But of course, there’s a neat trick to quickly dismiss them. To dismiss a notification banner when it slides down, simply tap and hold on the little gray bar at the bottom center of the notification and flick it upward to see it go away. No more waiting for them to go away on their own!
Notification Center Banner
As a bonus tip for those who don’t know, notifications that show up on your lock screen have the same special powers as they did back in iOS 6. If you want to jump to the app that sent the notification, swipe on the actual notification to unlock your device instead of doing it across the “slide to unlock” text.
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Just be aware that if you do this to a “missed call” notification that you’ll be calling the person back when you do this. Handy, right?
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