Originally published at: Get Rid of the Apple Pay Setup Badge on Settings - TidBITS
If you’re among those who dislike having notification badges permanently affixed to iOS apps, you may be frustrated by the badge on the Settings app that nags you to set up Apple Pay. Here’s how to get rid of it without enabling Apple Pay.
Nice writeup. I’ve been doing this for a few years now for my wife’s phone and iPad whenever there’s a major update. I thought everyone knew this, but I guess not.
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Yeah, it’s obvious in retrospect, but not at all if you take the options at face value.
Good advice. Been doing that myself. Now if only getting rid of pesky red badges were as simple in other instances…
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Yup. Now, if it were so easy to get rid of a long-defunct ESIM assigned to your device! I don’t know what kind of deal Apple does with carriers, but it’s absolute hell when that happens, because even if you ignore the notification, that ESIM sometimes gets installed anyway, especially on Apple Watch. Nightmare.
Yeah, its bothered me too since I first saw it on my iPhone and I didn’t know how to get rid of it…it works similarly on the iPhone…thanks!
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This exact same thing happens if you don’t turn on “Hey Siri” when setting up your iPhone (or after an iOS upgrade). And the solution is exactly the same, too. I wonder how many features this applies to.
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Definitely falls under “dark pattern”, IMO. Ditto the way the software update prompts are shown such that although you can install later, it’s not the same as cancel, just delay. I really do find this sort of thing to be disheartening, albeit, once you know to look for it, you can avoid it, mostly.
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