A white dot on my phone

[Denman]

There is usually a white dot on a display bar where network , Wi Fi and clock displays.  What could this white dot symbolize?? Have I been bugged? 

How can I remove this dot 

[shad480]

just clear your notifications it will go away

[Griffin2389]

that's temporarily

[shad480]

yeah thats what I meant, they still have some pending notifications to be seen and to clear.

[Denman]

I have done that several times but it keeps on coming

[Griffin2389]

Go to notification settings
then status bar
select all notifications. Thank me later

[Mittuvichu]

That means you have more pending notifications than what is displayed on the notification bar. The reason is that you have set the option to show only the most 3 recent notifications.
To disable this open SETTINGS > NOTIFICATIONS > STATUS BAR > then select ALL NOTIFICATIONS. Check the screenshots for reference.

[Denman]

thanks so much it has worked

[Mittuvichu]

If it worked, please click the three dot menu on my comment and select accept solution. It can help others with similar issue to find the solution easier.

[Eastcider]

I've spent hours on this and have the exact answer:

The white dot on the left is when you have a pending voicemail, clear your voice mailbox to clear the dot. Feel free to test this when you see the dot, clear and properly exit your voicemail to see it disappear.

The white dot on the right comes on when you turn on mobile data. This can be turned on and off in the drag down notification thingy. Feel free to test it on and off to see that it dictaes if the white dot comes on or not.

I discovered these once and for all by turning off things one by one, until they vanished. Then I turned the same ones back on to see if the dot comes back. 

Tried and tested, 

Left white dot = V. mail pending

Right white dot = Mobile data (on)