WhatsApp historically gives the possibility of disable the notifications of a chat or an individual conversation for a maximum of one year, and until now it has not allowed users to silence them forever. Until today, precisely, because this strange limitation has been removed through a server-side update on all clients of the messaging service.

The feature has been in testing for several months, and was spotted in July from the usual WABetaInfo about the version 2. 20. 197. 3 for Android . As was the case on that version, the option “Disable notifications for … Always “ is accompanied by the possibility to mute for 8 hours or for 1 week. The option Always, therefore, replaces the previous option of “1 year”, and the possibility remains to show notifications in a silent way for the conversation.

The new option is It has been enabled on all devices that use WhatsApp, whether they have an iOS or Android operating system, and is also present on desktop clients that work through the WhatsApp Web service. For deactivate forever the notifications of a chat on WhatsApp , moreover, it is very simple: in fact, just follow simple steps once you have accessed the chat.

How to disable notifications of a chat on WhatsApp forever

To permanently disable notifications of a specific conversation on WhatsApp , be it a group or individual chat, simply access the conversation itself, press on the header that shows the name of the interloc user or group and press on the item Disable notifications . A screen will open showing three options: 8 hours; 1 week; Always. Pressing on Always , and then on Ok , you will disable notifications forever for that conversation.

If you want to display notifications on screen instead, but not receive alerts (ringtone or vibration), simply tick Show notifications before giving the ok.

More news coming to WhatsApp

WhatsApp is working on several news, as well as the ability to mute notifications forever on some conversations. These include a new UI on storage usage (available only in beta clients at the moment), along with new options to better align stickers and text in photos, videos and GIFs before sharing them with contacts.