Best Ways to Hide the iPhone X Notch

If you own the iPhone X and can no longer tolerate looking at the notched display, there are a couple of ways to hide it.

When Apple launched the iPhone X back in November there was a lot of chatter about the notch that sits at the top of the phone’s display and houses some of the device’s key components.

While many iPhone X users have learned to deal with the notched display (we barely notice it anymore), some people still hate the design. If you fall into the latter group, you’ve probably thought about ways to get rid of the notch.

The only way to truly get rid of it is by trading the iPhone X in for another iPhone. Apple’s iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus don’t have a notch, neither do the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus.

Apple’s rumored iPhone 11 (iPhone X2, iPhone X Plus, 6.1-inch LCD iPhone) is supposed to have a notch as well so you won’t be able to upgrade to avoid it.

If you don’t want to switch phones, there are some elegant ways to hide the iPhone X notch in a matter of seconds.

How to Hide the iPhone X Notch

If you search for “notch” on the App Store you’re going to discover a fairly long list of apps promising to hide the notch on your iPhone X. Many of them are $0.99 or more. Well, there’s no reason to pay when you can download an app that does the same thing for free.

There are a few free options, but the best app we’ve come across thus far is called Notcho.

Notcho provides you with a few ways to hide the iPhone X’s notch. You can use stock wallpapers that come with app or you can import your own images and use them to hide the notch. There are a couple of caveats though.

The app creates watermarks on the wallpapers, but those can be removed with a one time $1.99 fee. There’s also no way to hide the notch when you’re using apps. The notch is only hidden when you’re on the lock screen or home screen.

Other App Store alternatives include Notchy Wallpapers (free), Notch Remover ($0.99), Custom Notch ($0.99), and Notch (free).

These wallpapers are a great way to hide the iPhone X notch.

If you don’t want to deal with apps and the App Store, you can also hide the notch by downloading high resolution wallpapers from the internet.

Designer Shivam Sinha has released an amazing notch-less wallpaper for the iPhone X and it comes in a variety of colors including Orca, Sunskit Dark, Midnight City, and Deep Space. You can download all of them right here.

Once you get them saved to your iPhone X, you’ll want to:

• Head to your Settings app.
• Go to Wallpaper.
• Tap Choose New Wallpaper.
• Tap Camera Roll.
• Select your new wallpaper.

For easy access we recommend favoriting the colors you like the most. To do that, head to your Photos, select the wallpaper, and tap the little heart symbol located on the bottom-middle of your screen.

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