How to silence whatsapp messages
How to mute annoying chats on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram
This article was published on July 25, 2019
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Modern-day chat apps have allowed us to stay connected with our friends and family. But there are some pesky people and groups whom you don’t want to interact with all the time. That’s why these apps have a mute function that hides alerts from a particular chat for a certain period.
- Open the app on your phone.
- Tap on the chat you want to mute.
- If you’re using the Android app, tap on the three-dot menu on the top-right corner, and then select the Mute option.
- If you’re using the iOS app, tap on the group or person’s name, and then select the Mute option.
- You can choose to mute a chat for eight hours, one week, or one year.
Messenger
- Open the app on your phone, and tap on the chat you want to mute.
- Tap on the person or the group name, and then tap the mute icon.
- You can mute a chat for 15 minutes, one hour, eight hours, 24 hours, or forever.
- Open the app on your phone, and tap on the chat you want to mute.
- Tap the info icon on the top right corner.
- Tap on the mute messages toggle to stop getting notification from that chat.
If you’re tired of people who post too many Instagram stories, you can check out our guide to mute them.
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WhatsApp is testing a new mute function for Android that lets you quickly silence conversations by tapping “Mute” directly from the system notification, rather than having to mute from within the app itself. There’s also a new “always mute” option coming too, replacing the “mute for one year” option. It’s perfect if you just don’t want to deal with certain chatty people...ever.
The new notification settings are still in beta, so you’ll have to download the latest WhatsApp Android beta if you want to try them out now.
The stable version of the app should be updated with the new silencing options within the coming weeks.
However, even with the beta installed, you probably won’t see the new “mute” shortcut in your notifications at first. The option only appears after you’ve racked up at least 51 unread messages from a single WhatsApp chat. Here’s how it works:
- Once you’ve passed 51 unread messages, swipe down on your Android device’s screen to open the notification tray,
- Tap “Mute” from the WhatsApp notification. If you try this prior to hitting that 51 message threshold, you’ll see a “mark all as read” shortcut instead.
- Tap your desired mute duration, then tap “OK” to apply your selection.
Luckily, there are other ways to silence WhatsApp chats. The other methods aren’t as quick as muting from a notification, but they mercifully don’t require a hitting certain number of unread messages first.
How to mute notifications within WhatsApp
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- Open WhatsApp.
- Long-press on the chat you want to silence.
- Tap the “mute” icon at the top of the screen (it looks like a crossed-out speakerphone).
- Select the mute duration. The current options are 8 hours, 1 week, or 1 year.
- Tap “OK” to save the changes. Muted conversations will have a “mute” icon displayed to the right of the name.
- You can unmute a chat at any time by long-pressing a silenced conversation, then tapping the speakerphone icon.
Mute from your Android settings
The ability to mute specific chats is great, but if you need to silence all WhatsApp notifications, you can do so in a few different ways. To specifically mute WhatsApp notifications on Android:
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- Open the Settings app
- Go to “Apps & Notifications.
” - Tap “See all apps”
- Scroll through the list and tap WhatsApp, then tap “Notifications.”
- Turn off the specific type of notifications you want mute. You can disable group chat notifications, new message alerts, and a bunch of system-related messages. You can also turn off “Show Notifications” to disable all WhatsApp notifications.
Aside from messing with your notification preferences, there are also device-wide settings like silencing your phone or turning on Do Not Disturb Mode that can quickly quiet over-active chats—though these will silence notifications from all apps unless you’ve specifically configured certain ones to ignore Do Not Disturb mode. Finally, there’s always switching on airplane mode or turning off your phone entirely. That last option may be the best for your mental health.
How to turn off WhatsApp notifications on iPhone?
In the modern world, users are increasingly using instant messengers to communicate with relatives, friends, and colleagues.
In messengers, we receive different types of messages, but it happens that you get into some chats that distract you with a lot of messages and you want to make sure that notifications about them do not come. Or you are simply fed up with emails and want to turn off information about them. Today we will analyze how to remove WhatsApp notifications on iPhone, how to adjust the sound. nine0003
Disable message alerts.
Message information display settings.
Select the message sound.
We remove WhatsApp notifications for one contact.
In today's example, let's talk specifically about the WhatsApp messenger and configure notifications in it.
Disable message notifications in WhatsApp.
You can make various WhatsApp settings: change the ringtone, display, or remove notifications altogether. If you want information about letters not to be displayed at all, then:
- Go to "Settings" → "Notifications" → "WhatsApp" on your iPhone.
- And disable the slider next to "Tolerance".
In this case, you will not receive information about incoming messages in this messenger at all. You will be able to see the incoming email only when you go to the application itself.
Notification display settings.
If you wanted to remove banners for privacy reasons, then you can use another method and hide only the text of the letter, leaving alerts, but they will only display information about the sender. nine0003
- Go to "Settings" → "Notifications" → "WhatsApp" on your iPhone.
- In the “Thumbnail Show” section, select: “Unlocked” if you want the message text on the banner to be displayed only after unlocking the smartphone using Face ID or Touch ID, or select “Never” if you want the banner to always display only the name of the contact.
In the same menu item you can enable or disable the "Sound". To do this, move the slider to the desired position.
You can always choose for yourself the optimal settings of this messenger on iPhone. nine0003
- Also in the iPhone settings themselves, you can configure the display of alerts: show on the lock screen, menu, banner, or everywhere at once.
- Check the boxes that suit you.
- You can uncheck all options, leave only the "Stickers" item active, and in this case, when a new letter is received, notifications will be disabled, and only the number of incoming SMS will be displayed on the application icon. nine0024
Select the message sound.
If you change your mind about turning off notifications, deciding to set it to display correctly, you can also adjust the sound settings.
- To do this, open the WhatsApp app on your iPhone.
- Select Settings → Notifications. Here you can also hide messages for contacts / groups and adjust the sound.
- To select a message ringtone for contacts, click on "Sound", as shown below:
- In the window that opens, select a melody from the suggested ones.
In the same way, you can select it for groups. They are on the menu below.
We remove notifications for one contact or group.
If you do not want to receive notifications from a particular user, you can turn off the sound specifically for his letters. To do this:
- Go to messenger chats.
- Swipe the desired dialog to the left and tap More. nine0024
- In the pop-up window, click "Mute" and select the desired period.
In this case, email notifications from this subscriber will be silent, will not be displayed on the iPhone and will not disturb you. This setting can also be made for groups.
You can always remove WhatsApp notifications on iPhone, customize them for yourself or change the ringtone. Use the tips above and use the messenger as conveniently as possible for yourself. nine0003
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Most of us suffer from problems with notifications and alerts appearing in the WhatsApp application.
Whatsapp. Which is often sometimes a serious inconvenience for us.
But don't worry, dear reader, we will explain how to turn off alerts and notifications on What's going on. nine0003
WhatsApp has already introduced an option that allows you to permanently turn off notifications for individual chats and group messages on its platform.
Since October last year.
However, this option is useless when someone in a group chat reminds you that you have already turned off their notifications.
You will continue to receive notifications and alerts if a user in the group replies to one of your previously sent messages or mentions you in a thread.
This is not a technical flaw, but it can be annoying if several silent group members mention you or reply to your previous message. nine0003
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You can turn off notifications for messages that mention you or reply to your current message in a group , whose notifications you've already turned off on both Android and iOS.
It also works on WhatsApp Web or its desktop client.
What you need to do is ignore notifications from individual users who have mentioned you, or send a reply to your previous post in a muted group. nine0003
To turn off notifications from an individual user, simply follow these steps:
- Go to their WhatsApp profile
- Then click on the username.
- Then look for an option to turn off notifications on Android or mute on iOS.
- Then you can choose one of three options ( 8 hours - 8 hours , أو week - week , أو Always - always for options to ignore notifications).
This is useful when you can't leave a WhatsApp group but don't want to be constantly notified if someone mentions you or replies to your message in that group.
Also, this workaround will work even if WhatsApp has enabled the reported multi-device support.
