What actually happens when I switch Show notifications off for an app?

The app stops sending anything to your lock screen, status bar and notification panel. It can still run in the background depending on its own battery and data settings, it just stops informing you until you toggle Show notifications back on.

How do I get notifications back after disabling them for an app?

Go back to Settings ➔ Apps ➔ select the app ➔ Notifications and switch Show notifications on again. Alerts resume immediately without any extra setup.

Does turning off notifications for one app affect notifications from other apps?

No. Notification permissions are set per app, so blocking alerts from one game or messenger has no effect on the rest of your installed apps.

Is there a quicker way to silence an app temporarily instead of turning notifications off completely?

Long-press an incoming notification from that app to see snooze options, or use a scheduled Do Not Disturb period. Both mute alerts temporarily without changing the app's permission under Notifications.

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Samsung: Turn Notifications On or Off for Individual Apps

If one app keeps buzzing your phone with alerts you no longer want, you don't have to mute your whole device to fix it. Samsung lets you manage notification permissions per app, so you can silence a chatty game or a busy WhatsApp group chat while alerts from your other apps keep working. Some apps even split their notifications into categories, letting you block group messages while direct messages still come through.

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By default, every app installed on a Samsung phone is allowed to push notifications to your lock screen, status bar and notification panel. Once you install an app like WhatsApp, a game or a shopping app, it usually asks for notification permission right away and keeps sending alerts until you change that setting yourself.

Samsung manages these permissions individually, so muting one chatty app never touches alerts from anything else on your phone. Open Settings ➔ Apps ➔ select the app ➔ Notifications, then switch Show notifications off to block all alerts from that app, or back on to restore them.

Many apps break their notifications down further once you reach this screen. WhatsApp, for example, lets you keep notifications for direct messages active while turning off alerts for group chats specifically, so you don't have to silence the whole app just to escape one noisy group.

Turning off notifications completely means you won't see anything from that app, not even a silent entry in the panel, until you switch it back on. If you only need quiet hours instead of a permanent block, a scheduled Do Not Disturb mode is usually the better fix, since it mutes everything temporarily without changing any individual app permission.

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Yes. Open the specific chat inside WhatsApp and mute it there, or check the categories listed under Settings ➔ Apps ➔ WhatsApp ➔ Notifications, where direct messages and group messages are often controlled separately.

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