WhatsApp isn’t in the notification list

Here's my 2 cents:

My wife's iPhone X with iOS 15.3 has also been having problems with notifications. She found that WhatsApp, Viber and Gmail notifications were no longer working. Am guessing this started after the iOS update?

All notifications settings appeared correctly set on iOS and within apps, although notably WhatsApp was not listed within the iOS settings>notifications app list.

I tried:

1. settings>general>Transfer or Reset Phone>Reset>Reset Location and Privacy
2. launching What’s App & confirming permission permission to enable notifications.
3. In the iPhone settings>notifications WhatsApp was now listed but notifications were still not working.
4. Tried restarting phone - WhatsApp notifications were still not working
5. Went to App Store - no updates were listed, but after I did a search for WhatsApp there was an option listed to update the app, which I did. This did not seem to get notifications working however.
6. Went to location services in iPhone settings and set WhatsApp to 'always' on. Tested this by briefly sharing location from my wife's phone to mine. After this her WhatsApp Notifications finally started working. Not sure why it took this last step.

Now I just need to try and get Viber and Gmail notifications restored.. Gmail notifications on locked screen are missing, despite iPhone settings suggesting they should be there, and all Viber notifications are also not working.

Rodger

I had the same problem and tried all the ways mentioned here.

finally I solved it by only offloading WhatsApp and reinstalling it (offloading deletes the app but keeps all data and docs you have) then some messages appear and one of them was if you want to get notifications or not, I chose allow and it worked. Now I get notifications of of WhatsApp messages.

This was happening to me as well. The fix I found was this:

1. Go to settings.
2. Go to general
3. Go to Transfer or Reset Phone
4. Then go to Reset
5. Then select Reset Location and Privacy
6. it will ask you to put in your passcode
7. Then launch What’s App after you have done the above steps
8. Whats App will then ask to to allow access to contacts and then ask permission to enable notifications. Select allow.
9. When you go to settings and notifications on your iPhone you will see that What’s App is now listed and you should be able to get notifications now.

If you are using an Apple Watch, as I am, your problem may be related to it. Do the following, turn off the iPhone bluetooth (through settings, to completely turn off) to disconnect the iPhone from the Apple Watch and ask someone to send you a message on WhatsApp. If you normally receive notification on your iPhone, the bug is in your Apple Watch. Simply turn the Apple Watch off and on and turn on the iPhone's bluetooth. Everything should be back to normal.

Ps: Sorry for my english XD

Thanx a lot dear friend. Problem solved.

After reset location and privacy ; I didn't find the option in notification panel; at the same time I opened my whatsapp and I get the permission request for add allow in notification panel.

Now its working.

Tnx once again.

I Fixed the problem by resetting location and privacy, try it just go to settings > general > transfer or reset iPhone > reset > reset location and privacy.

after that just restart your phone, and the problem will be solved

Hello, I fixed the issue just doing the reset option location & privacy.

settings> general> transfer or reset> reset>reset location & privacy.

thanks to https://discussions.apple.com/profile/Pcssousa

I had the same issue,

i reset the network settings and reset Location & Privacy also

iphone restarted,

then I run whatsup, Selected “Allow” for notification question popped up.

bingo

it started working

Thank you your answer worked for me, settings> general> transfer or reset> reset>reset location & privacy, I was going through what iOS might of changed or how WhatsApp differs from other apps on notifications and was considering the reset options, when I came across your answer, spot on 👏 👏👏👍

Hello, I fixed the issue just doing the reset option location & privacy.

settings> general> transfer or reset> reset>reset location & privacy.

Many of us facing this issue.. the solution is that install WhatsApp business; the content of your WhatsApp will automatically sync with it.. then delete and reinstall WhatsApp.. it will ask for permission for push notifications.. put it on.. normal WhatsApp will again automatically sync the data.. later you can delete WhatsApp business.. this way no data would be lost and you will start getting notifications..

thanks

hiten

The uninstalling and reinstalling worked I can now see the WhatsApp notifications on my list now. Thank you

Thanks a lot,

issue resolved after resetting location & privacy.

it work for me thank you

this thing was freaking me out

in Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset phone -> Reset -> Reset Location& Privacy

it work perfect

Yes even i have fixed the issue by resetting the location service and open watsapp it will ask you to allow notifications tap allow then it’ll start appearing in notification