Basic notification settings

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Refer to the steps below to configure your LINE notification settings.

Note: These steps and labels may differ depending on your OS version and device.

Overall LINE notification settings

iPhone

You must configure notifications both in the LINE app and on your device to receive notifications without issue.

Configuring notifications in the LINE app

Steps

In the LINE app on your main device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on Notifications.
Turn on or off In-app sounds, In-app vibration, or any of the other settings as needed.

Configuring notifications on your device

Steps

Tap your device's Settings > Notifications.
Tap LINE in your list of apps.
Turn on Allow Notifications and configure each of the other settings.

Android

Steps

In the LINE app on your main device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on Notifications.
Tap Notification settings.
Turn on All LINE notifications.
Tap Message notifications.
Turn on Show notifications.
Turn on or off each item by tapping it.

iPad

You must configure notifications both in the LINE app and on your device to receive notifications without issue.

Configuring notifications in the LINE app

Steps

In the LINE app on your sub device, tap Settings > Notifications.
Turn on Notifications.
Turn on or off In-app sounds or any of the other settings as needed.

Configuring notifications on your device

Steps

Tap your device's Settings > Notifications.
Tap LINE in your list of apps.
Turn on Allow Notifications and configure each of the other settings.

Android

Steps

In the LINE app on your sub device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on Notifications.
Tap Notification settings.
Turn on All LINE notifications.
Tap Message notifications.
Turn on Show notifications.
Turn on or off each item by tapping it.

Windows/Mac/Chrome

To mute or unmute all notifications, click or on the main menu and toggle the Mute all notifications/Unmute all notifications setting.

Note: You can also configure your notification settings by clicking at the bottom of the main menu > Settings > Notifications and adjusting the options under Notification method.

Windows

If appears on on the main menu, it means that either of the following settings is the cause.

You have Windows selected as your notification style and you have notifications turned off in your Windows system settings.
You have Do Not Disturb turned on in your Windows system settings.
Note: The name of the setting may differ depending on your OS.

If you want to unmute all notifications in either of the cases above from the LINE main menu, click with on it > Go to Settings and turn on Notifications or turn off Do Not Disturb from your Windows system settings.

Chrome

To turn off LINE notifications for only a certain period, see the following steps.

Steps

From the main menu, click .
Select how long you want to mute notifications.

Once the period you selected ends, notifications will automatically turn back on. If you want to turn notifications on before the period you selected ends, click with on it on the main menu.

Chat notification settings

Useful info

If the person you're chatting with is using the Silent messaging feature available in LINE Labs, you will not receive notifications when they send you chat messages.

Configuring notifications for each chat

Steps

Open LINE on your main device.
Tap at the top of a chat.
Tap Mute or Unmute.

Configuring mention notifications

To configure notifications for the mention feature, which lets you send messages to specific members or the whole group, see the steps below.

Steps

In the LINE app on your main device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on Notifications.
Turn on or off Mentions.

iPad

Steps

In the LINE app on your sub device tap Settings > Notifications.
Turn on Notifications.
Turn on or off Mentions.

Android

Steps

In the LINE app on your sub device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on Notifications.
Turn on or off Mentions.

Windows/Mac/Chrome

Steps

Click at the bottom of the main menu > Settings.
Click Notifications.
Under the Messages tab, check or uncheck the option for Send notifications for mentions.

Useful info

If this setting is turned on, you'll be notified whenever you're mentioned in a chat, even if chat notifications are turned off.

Configuring notifications for posts in Notes

Notifications for notes are sent as push notifications and as notifications in at the top right of the Home tab.

To configure notifications for reactions and comments to posts in Notes, see the steps below.

Steps

Open LINE on your main device.
Tap at the top of a chat > Settings.
Turn on or off Note notifications.

iPad/Android

Steps

Open LINE on your sub device.
Tap at the top of a chat > Settings.
Turn on or off Note notifications.

Windows/Mac/Chrome

Steps

Click at the bottom of the main menu > Settings.
Click Notifications.
Click the Other tab and turn on or off Send notifications for chat notes.

Notification settings by service/feature

Configuring LINE Pay notifications

You can only use this feature on your main device (typically your smartphone).

Steps

Tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on or off LINE Pay/LINE Pay notifications.

Configuring LINE authorized app notifications

You can use this feature on devices aside from LINE for PC sub devices.

Steps

In the LINE app on your main device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications > Authorized apps.
Select the app you want to configure notification settings for.
Note: If the app doesn't have an on/off toggle switch, the screen for the next step will be shown.
Turn on or off Messages and Notifications.

iPad

Steps

In the LINE app on your sub device, tap Settings > Notifications > Authorized apps.
Select the app you want to configure notification settings for.
Note: If the app doesn't have an on/off toggle switch, the screen for the next step will be shown.
Turn on or off Messages and Notifications.

Android

Steps

In the LINE app on your sub device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications > Authorized apps.
Select the app you want to configure notification settings for.
Note: If the app doesn't have an on/off toggle switch, the screen for the next step will be shown.
Turn on or off Messages and Notifications.

Configuring notifications for reactions in albums

You can use this feature with the latest version of LINE. (Update LINE to the latest version.)

Notifications for reactions in albums are sent as push notifications and as notifications in at the top right of the Home tab.

For the steps to configure notifications for reactions in albums, see the steps below.

Configuring notifications from Settings

Steps

In the LINE app on your main device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on or off Notifications.
Note: If the Notifications setting is turned off, all notifications, including those for reactions in albums, will be disabled.
If the Notifications setting is turned on, turn on or off Album reactions.

iPad

Steps

On the LINE app on your sub device, tap Settings > Notifications.
Turn on or off Notifications.
Note: If the Notifications setting is turned off, all notifications, including those for reactions in albums, will be disabled.
If the Notifications setting is turned on, turn on or off Album reactions.

Android

Steps

In the LINE app on your sub device, tap the Home tab > > Notifications.
Turn on or off Notifications.
Note: If the Notifications setting is turned off, all notifications, including those for reactions in albums, will be disabled.
If the Notifications setting is turned on, turn on or off Album reactions.

Windows/Mac

Useful info

To receive notifications on Windows or Mac, you need to turn on Album reactions on your main device.

Steps

Click at the bottom of the main menu > Settings.
Click Notifications.
Click the Other tab and turn on or off Send notifications for updates in albums.

Configuring notifications from the Home tab

You can use this feature on devices aside from LINE for PC sub devices.

Tap at the top of the Home tab > , then turn on or off Album reactions.

Note: We plan to add a feature that lets you configure notifications for album reactions separately for each chat.

Be advised

Leaving groups or deleting your LINE account does not delete albums or photos in chats, and they can still be viewed by other members.
For this reason, photos added to albums in the past may appear in other members' notifications.
Even if you delete albums and photos before leaving groups or deleting your LINE account, the photos may still temporarily appear in notifications due to the rate at which the system refreshes.

Useful info

If you're having an issue with notifications, see I'm not receiving notifications/I don't hear notification sounds or ringtones.

[Windows/Mac/Chrome] Configuring each notification method and rule

To configure each notification method (e.g. sound notification, pop-up notification) and rule, click at the bottom of the main menu > Settings > Notifications and turn on or off the setting you want to configure.

Useful info

On Windows devices:
Under Notification style, you can choose whether you want to receive notifications based on your settings in the LINE app or your Windows system settings.
Selecting Default will display notifications according to your LINE app settings, regardless of your Windows system settings.
Selecting Windows will display notifications according to your settings configured in Windows.

If you have Do Not Disturb turned on in your Windows system settings (under Windows > Settings > System > Notifications > Do Not Disturb), it will determine what notifications you see, regardless of whether your notification style is set to Default or Windows.

Note: The name of the setting may differ depending on your OS.