How do I silence incoming voice calls on WhatsApp?

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How do I silence incoming voice calls on WhatsApp?

I've been forced by my relatives to install WhatsApp on my iPhone. I use it only for text messages, so I disabled camera, voice, etc. and, what I thought, was all sounds from it in the iPhone settings.

But once in a while, one of my older relatives decides to make a voice call to me. In that case the WhatsApp app starts playing this annoying ringing which I cannot kill -- that is very frustrating especially if I'm at work.

Is there a setting (or some other way) to prevent it from ringing the incoming voice calls?

PS. I do not want to silence my phone completely. Just WhatsApp.

iPhone SE, iOS 13

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 5:03 PM

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lobsterghost1

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Feb 6, 2020 5:12 PM in response to Den B.

I just went through all the settings I can see for Whatsapp, via Notification Settings and from inside the app itself. I don't see any way to silence calls.

Since Whatsapp is not an Apple product, you should reach out to them directly to see if there's any way to do this.

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Den B. Author

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Feb 6, 2020 7:56 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Thanks. Since WhatsApp doesn't seem to cooperate with user preferences, I was hoping that Apple could mute it from within its settings.

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Feb 6, 2020 8:34 PM in response to Den B.

Nope. Apple has no control whatsoever over a 3rd party app. They don't own the code.

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How do I silence incoming voice calls on WhatsApp?

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