Turn off “Notifications Silenced” on iPhone

I fixed this by going to Settings -> Messages

Under "Allow Messages to Access" it showed Focus as disabled.

I enabled it, then immediately disabled it again.

I have tried everything as you have suggested and what I have seen on other forums and it’s still an issue for me. Did Apple say it was a bug? I’m glad your issue got resolved. Just wish it would for me!

I had this issue as well. A friend of mine that I texted had that notification silenced on the bottom of every message I sent him every though his Focus was off. After trying all sorts of things, I simply opened the Contacts app, found his contact, added his Apple ID/e-mail address to his contacts card, tapped the message (word thought bubble) icon, tapped his e-mail address and sent a simple text. That fixed it.... no more silenced notification message! Hope this helps!

I had this problem. I was using a regularly scheduled Do Not Disturb before Focus was added to the OS. When I updated to the new OS it copied over my Do Not Disturb schedule to Focus. The bug is when the Focus is turned off on schedule, it still tells others your notifications have been silenced. You need to delete the schedule and recreate it, then everything works as expected.

I was able to resolve this issue by turning off all Do Not Disturb options in the Focus app EXCEPT 'Share Across Devices' which should be ON. Then I went to Messages in Settings and toggled the Focus button on/off. Restarted phone and all is well. Good luck!

I’m also having this issue with my daughter’s phone. She doesn’t have notifications silenced but when I text her it tells me she has it silenced. It’s only for me. All other text messages with family go through without that issue. We don’t know what to do to fix it. Some of the fixes shared aren’t super clear to me.

I was having this problem under IOS 15.4.1 and the symptoms were similar: Anyone sending me a text message received the “notifications silenced” response.

I have an iPad Air 2, a iPhone XR, and a Series 5 Apple Watch. For the phone and pad, in Focus, Share Across Devices was off. Do Not Disturb, Driving and Sleep were all turned off under their respective submenu in Focus. My Watch did not have DND activated, and I have a Sleep schedule set up under the iPhone Health app but the time window for Sleep was not active.

Contacted Apple Support. The Advisor was very helpful - listened well, checked my settings, then went on hold to research it. She said that this issue has been coming up under IOS15 but is still being investigated. The Advisor gave me a work around:

1) on one device only, in Focus, turn on Share Across Devices

2) Under the Do Not Disturb focus, turn on Do Not Disturb

3) Then Turn off Do Not Disturb.

I then had two people send me a text, and they replied that the “Notifications Silenced” message was gone.

Hope this helps.

I’ve done every single step of this on my only 2 devices, iPhone and iPad. Still the notification is coming up to anyone who tries to text me, so frustrated!!!

Same here. Im lost on what to do. One friend has this “on” ALLLL the time and fact is its not actually on. Hes done sooo many things to “fix” it but it hasn't worked. Im so frustrated.

@cat562 –– what is "allowed notifications". I don't know what that setting is.

This is ridiculous that you had to do everything that you did for some thing that should have been an easy fix!!

I have a client who had the same issue. All of her devices were NOT updated -- testing that out first, then I'll come back and let y'all know where we stand!

did all of this already, tried for 2 weeks, still has not helped.

Will that work