What is the badge icon on iPhone?

Answer: A: The iPhone uses badges to indicate that a new message, email, push notification, or voicemail is waiting. Each app with new unread information has a white number with a red background in the upper right hand corner of the app icon. This is a badge.

Where is the badge app icon on iPhone?

A badge app icon is the white number in a red oval at the top-right corner of an app’s icon.

How do you turn on badges on iPhone?

On your iPhone, you’ll want to tap Settings > Notifications > [App] and make sure “Allow Notifications” is enabled. From there you should have the option to select “Badges.”

Why are badges not showing on iPhone?

The most likely reason that your iPhone badges don’t appear to be working relates to notification settings. If you have turned off the badge notifications for an application inadvertently, or the application’s default setting is to have badges disabled, you won’t receive badge alerts for that application.

Where is the badge app icon on my iPhone 6?

If you have adjusted your notification settings before, then you probably noticed it as an option, but you are probably wondering what it does. A badge app icon is the white number in a red oval at the top-right corner of an app’s icon. As an example, we have pointed out a badge app icon on the Mail app in the image below.

Why do I have a 4 badge on my iPhone?

If you see a red badge with a “4” on it sitting on the Facebook app icon, for example, you’ll know you have four new Facebook events to review. Why it’s handy: An iPhone badge makes for a great reminder of a message, voicemail, or some other event that you haven’t quite gotten around to yet.

How do I remove the Red Badge on my iPhone?

For example, if there is a red circle with a number on the Messages icon, it indicates that you have new text messages. Launching the Messages app and closing it again erases the icon’s red badge. Examine the app for any red badges or notifications within the app.

What does the Red Badge mean on iPhone 7?

What it is: A little red dot with a number (signifying the number of waiting alerts) that sits on the corner of app icons on your various iOS 7 home pages. If you see a red badge with a “4” on it sitting on the Facebook app icon, for example, you’ll know you have four new Facebook events to review.