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I have a birthday notification on my iPhone locked screen which looks like a live 'Call' link...

...and I don't want it there in this form.


I have had added birthdays to my Apple Contacts ages ago, and in the past I have just received visual notifications on my Mac or my iPhone, informing me of the birthday. This is what I want.


But today I have a persistent notification on my iPhone locked screen, which reads:


PHONE | SIRI SUGGESTION. Call Alice. Birthday found in Contacts.


There is an icon of a telephone handset on there too, and I have a feeling that if I touch that notification I will be unintentionally initiating a phone call. I do not want to do this, and I want to get rid of the notification in this form; I'm scared of making an unintended phone call.


Something has clearly changed somewhere for this to appear today. I have never had this sort of birthday notification before.


Can anyone point me in the right direction to get rid of this apparently live phone link button notification, while retaining the standard non-phone birthday notifications please?

iPhone X, iOS 12

Posted on May 29, 2019 3:03 AM

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Posted on May 29, 2019 3:21 PM

Hello, Steve Zodiac.


Welcome to Apple Support Communities.


From what I've read, I understand that you want to remove the Siri Search Suggestion in your contacts without removing the birthday notifications. You should be able to turn this off and keep the birthdays. Go to Settings > Contacts > Siri Search & Suggestions. This is where you can turn off the feature. However, this will be for all contacts and not just a specific one: About Siri Suggestions on iPhone



Cheers!

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May 29, 2019 3:21 PM in response to Steve Zodiac

Hello, Steve Zodiac.


Welcome to Apple Support Communities.


From what I've read, I understand that you want to remove the Siri Search Suggestion in your contacts without removing the birthday notifications. You should be able to turn this off and keep the birthdays. Go to Settings > Contacts > Siri Search & Suggestions. This is where you can turn off the feature. However, this will be for all contacts and not just a specific one: About Siri Suggestions on iPhone



Cheers!

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