Help please: how to turn off notification sounds

[steven stier1]

I'm running Android 4.1.2 on my Pantech Discover phone. Please tell me how I can turn off notification sounds for text messages and email. The way the phone's working right now, I receive a sound notification of new text messages even when the phone is in Silent mode or Vibrate mode.
Your help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve

 

[Haalcyon]

It can be a little different depending on what phone youre using but generally if you go into Settings --> Sounds, there's a Notifications-related audio slider where you can either turn the volume down or off.

 

[B. Diddy]

You can also go into each app's specific Settings menu and turn off notifications for that app only. For example, open Messaging, press Menu/Settings, then uncheck Notifications (or change the Notification tone). You should be able to do the same for the Email app (I don't use the stock Email app, but I know that you can do it with the Gmail app under its app-specific Settings/[your Google account]/Notifications.

 

[steven stier1]

Assistance appreciated. Thank you