How to Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android
This wikiHow teaches you how to disable WhatsApp notifications on an Android. You can either block all notifications from your device's settings or only turn off some of the notification options, such as the Notification tone or Popup notifications. Method 1 Blocking All Notifications Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 1 1 Open your Android device's Settings menu. The Settings app will typically look like a gear or wrench icon. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 2 2 Tap Application Manager or Apps. In your Settings menu, find your device's applications menu and open it. This is the same menu where you can disable or uninstall apps on your Android. On most Android devices, this option will appear as "Application Manager" or "Apps", but it could have a slightly different name on some other devices. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 3 3 Scroll down and tap WhatsApp. This will open the App info page for WhatsApp. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 4 4 Disable all notifications. Depending on your device's model and current software, you might have to uncheck a box saying Show notifications, or slide a switch saying Block notifications. If you see a Notifications menu on the App info page, tap on it, then slide the Block all switch to On position. If you don't see a Notifications menu on the App info page, look for the Show notifications box towards the top of your screen, then uncheck the box. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 5 5 Confirm your action. Some devices will ask you to confirm that you want to disable notifications. In this case, tap OK or Confirm to save your settings. You will not see any WhatsApp notifications on your Home screen or your Notifications tray anymore. Method 2 Customizing Notification Options Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 6 1 Open WhatsApp Messenger. The WhatsApp icon looks like a green speech bubble with a white telephone in it. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 7 2 Tap the Menu button. This button looks like three vertical dots in the upper-right corner of your WhatsApp Home screen. It will open a drop-down menu. If WhatsApp opens up to a conversation, the three dots button will work differently. In this case, tap the back button to go back to your CHATS screen, then tap the Menu button. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 8 3 Tap Settings. This will open your WhatsApp Settings menu. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 9 4 Tap Notifications. This option is next to a green bell icon on the Settings menu. Here, you can customize all your notifications and turn off the ones you don't find useful. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 10 5 Uncheck the Conversation tones box. Disable all conversation tones by unchecking this box at the top of your Notifications menu. This option will stop playing the chat sound when you receive or send a message in a conversation. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 11 6 Customize your Message notifications. Under the "Message notifications" heading, you can turn off or change your Notification tone, Vibrate option, Popup notification, and Light notifications. These settings will apply to all your personal chat conversations. Tap Notification tone, select None and then tap OK to turn it off. Your device will now stop playing a sound when you receive a notification. Tap Vibrate and select Off to turn it off. When you turn this setting off, your notifications will not vibrate your device. Tap Popup notification and select No popup to turn it off. This way, you will not see a popup notification on your device's Home screen when you receive a new message. Tap Light and select None to turn it off. This way, your device's notification light won't blink when you receive a new message. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 12 7 Scroll down and customize your Group notifications. You will see a separate section to customize your group chat notifications. You will have the same four options as your "Message notifications" in this section to turn off or change your Notification tone, Vibrate option, Popup notification, and Light notifications. Image titled Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications on Android Step 13 8 Scroll down and customize your Call notifications. You can turn off or change your Ringtone and Vibrate settings for calls you receive on WhatsApp. Tap Ringtone, select None and then tap OK. Your Ringtone option will now be set to Silent. Your device will not ring when you receive a call on WhatsApp. Tap Vibrate and select Off to turn it off. When you turn it off, incoming WhatsApp calls will not vibrate your device. You're helping people by reading wikiHow wikiHow's mission is to help people learn, and we really hope this article helped you. Now you can help others, just by visiting wikiHow. We're proud to partner with BUILD, a program that prepares students for success in high school, college, careers and beyond through entrepreneurship. BUILD students collaborate to create real businesses, and learn how to do everything from researching competitors to marketing their ideas. Click below to let us know you read this article, and wikiHow will donate to BUILD on your behalf. Thanks for helping us achieve our mission of helping everyone on the planet learn how to do anything.