Text message - bell with line through it

I am texting and only on one text I have a bell with a slash now I get no notifications. How do you remove it so I get notifications. The symbol showed for the first time yesterday

Somehow all of my contacts have been "muted". Do I have to individual reset each one, or is there a way to unmute everyone?

On your iPhone, the Bell with a line through it means that the notifications from that person are muted. When that person sends you a text message then you will not hear any sounds/notifications.

To receive notifications when a text message has been sent from this person, open the Messages app and open the conversation list. Slide the conversation in question to the LEFT and tap on the Bell icon. This will set the notifications to ON from that person.

Axel F.

This just happened to me. I’m texting with my family and not getting notifications. The bell has a slash through it. Supposedly I should be getting notifications. It doesn’t make sense to have a bell w a slash and it’s supposed to mean you get notifications.

Slide to the left until you see the actions and tap on the bell symbol to enable notifications for that sender. The bell with the slash symbol disappears.

Text with the bell-with-a-slash-through-it symbol, indicating that notifications are silenced for that sender:

The same text slid to the left so the actions are showing:

Afterward tapping the bell icon to enable notifications from that sender, the same text without the bell-with-a-slash-through-it symbol, indicating that notifications are no longer silenced for that sender:

On your iPhone, the Bell with a line through it means that the notifications from that person are muted. When that person sends you a text message then you will not hear any sounds/notifications.

To receive notifications when a text message has been sent from this person, open the Messages app and open the conversation list. Slide the conversation in question to the LEFT and tap on the Bell icon. This will set the notifications to ON from that person.

Axel F.

actually it doesn't. to receive notifications on my phone i have to have the bell "off," or what common sense would read as "off," meaning with the slash on it. makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER and my phone seems to decide whether a message should be notified or not all by itself. not so smart(phone)

Can you provide more details with this issue? How do you know that ALL of your contacts are muted? Does your iPhone not ring when a call is incoming from your contact? Do you not get a notification when you get a text message from one of your contacts?

Axel F.

I agree. It’s the wrong way round. When you slide left, a bell with a line through it appears, and that’s telling you notifications are on, which seems pretty backward to me.

I tried that but there was nothing when I swiped left?

how if I get rid of this muted bell icon on iPhone 12. No advice on Google is applicable

yes, that would make sense, except, it doesn't happen. it seems to be a completely random game with notifications. that's why, as you can see from the comments here, people are confused

It makes perfect sense. The icon describes the action that will occur when you tap it.

The icon showing the bell with the slash through it, means that the notification will be silenced when you tap that icon.

The icon showing the bell without the slash through it means that the notification will be activated when you tap that icon.

Thank you