How to manage your notifications
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You can change your notification settings for all calls and messages in WhatsApp Settings. Learn how to mute individual or group chat notifications in this article.
Note: If you disable or silence WhatsApp notifications from your device settings, updates made to notification settings in WhatsApp won’t override them. However, if you enable custom notifications for a chat in WhatsApp, a new notification category will be added in your device settings, with notifications enabled for that custom setting.
You can manage your notification settings for all messages and calls, or customize individual or group chat notifications.
Note: Popup notifications aren't available on Android versions 10 and above.
Manage WhatsApp notifications settings for all messages, groups, or calls
To change message or group notification settings:
- Tap > Settings > Notifications. Under the Message or Group section:
- Tap Conversation tones to toggle conversation tones on or off for incoming and outgoing messages. Learn more about managing conversation tones in this article.
- Tap Notification tone to change the notification tone of individual or group messages.
- Tap Vibrate to change the duration of WhatsApp's notification vibrations.
- Tap Popup notification to turn on or turn off popup notifications.
- Tap Light to change the color of message or group notifications on your device.
- Tap Use high priority notifications to show previews of notifications at the top of your screen.
- Tap Reaction Notifications to receive notifications of reactions to messages you send.
To change call notification settings:
- Tap > Settings > Notifications. Under the Call section:
- Tap Vibrate under to change the duration of WhatsApp's notification vibrations.
- Tap Ringtone to change the ringtone of incoming calls.
To reset all notifications settings
- Tap > Settings.
- Select Notifications.
- Tap > Reset notification settings > Reset.
Manage notifications for individual chats
- Open an individual chat.
- Tap the name of the individual.
- Tap Custom notifications.
- Check Use custom notifications.
- Manage notification settings by performing one of the following actions:
- Tap Notification tone to change the notification tone of individual or group messages.
- Tap Vibrate to change the duration of WhatsApp's notification vibrations.
- Tap Popup notification to turn on or turn off popup notifications.
- Tap Light to change the color of message or group notifications on your device.
- Tap Use high priority notifications to show previews of notifications at the top of your screen.
Manage notifications for group chats
- Open a group chat.
- Tap the name of the group.
- Tap Notifications.
- Manage notification settings by performing one of the following actions:
- Tap Mute notifications to mute notifications from messages or calls.
- Tap Notification tone to change the notification tone of messages.
- Tap Ringtone to change the ringtone of calls.
- Tap Vibrate to change the duration of WhatsApp's notification vibrations.
- Tap Advanced settings to perform one of the following actions:
- Tap Use high priority notifications to show previews of notifications at the top of your screen.
- Tap Popup notification to turn on or turn off popup notifications.
- Tap Light to change the color of message or group notifications on your device.
Manage notification previews on your device
You can hide the content of WhatsApp messages from the notification previews that are displayed on your phone’s lock screen.
To turn lock screen notifications on or off:
- Go to your phone’s Settings > Notifications > Notifications on lockscreen.
- Select one of the following options:
- Show conversations, default, and silent.
- Hide silent conversations and notifications.
- Don't show any notifications.
Manage call notifications on your device
When you turn off Call notifications or All WhatsApp notifications on your phone, incoming WhatsApp call notifications are silenced.
- Go to your phone’s Settings > Notifications > Apps > WhatsApp.
- Tap Call notifications, then turn on or off Show notifications.
You can also turn off all WhatsApp notifications in WhatsApp Settings. Go to WhatsApp Settings > Notifications > Turn off All WhatsApp notifications.
Note:
- The caller won’t know you have call notifications turned off, and will receive a no answer response in WhatsApp.
- You can tap Turn on call notifications to receive WhatsApp calls.
- You’ll receive a missed call notification in WhatsApp and “Notifications disabled” when you tap the missed call info.
- If you have an existing chat with the caller, you’ll also see the reason for the missed call.
- If you’re using WhatsApp when a call is received and call notifications are turned off, you’ll still receive the call.
