September 6, 2026

Turn on notification history before you need it

Settings > Notifications > Notification history. It only stores alerts from the moment you enable it.

• Android
• Easy · 1 min
• Pixel phones on Android 15 and 16
• Fix: see dismissed notifications on Android
• Cheat sheet

How to do it

1. 01

   Open Settings > Notifications.

2. 02

   Turn Notification history on.

3. 03

   After you dismiss something, come back to Notification history on that same screen to read it.

Turn it on now, while nothing is wrong. The alert you wanted was the one you dismissed before the feature was enabled, and that one is gone.