How to get rid of New "turn on notification" pop up

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How to get rid of New "turn on notification" pop up

For most apps such as Facebook, Facebook messenger, and what's app I leave all my notification settings turned off aside from the red bubble. I don't need any extra notification from these apps. This was never a problem.

Recently everytime II open up any one of those apps I get a pop up of some sort within the app covering the whole screen telling me how to turn on all my notifications for the app and I have to "x" out of it everytime before I can get into the actual app. If I do what it says and turn on all the notifications it stops but I don't want all those notifications.

is there anyway to get rid of this?

iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Sep 9, 2014 4:10 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 9, 2014 4:39 PM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

Have you tried deleting the app and downloading it again and when the first prompt pops up to receive notifications, do not allow?

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Answer 2

Sep 10, 2014 7:05 PM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

I have the same problem.

The one on FB messenger went away after a couple of days but I use Whatsapp more and this is annoying the life out of me.

Apple, there's a reason why you put "NONE" as alert option in the notification center so why won't you let us choose that and be done with it?

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Answer 3

pogster

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Sep 10, 2014 7:06 PM in response to thedonkatsu

thedonkatsu wrote:

Apple, there's a reason why you put "NONE" as alert option in the notification center so why won't you let us choose that and be done with it? >:(

Apple doesn't read or respond here. You can send your suggestion to them on their web site.

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Answer 4

Sep 10, 2014 7:10 PM in response to pogster

It was more like a rhetorical question though. I know they won't respond here. Just need to let it out while waiting for solutions/suggestions from other users.

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Answer 5

Sep 10, 2014 8:27 PM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

I Contacted whatsapp as well which turned out to be useless. Basically their response was you should leave the notifications on to experience the app Best.

"

Hi,

Thanks for your message.

Thank you for your feedback, and we apologize for the inconvenience the notification and microphone alerts have caused. The next version of WhatsApp will present these alerts to you much less frequently. Unfortunately we cannot comment when the next version will be released, but we hope to get it to you as soon as possible.

Notifications let you know when you've received messages when WhatsApp is not open, and the phone's microphone setting allows you to use to our Voice Messaging feature. Because these settings will allow for the best possible experience with WhatsApp, we encourage you to keep these settings turned on. In the current version of WhatsApp, you will see an alert to turn on your notifications or microphone until these settings are turned on.

If you do not wish to receive alerts about new messages, you can use your iPhone's **Do Not Disturb** feature :http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5463

Learn more about customizing WhatsApp Push Notifications from our FAQ:http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/iphone/20950116

WhatsApp Support Team

Interested in translating for us? Please visit [our website](http://translate.whatsapp.com).

Take a look at [our FAQ](http://www.whatsapp.com/faq).

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Answer 6

Sep 15, 2014 12:44 PM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

Has any of you got an answer?

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Answer 7

tony.lv7

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Sep 15, 2014 7:09 PM in response to mottajoao

Apparently this is Whatsapp enforcing us to turn on notifications. They responded the same thing for me. They're ruining the app.

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Answer 8

Sep 16, 2014 6:39 AM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

I have the same problem and it is annoying the living daylights out of me. I installed updates for ios and whatsapp last week and I now regret doing so. This is one of the reasons why I am now reticent to install updates for any application any more. Right now I see that I have 23 updates on my iphone that I will not be installing.

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Answer 9

luhwayne

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Sep 18, 2014 7:39 AM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

I tried turning only "Group notifications" on and then making all groups silent for 1 year. I did that 10 min ago and still the message hasnt appeared. Dont know if its going to continue like that. I hope so! you can give it a try. It was driving me crazy!!!!!!!!

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Answer 10

Feb 15, 2015 3:38 AM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

You go in settings of Whatsapp (in the app not in ios), then notifications and choose reinitialise.

Then you set 'alerts' ON and 'notifications in app' NONE.

It works, no message anymore and only the red bubble ok.

ps. The settings in ios remain the same -> red bubble

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Answer 11

Nov 30, 2016 10:17 PM in response to JonnyVisALIVE

I solved this by allowing notifications then disabling them in the System Settings. It no longer asks me each time I go into the app.

In detail:

Go to the Messenger app; when it asks for notifications, allow it.
Exit the Messenger app and go to Settings
In Settings, go Notifications -> Messenger -> and turn All Notifications to off.

Hope this works for you.

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Answer 12

Broheme

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Jul 26, 2017 3:38 PM in response to 000Bob000

@000Bob000 This worked for me. Bless you fellow whatsapp user. That little thing was driving me insane! :-)

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