Samsung Galaxy notifications not showing? 5 settings to check

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5 of 5 steps with real screenshots · 2 official sources below

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

Starts in

Quick Settings

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Turn off Do not disturb and Power saving

   Swipe down from the top right of the screen to open the quick panel. If Do not disturb or Power saving is lit up, tap it to turn it off: Samsung says either one could block notifications. On our Galaxy A57 both were off. The quick panel takes its colour from the wallpaper, so it can look light even in dark mode.

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2. 

   Open Notifications

   Open Settings and tap Notifications.

   Done

3. 

   Check the app's switch

   Tap App notifications. Every app has a switch; the app must be switched on. On our Galaxy A57 the preinstalled apps, such as Calendar and Chrome, were all on. Samsung also gives the path Settings, Apps, the app, Notifications, where the switch next to Allow notifications must be on.

   Done

4. 

   Check Do not disturb here too

   Back on the Notifications page, Do not disturb has its own row, below Lock screen on our Galaxy A57. Open it to check whether it is set to come on by itself.

   Done

5. 

   Take the app out of sleep

   Open Settings, Battery, Background usage limits. Samsung says to touch and hold the app under Sleeping apps and tap Remove, then check Deep sleeping apps too. Samsung says apps in Never sleeping apps never sleep in the background; on our Galaxy A57 the row is Never auto sleeping apps, with 0 apps in it.

   Done

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If you do not see this option

• No Do not disturb button in the quick panel On our Galaxy A57 it is in the third row of buttons, at the right, after you swipe down twice.
• No Background usage limits on the Battery page Samsung says that on some devices the path is Battery and device care, then Battery. On our Galaxy A57 it is Settings, Battery, Background usage limits. Source: Apps on Samsung phone or tablet are not sending notifications

If this does not work

• The app is in neither sleep list Check the app's own notification settings: Samsung says some apps have extra ones inside the app. Source: Apps on Samsung phone or tablet are not sending notifications
• Notifications stop again after a while Put unused apps to sleep sends apps you have not used for a while back to sleep. Add the app to Never auto sleeping apps; on our Galaxy A57 that list was empty. Source: Sleeping apps on your Galaxy device

About this guide

Samsung's fix list for missing notifications checks three places in this order: a mode that silences them, the app's own switch, and battery limits that put the app to sleep.

Our own apps in the lists are blurred.

Good to know

Samsung says some apps have extra notification settings inside the app itself. Check those after the phone's settings.

Put unused apps to sleep, on the same Background usage limits page, puts apps you have not used for a while to sleep automatically, Samsung says. If notifications from such an app stop, look there first.

For the battery side of the same settings: Samsung Galaxy battery draining fast? 6 fixes.

In short: Quick panel: Do not disturb and Power saving off. Settings, Notifications, App notifications: app switched on. Settings, Battery, Background usage limits: remove the app from Sleeping or Deep sleeping apps.

📷 See real photos from the Galaxy A57 in our Camera Lab, next to 10 other phones.