How to Completely Turn Off WhatsApp Notifications Without Deleting the App Looking for ways to find a balance? Here’s how you can get a break from WhatsApp. By Sourabh Kulesh | Updated: 11 July 2021 10:30 IST Photo Credit: Unsplash Highlights You can disable WhatsApp notifications from your phone settings You can check messages by opening the app later WhatsApp is probably your go-to app for instant messaging but sometimes texting on the app becomes overwhelming, so much so that you wish to take a break from it. However, it is not easy to shy away from picking up your phone when the familiar WhatsApp notification tone buzzes. The easiest way to go discreet is to turn off the internet connection to silence WhatsApp notifications so that there's nothing that grabs your attention. But then you'd risk missing updates from other important apps, like Gmail. In this article we'll tell you how to completely turn off WhatsApp notifications without have to uninstall the app.