How do i get my lockscreen to only show the name of the person messaging me?

[Natti337]

Hi,

The S10+ is my first andriod phone. While I am loving the phone one thing that is reallyyyyy bothering me is that the lockscreen will either just read "new message" if i hide the contents of my messages or it will display the persons name with the preview of the message (which I do not want). Is there way for all messaging platforms such as regular text messages, Whatsapp, Instagram, etc to ONLY display the name of the person messaging?

I feel like this is such an easy standard setting on iphones. I don't understand why these Galaxies wouldnt have it. 

I have looked verywhere in the notifications settings and within the apps but maybe I am missing something. Any help would be greatly appreciate.

[AndrewL]

@Natti337: The best way to do this would be to go to Settings > Lock Screen > Notifications > View Style > Brief > Hide Content > On. Hope this helps.

[Natti337]

This does not work. it will alert that i have a message but it wont display the persons name and i if i switch it to brief and show content it shows the message.

[Wiggum]

Did you ever solve this? I'm having the same issue

[JO_384]

Was this problem ever sorted? I've tried so many combinations and still can't get the names to come up without the whole message appearing. 

[MJ-Brown]

This can't be resolved with the default texting app, you'll need to download one from the play store. I use Textra and I love it; it's highly customizable. The pro version is worth the few $