After the iOS 18 update I no longer receive push notifications on my Lock Screen. I have to open the apps to see that I receive a message hours ago and never received the notification. iPhone 13 Pro
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iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 18
The only thing that worked for me was resetting all settings. Settings app > “General” > “Transfer or reset iphone” > “Reset” > choose “Reset all settings” from the popup menu.
It’s annoying that it requires a blanket fix like that, but it’s way less frustrating than the notification problems. The most intense implications of resetting your settings, in my experience, was that every app acts somewhat like a newly installed app when you open it again after resetting – it’ll keep your “in app” settings (so any settings you’ve managed from the app itself isn’t reset) and data (it doesn’t wipe your app clean), but any settings in the literal iPhone Settings app will be set back to default values. This means you have to allow camera and mic access, access to photo library, access to your location data, etc. I found it a nice way to kind of overhaul my privacy settings everywhere, silver lining.
please note that it will also delete your saved Wifi passwords, unless you have them saved in the passwords app like your network is a website (the passwords app is safe from the reset).
Was having this issue with iMessage on a 16 Pro
Going to General > Transfer or reset iPhone > Reset All Settings fixed it for me
I was having the same issue.
What fixed it for me was:
goto Settings, Apps, Mail, Notifications, Customize Notifications
click on each email account and turn Alerts ON (all my accounts had if off).
After turning on Alerts, Mail Notifications started working again.
Hope this helps others
I kept playing with the watch notification settings for both Message and the Ring app.
Ring: Turning off watch notifications makes the alerts appear on a locked, off screen as expected. Turning watch notifications back on makes the alerts not appear on a locked, off screen.
Message: Mirror my iPhone = No alerts on locked, off screen. Custom Allow Notifications = No alerts on locked, off screen. Custom Send to Notification Center = Alerts on locked, off screen. Custom Notifications Off = Alerts on locked, off screen.
Conclusion (at least for me): There's a problem with how watch and lock screen notifications are being handled and turning off watch notifications will make them appear on a locked screen that is off.
Saw a post on here that fixed my issue and now can’t find it. Here’s the fix for messages. Go to notifications, message notifications. Turn off alerts for Lock Screen, Notification Center, and Banner. Restart phone then turn notifs back on.
solved
I found that if I turned my iPad off, I got the notifications back on my iPhone !
All you have to do is delete and redownload the apps that you’re not getting notifications for. The issue is surrounding the notification permissions. When you download the app again you’ll get the push notification that asks for permission. Once you allow it will be fixed.
There's a list of bug reports: FB19778882FB19813796 FB19852724 FB19767262FB20378888 FB20379383 FB20394663 Me and many other users have issue with push notifications. To reproduce this you should do this steps:
This bug reproduces on iOS 18.7 and 26.0.1. As I think iPhone goes to deep sleep after 10+ minutes after it locked and don't get push notifications. I've tried everything: many of settings, DFU without backup, but nothing helps to resolve this issue. Pay attention, please, cause this bug is very annoying and present on iOS 18.7 (that is the last for many devices) and latest iOS 26.
Found a solution. Uninstall and install again the app you are not getting notifications from. Frustrating if you need to do it for a lot of apps but still a solution 🤷♀️
Apple can’t fix it. Delete all your third party apps that aren’t sending notifications and re-download them. The issue is with the push notifications permission. When you download the app after deleting you have to allow notifications when it pops up and that will fix it.
Edit: also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app (many times) choosing "Allow notification from this app" when requested, but it didn't solve the problem until switching language. After the "fix", notifications now work normally also on Apple Watch.
The only thing that worked was a factory reset. It took about 3 weeks to custom everything back to my preferences. I recently received another update notification. Yeah, fat chance, Apple. I’ll put my security faith in my 2F Yubico passkeys. When this iPhone will no longer operate on the current version, I’ll be done with Apple.
UPDATE:
If you are using MS365 Outlook subscription: I filed a ticket and the response was as follows:
Due to an experience with an upstream service some users are experiencing difficulties in receiving push notifications with their Outlook mobile app.
Translation: Will be fixed in a future update.
switching language to English worked for me, even without further fiddling with focus mode.
ok, I can live with it (especially because I won’t update to 18.3 with its totally broken audio/MIDI subsystem).
but I guess not everyone can.
I think i found the issue. Go to settings and select "Notifications". From there, go the the app that you want the notifications from and open it. Scroll down to the bottom to "Customize Notications". Again, scroll down to the bottom and select "Primairy Inbox" Turn the alerts on and it should work. Took some time messing around in my phone to find this.
I have had this problem too (in early model phone). Not sure this will be fix for you or others, but i have discovered by experimenting that the toggle ‘mute’ bell icon that you see when you swipe left on a message is the opposite of what is should be / counter-intuitive. Whereas you would think the bell symbol with line through it means “no notifications” - it is opposition. If you see that when you swipe left it means you should get notifications! If you see bell with no line through it - that is when you won’t get notifications. Completely absurd and dumb design. Amazed no one else is raving so it how this is. Try it. It might fix for you. I had to change the toggle on lots of my regulars contacts by swiping left of their most recent msg and making sure bell was crossed through. Mostly it was not - was just a bell - which is why I wasn’t getting notifications. See AI summary confirming my theory attached.
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I am not receiving push notifications on my iPhone after iOS 18 update
