Even though the Galaxy S5 comes with Quick Settings, its notification panel is quite populated with access to some frequently used toggles, a brightness slider and shortcuts to some commonly used apps. As always though, Samsung provides users with a way to customise the toggles — add, remove or re-position them — as well as remove certain items from the panel. Here’s how.

Step 1: On your home screen, use the two finger gesture and swipe down from the top to bring up the Quick Settings menu. Then, tap the pencil icon to enter the Notification Panel settings. Alternatively, you can also access it by going to Settings and tapping the Notification panel option located under Sound and Display.

Step 2: Under the “Set quick setting buttons” list, you will see two set of categories: Active buttons and Available buttons. Here, you can drag ‘n’ drop the active buttons into the available buttons list and vice versa to disable or enable them. You can also move them around via the same process.

Keep in mind that there is no way to completely remove all the toggles from the notification panel. You must have at least 5 toggles, whether you like them or not. You can also remove the brightness adjustment slider present in the notification panel from this menu.

If you insert headphones into the 3.5mm jack on the S5, you will notice a small list of apps comes up on the notification panel. You can customise this panel from Quick settings as well. Just tap the Recommended apps option, which will give you access to the list of apps that show up in the panel when a headphone is plugged in. You can either customise this list now or disable it completely by toggling the switch present in the action bar. Sadly, there is no way to completely disable or remove the S Finder and Quick connect shortcuts present in the notification panel.

Do you find the crowded notification bar in the Galaxy S5 useful or absolutely loathe it? Drop in a comment and let us know!