How to manage your notifications.
Change WhatsApp notification settings
Open WhatsApp > tap More options
> Settings > Notifications.
You can change notifications for messages, groups, and calls by choosing:
- Whether to turn conversation tones for incoming and outgoing messages on or off.
- Notification tone or ringtone.
- Vibration duration.
- Whether to show popup notifications on Android 9 and older. This allows notifications to show in the middle of your screen.
- Notification light color for supported phones.
- Whether to use high priority notifications on Android 5 and newer. This shows previews of notifications at the top of your screen and can be used to disable peeking notifications.
Note: Turning off high priority notifications will result in WhatsApp notifications being being placed lower on your screen.
To reset your notifications settings, tap Settings > Notifications > tap More options > Reset notification settings > RESET.
Customize notifications
You can customize notifications by choosing different options for tone, vibration, popup, and light:
- Open an individual or group chat.
- Tap the name of the individual or group chat.
- Tap Custom notifications > check Use custom notifications.
Note: Group calls use a default ringtone. This ringtone can’t be customized.
Mute notifications
- Open an individual or group chat.
- Tap the name of the individual or group chat.
- Tap Mute notification.
- Select the length of time you’d like to mute notifications and tap OK.
Alternatively, uncheck Show notifications to stop notifications from appearing.