How to fix excessive notifications covering the entire lock screen in iOS 26 on iPhone?

Hello,

As you can see in the screenshot provided down below, my notifications take up the entire lock screen once they get to many. I've entcounterd this problem ever since a Beta version of IOS 26 (can't remember what version exactly), since then, this problem won't disappear even after countless IOS updates (I'm currently on the latest official IOS 26 and disabled the Beta feature eintirly). When restarting my iPhone it works fine until i receive to many notifications. I've tried a lot of different fixes like changing the notification view settings for the lock screen and a few other settings. When contacting the Apple support they just tell me to try the same fixes and eventually say they'll contact me in the near future but nerver do so.


Any fixes that come to mind? This is my last resort before doing a clean install on this Phone which I really tried to avoid till now, since I've got a lot of bank and goverment service apps.

Device: iPhone 15 Pro

Current iOS version: 26.4.2



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Original Title: iOS 26 Notification Bug

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on May 4, 2026 5:15 AM

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May 4, 2026 7:54 AM in response to KiltedTim

Do you see how it's blocking the entire lock screen? They reach up to the top "status bar" (I don't know what it's called but the one with the WiFi signal and battery charge) blocking even the clock and it's always like this, not just when expanding the notifications. I can't even read the clock while my phone is locked and in always on.

How to fix excessive notifications covering the entire lock screen in iOS 26 on iPhone?

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