While each app on your iPhone has its own notification settings that can be customized within the app itself, these settings are all influenced by the global settings established in your iPhone’s options. You have the ability to customize how notification bubbles appear on your lock screen, allowing you to limit the information displayed for privacy reasons.
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Open the Settings app on your iPhone’s home screen.
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Tap on Notifications.
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Under the Display as section, choose one of the notification display options.
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Select Count to have all your notifications displayed as a single bubble count at the bottom of your lock screen.
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Choose Stack to have your notifications stacked based on the time they were received, with the newest notification on top of the stack.
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Opt for List to display all your notifications in a traditional vertical list.
If you value maximum privacy, the Count mode is recommended as it will only show the number of notifications you have, without revealing their specific content. To view the actual contents of your notifications, simply unlock your phone in a secure environment.
In addition to the Display as settings, you can also utilize the Show Previews option to control when notifications are accompanied by previews. You can choose to have previews appear always, only when the phone is unlocked, or never. If you want to ensure that no one can gather any information from your notifications, you can disable previews. This way, you will still be alerted to app notifications, but the actual details of the notifications will not be visible.