Step #4. On Sort Order screen, tap on Manual option.

This action will group all notifications according to the apps they originated from. Now, let’s check how you can reorder grouped app notifications.

How to Reorder Grouped App Notifications

Step #1. Open Settings app on your iOS device → Tap on Notifications.

Step #2. Now tap on Sort Order.

Step #3. Tap on Manual.

With this, you can see that the Sort Order screen is populated with number of apps for which you receive notifications. Now you can drag the apps to set them on desired position. For example, you want to see WhatsApp messages first, just drag WhatsApp to the first position. To check the effect, swipe down the top of your iPhone screen and tap on Notifications Center. Everything should look good!