1. A method comprising: detecting a plurality of notifications generated in response to a plurality of electronic messages sent to an account or a mobile device associated with an intended recipient, wherein each of the plurality of notifications is associated with one of a plurality of applications on the mobile device; accessing user settings, wherein a given user setting within the user settings corresponds to a given application of the plurality of applications, and wherein the given user setting indicates whether to include notifications associated with the given application in a history of notifications; identifying, by at least one processor, a subset of notifications of the plurality of notifications to be included in the history of notifications based on the user settings, wherein the subset of notifications comprises a number of notifications that is less than a total number of notifications in the plurality of notifications; including a version of each notification of the subset of notifications in the history of notifications; excluding, from the history of notifications, one or more notifications of the plurality of notifications; subsequent to a passage of time, removing from the history of notifications, at least one notification of the subset of notifications based on the at least one notification being associated with a time that is outside of a time period; and presenting, upon receiving a request, the history of notifications on the mobile device.