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You can preview SMS (and MMS) messages in Galaxy S5 lock screen and notification area.

In most of the regions, SMS message preview is the default setting. In other words, it should work out of box.

But for some reasons, some Galaxy S5 owners find they cannot preview SMS messages (MMS as well) in the lock screen or in notification area. So you may want to turn this feature on.

In the other hand, some Galaxy S5 owners may not want to use this feature for some privacy reasons. So, you may want to know how to turn this message preview feature off.

In this GalaxyS5 how-to guide, I will show you how to turn on orturn off SMS message preview in your Galaxy S5.

How to turn onSMS and MMS message preview on Galaxy S5?

You can check the settings in the Messages app.

Start the Messages app, tap the menu button (3 vertical dots), then tap Settings, as shown below.

In the messages settings page, scroll down to find Notifications. Tap notifications as shown above. You can then setup the notifications for your messages (SMS and MMS), including message preview.

If you want to preview messages on lock screen, you can check lock screen.

If you want to show message preview in notification area, check status bar.

How to turn on SMS and MMS message preview on Galaxy S5?

To turn off message preview, simply uncheck lock screen and/or status bar.

Other message notification settings in Galaxy S5

As shown above, in addition to message preview, you can customize message notifications in several aspects:

• Set the notification tone. You can even customize notification tone for individual contact. Please read this guide for further customization: How to customize Galaxy S5 ringtones and notification tones?
• Turn on or turn off vibrate when you receiving SMS/MMS messages.
• Repeat message alert.
• Display new messages as pop-ups.

Please note, this guide is assuming that you are using Samsung Messages app. If you set Google Hangoutsor other third-party messaging app as the default messaging app, these settings will not work.

Do you have any questions on turn on (or off) SMS and MMS message preview on Galaxy S5?

If you still have questions or encounter any problems when customizing Galaxy S5 message preview, please let us know in the comment box below.

More how-to guides , tips and tricks for using Samsung Galaxy S5 are available atSamsung Galaxy S5 how-to guides page.