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This wikiHow teaches you how to mute and silence notifications from a WhatsApp group chat.
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1Open WhatsApp. It’s a green chat bubble icon with a phone receiver inside. You’ll find it on the home screen or in the app drawer.
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2Tap Chats. It’s the first of several tabs along the top of the screen.Advertisement
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3Select the chat you want to ignore.
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4Tap ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the chat.
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5Tap Mute. A new pop-up menu will appear.
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6Select a duration. This specifies how long the chat will remain muted. Select 8 Hours, 1 Week, or 1 Year.
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7Remove the checkmark from the “Show Notifications” box. This makes it so you are no longer notified when someone sends a message to the chat.
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8Tap OK. This saves your preferences for this conversation.
- When you open WhatsApp to the Chats screen, you’ll see a mute icon beneath the conversation’s date. The icon looks like a gray speaker with a line through it.
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1. Open WhatsApp.
2. Tap Chats.
3. Select a chat.
4. Tap ⁝
5. Tap Mute.
6. Select a duration.
7. Remove the checkmark from “Show Notifications.”
8. Tap OK.
