Realme: Change Notification Badge Style on the App Icon

Notification badges are the small dot or number shown on top of an app icon after a missed call, unread message, or other alert. Realme UI manages this indicator through app-level notification settings, separate from the notification itself. If an app still shows a badge after you have opened everything, or you want to hide the badge for an app you check manually, you need to change the badge style for that specific app.

Open Settings ➔ Notifications & status bar ➔ Manage notifications, then tap the app you want to adjust. Select Badge and pick one of the four options: Number or dot shows a number when the app reports one and falls back to a dot otherwise, Number always shows the exact unread count, Dot shows only a small mark without any count, and Do not show removes the badge for that app completely.

This setting only changes the icon badge, not whether the app can send notifications at all. Turning off the badge does not silence sounds or hide lock screen alerts; use the app notification toggle for that. Choose Number for apps like messaging or mail where the count matters, and Do not show for apps that notify you constantly but you still want to keep enabled.