I recently updated my iPhone to iOS 18. Everything seems to be fine except for one annoying thing. The "Hide Alerts" option in Message no longer functions. I keep getting alerts and notifications from the groups that I have silenced. Is this a bug?
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iPhone 13 mini, iOS 18
SOLUTION (for me)
For the chat it was happening in (RCP texting with three iOS phones and one Android) I was suddenly getting Haptic notifications despite having the chat muted. I tried several things, including turning on and off the Hide setting on the chat and the individuals. This sometimes worked for a bit.
What solved it for me was going into each individual contact (I went through the "5 people" menu at the top of the chat record), selecting "Edit" and setting each person's Text Tone sound and Haptic vibration to "none."
That makes some intuitive sense but should obviously (as in the past) not override the selection you make for the chat as a whole. It also might create problems if you want to mute the chat but not the individuals, but hey.
You had me hopeful. I updated, but the problem persists.
Tried 18.4 and initially it worked, then stopped. Anyone hear from Apple directly on this issue? I had a ticket opened on it and have not gotten a response...
And I take back everything I said. Bug is reappearing after updating to 18.4.1. Such a pain receiving notifications for RCS group chats
An update. I gave in and called Apple Support. The person helping me was excellent. She looked through similar cases and came across one solution recommended by engineers. It worked for me. To be honest, I put a lot of faith into Apple Support when she recommended that I "Reset All Settings" on my phone. I have not done this before, and I worried that it would erase everything on my phone. I trusted her that it wouldn't, and it solved the issue. It did not erase any content. That said, it did reset all of my settings, and I had to sign back into every app any reverify each identity. If you decide to do this, consider taking some screen shots of your display settings and write down any passwords that are not stored in the Passwords app. That was kind of a headache but much less a headache than getting non-stop alerts.
"Hide Alerts" option in Messages not working after iOS 18 update on my iPhone 13 mini
