Delete notification (similar to companion app) possible?

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Hi everybody,

I used to use telegram exclusively for notifications; recently I switched to the Home Assistant companion app for certain things, for example reminders.

The companion app allows me to send clear_notification to a particular tag, thus allowing me to get rid of that notification without user interaction.

For example, there is a notification asking to empty the dishwasher when it is ready. It goes to all android phones via companion app. Whoever actually does empty the dishwasher can then click OK right in the notification. This will set the according input_boolean that triggers this notification to off, which then sends clear_notification with the dishwasher tag to all devices.

tldr: once a task has been completed, the notification will not be shown any longer on other people’s devices.

While this works great for notifications as described above, I don’t like using it for anything with images (for example, receiving a notification when the front gate opens with a camera snapshot attached). This notification is only visible when pulling down the notification bar manually, and if clicked by accident, the attached image is gone without being to look at it again.

Telegram, on the other hand, is my preferred method for this. I can open the messenger at any time and look at previous images or notifications; however, I don’t believe it is possible to delete any sent messages via Home Assistant.

Is there any other messaging app I could use for this? Send a notification to it, but also delete that very notification if need to be? OR is there a way to view previous notifications (including their attachments) that have been sent by the Home Assistant companion app, so if one missed looking at an attachment, they could still find it later…?

Thank you in advance for your ideas :slight_smile:

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You mean this?

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Maybe you can have a look at this: How to view your notification history on Android - The Verge

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You mean this?

Exactly! This is what I am using for these “disposable” notifications, but would like to be able to also use with another messenger. It doesn’t have to be telegram as long as it will provide this feature shown in your link.

@RodgerDodger

Maybe you can have a look at this:

Thank you! Unfortunately, I do not seem to have this widget available. There is no settings, but since my language is set to German, I looked for a equivalent. Nothing. No system, nor log, either. Which is really weird, this should be a standard feature, right?

But I am trying an app that can do this as well, perhaps that will be good enough. Waiting for my next notification with attachment to see if it actually saves the attachments as well.

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Ahh, the other way around! I thought you wanted to switch to the companion app. Don’t know if Telegram or other messengers support a feature like this. I use the companion app.

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As mentionend in the article maybe not every phone has it, my Pixel 4 XL does have it and in German you have to look for Widgets → Einstellungen → Benachrichtigungsprotokoll.

There’s also an app linked in the article that might help you.