Use Do Not Disturb for Messages and Enable New Message Notifications in WPS with 2 how-to topics, including 2 free topics and 0 membership-related topics, and jump from the index to the steps you need.
How-to Index
| No. | Topic | Membership Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Turn On Do Not Disturb for Messages | Free |
| 2 | 2. Restore New Message Notifications | Free |
How-to Guide
1. Turn On Do Not Disturb for Messages
Entry: Conversation list → Right-click a conversation → Do Not Disturb for Messages
- In the conversation list on the left, find the conversation whose alerts you want to stop.
- Right-click the conversation to open the shortcut menu.
- Click Do Not Disturb for Messages.
- Confirm that a 🔕 icon appears on the right side of the conversation.
Success Criteria
- Visual result: a 🔕 icon appears next to the conversation.
- What you can do next: new messages still arrive in the conversation list and unread counts still appear.
- Notification state: the conversation no longer shows new message pop-up alerts.
Tips While Using
- This setting applies only to the selected conversation.
- After Do Not Disturb is enabled, messages still arrive normally and message sending is not affected.
- If you want to mute multiple conversations, set them one by one.
2. Restore New Message Notifications
Entry: Conversation list → Right-click a muted conversation → Enable New Message Notifications
- In the conversation list on the left, find a conversation that is already muted.
- Right-click the conversation to open the shortcut menu.
- Click Enable New Message Notifications.
- Confirm that the 🔕 icon disappears from the conversation.
Success Criteria
- Visual result: the 🔕 icon disappears from the conversation.
- What you can do next: the conversation can show new message alerts again.
- State change: the notification option in the right-click menu changes automatically with the current state.
Tips While Using
- Do Not Disturb for Messages and Enable New Message Notifications are two states of the same switch.
- Only conversations that are already muted show Enable New Message Notifications in the right-click menu.
- After notifications are restored, earlier unread badges can still remain until you review the messages.