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doraimom_
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Apr 22, 2024
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Whatsapp App displays Notification Even After It was Closed!

Hi. I installed Whatsapp on my Windows 11. The bizzare thing that happened is that, even after I closed Whatsapp (it was not visible anymore neither on the task bar nor on the tray icon area), What...
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  • NeetuKahlon's avatar
    NeetuKahlon
    May 08, 2024

    doraimom_ 

    Try this...

     

    Settings>Apps>Installed apps>"scroll down to whatsapp">"click on 3 dots">Advanced options>Back ground apps permissions> "take your pick from always, optimised, and never. Probably 'never' in your case">Runs at log in>"you can toggle this on/off if you do/don't want it to automatically kick off at start"

     

    Hope this helps

    Neetu : )

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imchetan
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Jul 08, 2025

There is only one way to disable WhatsApp from being automatically logged on boot which is via regedit. (WORKED FOR ME)

Go To: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

(If the 'Explorer' folder doesn't exist under Policies, just create one)

Right click on 'Explorer' and New > Key, name it "DisallowRun".

Then right click on "DisallowRun" and New > String Value, name it 1

Then double click the string (1) and set value data: WhatsApp.exe and hit ok.

Just restart your desktop/pc and whatsapp will no longer startup automatically unless you launch it manually. You can simply restrict the popup notifications of Whatsapp from its settings.

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