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doraimom_
Copper Contributor
Apr 21, 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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JACanterbury
Copper Contributor
Mar 20, 2026

This doesn't fix the problem. If you later start WhatsApp and then close the main app, the supplementary processes stay running and switch to background processes. I should not have to go into task manager to properly kill an app and all it's sub processes.

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JACanterbury
Copper Contributor
Mar 20, 2026

I've found something that works for me. To kill whatsapp AND all its sub processes once you've finished with it (and so you don't get notifications) ... Create a batch file on your desktop (e.g. whatsapp_kill.bat) with this line in it:

taskkill /F /IM "WhatsApp.Root.exe" /T

slightly easier that opening taskmanager and locating it to kill.