Turn off “Notifications Silenced” on iPhone

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.

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!

Nothing has worked!!!! Please have apple fix this. We went into the store and the girl was clueless. She said just reset your settings …typical “it” response. I expected more from the actual apple store. It was in Gilbert AZ and my wife is upset that she can’t get it fixed. She works as a dog sitter and her clients are getting a notification on the bottom of the screen that she is on do not disturb while watching clients dogs. She is frustrated beyond belief and I am thinking of telling her to switch phones at this point and get the dreaded “droid” phone.

It was happening with only one of my contacts, (not all) and I have no expectations of you or anyone else. I was simply sharing what worked for me in an effort to help others and it seems to have helped at least one person so there’s that. Isn’t that what this forum is for? Assuming that you already contacted AppleCare about this…. If not, please do.

I have this exact issue with my moms phone! She just got a new iPhone, and when I go to message her I see mom “has notifications silenced”.

1. my husband does NOT see this notice when he texts her (it only shows to me)
2. she does NOT in fact have notifications silenced (they are not disabled/focus is not turned on)
3. the messages DO go through on BOTH her iPhone and her Apple Watch

After two hours of troubleshooting last night (literally trying everything in this post before I even found this post) something finally worked. It was some combination of toggling DND/sharing across devices/focus. I can’t recall what exactly it was, but we “fixed it”.

Fast forward to right now and this issue is back.

Enough people seem to have this problem, hopefully Apple can figure things out and prioritize fixing it. Having to jump through all these hoops is rather extreme. If anyone has any new suggestions please share in the interim - thanks!

This is happening to my husband when he messages me or anyone else who has an iPhone—it says that he has his notifications silence. I have tried ever single “fix” out there including what people have listen here and nothing works. I’ve even went as far as deleting focus’. Apple needs to come out with an update for this issue.

I went straight to these iMac instructions and it's finally FIXED! I had exhausted all other suggestions for fixing the problem and had almost given up. I was just about ready to make an appointment at the Apple store when I saw this post. Thank you!

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.

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

Thank you - this worked for me 😊