What does "notifications silenced" mean in Messages?

What original problem oh my God the ******* message doesn’t go away yes we know it’s glitchy bugs different phones different models different chipsets, Different carriers some suggestions obviously aren’t gonna work for every single person here backup the phone on a computer wipe out the phone log off of every device restore your phone go back to DND make sure that it’s off anything related to it is turned off and that’s it. That’s it if it doesn’t work then obviously Apple really needs to get on the ball nothing you can do from this point just deal with it

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I have three devices, two that are not updated with the focus mode and one that has been telling people that I have notifications silenced even when I turn off my "Focus Status". My phone was on 14.1.1 (No focus mode), my computer on Mojave and my ipad is on 15.4.1 and sharing status with focus mode is turned off.

My family is not happy with me, please show me how to fix.

I’m having the same problem as others now I’ve updated to the latest update. A friend of mine with an iPhone same as mine can’t message as when I sent message he’d get it in green but then messages he sent me didn’t come through at all and my messages to him before were blue both being on iPhones but on screen I get half moon and that his notifications are silenced how do we fix this he says he’s done nothing and all I’ve done is update

Does anybody know how to over come this stupid notifications silenced I’ve been sending and receiving texts from an iPhone to my friends iPhone but he can’t send me anything and when I text him it is green and not the normal blue what do I do it’s been since I updated.

Beardsmore1954 wrote:

when I text him it is green and not the normal blue what do I do it’s been since I updated.

That means that one of you doesn't have an active data connection (either WiFi or Cellular). It has nothing to do with Focus.

Hello All,

I am having this same problem in Messages ([person] has notifications silenced)and can see a message on my wife's phone that says I have notifications silenced when I do not.

Details:

• Both phones (iPhone 13's) are running iOS 15.4.1.
• On my wife's phone in messages, at the bottom of our thread it says "...has notifications silenced" (see pic.) most recently confirmed at 11am this morning.
• Messages received on my phone from my wife produce no sound.
• On my phone Focus->Do Not Disturb, (a) my wife is on a whitelist, (b) I have a schedule set for 9:30PM-8:00AM, (c) Share Across Devices is disabled. (see pics.)
• On my MacBook, DND is disabled and Share Across Devices is disabled.

Attached are some pics...

Thanks in advance for any help!

It’s all sorted now spend hours on phone with apple yesterday it was because I changed network and opted to keep my old number but in settings it was the new provider number and also my friend has do not disturb on his phone but I was able to by pass that so I’m all sorted so thanks you.

UrsulaKirk59 wrote:

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I found that the silence issue was in the screen of the persons name. Look at the names where you receive messages and you may see a bell with an “/“ through it.

Go in it and cut off hide alerts. Not sure how this got turned on but once it’s off messages should no longer be silence.

I have deleted every available Focus on both of my devices. I have DND turned OFF. I have restarted both my devices. The "notifications silenced" message is still being sent to my HUSBAND and MOTHER. What in the heck am I supposed to do? This is ridiculous. I never wanted this stupid "feature" and now I am being forced to navigate it, and it doesn't even appear to work. (The reason this started was that my mother was seeing this message and kept telling me, even though I told her I hadn't turned anything on. Her contact was already somehow in the "allowed" list, so she shouldn't have been seeing it anyway.) Please help me! This is so annoying.

I have the same issue where it’s says I have silenced notifications and I even deleted all my focuses. 🤷‍♀️ And it still says it…. I have tried all Trouble shooting and nothing works. Is apple even aware of this happening? They need to fix this! This has been happening since new update 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I fixed it by following saralucky’s advice

turned share on in both focus and privacy, then did a restart and turned them back off.

I did a simple restart though, none of the quick press volume and all

For crying out loud Apple please stop messing with our devices - you charge arm and a leg for them so let us do what we want to do with this $1200 junk. I have no watch and the iPhone keeps asking me to pair it and i have focus off but it keeps telling people i silenced them so for the love of God leave us alone. We have enough problems in life to sit down and try to fix your bugs for you.

HenryBo wrote:

For crying out loud Apple please stop messing with our devices - you charge arm and a leg for them so let us do what we want to do with this $1200 junk. I have no watch and the iPhone keeps asking me to pair it and i have focus off but it keeps telling people i silenced them so for the love of God leave us alone. We have enough problems in life to sit down and try to fix your bugs for you.

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