topic Re: Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages in Fold & Flip Phones

Solution Found: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Ivan21234 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:08:27 GMT

I know how to enable notification categories for each app: Settings > Notifications > Advanced settings > Toggle "Manage notification categories for each app" on. This post is about something different.

Within the Messages notification categories, there used to be a toggle called "Show as pop-up" that was global for all conversations. This got switched off accidentally before it disappeared completely from the Messages notification categories, so I couldn't toggle it back on.

Without this setting available, I would've had to toggle the setting on for each conversation, one-by-one— which you can imagine is a huge pain— so I did a factory reset. This brought the setting back, but now it's gone again.

Now there's text at the bottom of the Messages notification categories that reads "# categories deleted."

How do I restore the global pop-up notification toggle, and how do I stop Messages or Samsung (or whoever) from deleting this setting?

SOLUTION FOUND, thanks to Stereo386! I didn't realize things that are toggles can also be buttons that lead you to a different page.

Turns out, all I had to do was tap the "Incoming messages" text on the Google Messages notification categories, and there be the toggle 🫠 In my defense, Android (or Samsung) is notorious for just moving and hiding things, that much I know.

Anyway, leaving this post up in case anyone else makes the same mistake I did.

Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

meself — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:37:44 GMT

May want to reinstall

Re: Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Ivan21234 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:48:38 GMT

Hi, thank you for your reply! I went to the Google Play Store to uninstall it, and although it says "Uninstall" on the Google Messages page, I think that only uninstalls updates. Either way, I did that, rebooted and checked before and after updating. Still no toggle for pop-ups, sadly, but thank you for the suggestion

Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Stereo386 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:49:40 GMT

Click into each of the categories and then select the pop up option. You can do this for each contact or contact groups, or different threads. I hope this helps.

Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Stereo386 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:52:26 GMT

Or you can adjust the pop up options on the notification settings too. In the system settings where it shows "apps to show as brief" you can choose between pop up and brief for each app separately

Re: Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Ivan21234 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:54:23 GMT

Oh my gosh, thank you! I didn't realize the toggle "Incoming Messages" was also a button that takes you to another page. Sorry, I'm still learning about this new OS

Re: Re: Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Stereo386 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:57:34 GMT

Hey no problem at all, this is what this space is for. Let the @moderators know that you accept this as the solution please, if that is the case of course. Greatly appreciated 👏 😁😁

Re: Re: Re: Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Ivan21234 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:10:22 GMT

Absolutely! I hope you have the BEST weekend 😂❤

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Help: Notification Categories Deleted for Google Messages

Stereo386 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:14:51 GMT

Thanks for accepting the solution. 😊🙏