To turn off the sound for Twitch notifications on your iPhone, open Settings, tap Notifications, tap Twitch, and turn off Sounds. Twitch alerts, such as a channel you follow going live, still show up, but they arrive without a noise.
The sound switch belongs to the iPhone, not to the Twitch app, so the steps are the same whichever version of Twitch is installed. The labels below follow Apple’s iPhone User Guide for iOS 27 on changing notification settings. Earlier iOS versions use the same Notifications menu, though a few labels may differ.
If you want a different tone rather than silence, our guide to changing an iPhone app’s notification sound explains how to distinguish a tone picker from a Sounds switch and where to check for in-app options.
Before You Start
- The Twitch app has to be installed, and it must have asked for permission to send notifications at least once. Apple notes that an app without a notifications entry may not be able to send notifications at all.
- The change applies only to this iPhone. An iPad or another phone with Twitch installed keeps its own settings.
How to Turn Off Twitch Notification Sounds
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap Notifications.
- Scroll to the list of apps under Notification Style and tap Twitch.
- Turn off Sounds.
There is nothing to save. The setting takes effect as soon as you flip the switch, and you can leave Settings.
Apple describes the Sounds option as something you tap to choose a sound when the app supports it. If your Twitch screen opens a list of sounds instead of showing a switch, pick the option for no sound if one is offered.
Another route to the same screen
Apple also documents a second path: open Settings, tap Apps, tap Twitch, then tap Notifications. It opens the same options, which is handy if you are already looking at the Twitch entry in Settings. See Apple’s article on how to turn notifications on or off for a specific app.
What Changes and What Stays the Same
With Sounds off, Twitch notifications still appear wherever you allow them under Alerts: on the Lock Screen, in Notification Center (the list of recent alerts you open by swiping down from the top-left corner of the screen), or as banners at the top of the display. They simply do not play a tone.
The switch does not touch audio inside the Twitch app. Streams, clips and ads play at whatever volume you set with the side buttons. It also has no effect on other apps, because every app has its own notification screen.
How to Check That It Worked and Turn Sound Back On
Go back to Settings > Notifications > Twitch and look at the Sounds switch. If it is off, the next Twitch alert should arrive quietly. To undo the change, turn Sounds back on from the same screen. Nothing else needs to be reset.
Turn Off Twitch Notifications Completely
Read this before you flip the switch: turning off Allow Notifications stops every Twitch alert on this iPhone, including go-live alerts for channels you care about. If you only want quiet, Sounds is the gentler choice. The same switch works for other apps, such as turning off ESPN Fantasy notification sounds on an iPhone.
To stop the alerts entirely, go to Settings > Notifications > Twitch and turn off Allow Notifications. You can turn it back on at any time from the same place.
Mute Twitch for an Hour or a Day
For a short break, you do not need to open Settings at all. Apple documents a mute option on the notification itself:
- Find a Twitch notification on the Lock Screen or in Notification Center.
- Swipe left on the notification, or on the stack of Twitch notifications.
- Tap Options.
- Choose to mute the app for an hour or for the day.
According to Apple, muted notifications go straight to Notification Center. They do not appear on the Lock Screen, play a sound, light up the screen or show a banner. To end the mute early, swipe left on a Twitch notification in Notification Center, tap Options, then tap Unmute. The same menu has Turn Off, which disables Twitch notifications altogether, and View Settings, which jumps to the Twitch notification screen. If you are not sure where that list lives, see where Notification Center is on an iPhone.
Other Ways to Make Twitch Alerts Less Distracting
On the same Twitch notification screen in Settings, you can also:
- Choose where alerts appear. Under Alerts, pick the Lock Screen, Notification Center, banners, or any combination.
- Hide the badge. Turn off Badges to remove the red number on the Twitch icon. There is more on this in our guide to badges on an iPhone.
- Hide previews. Tap Show Previews, if it appears, and choose Always, When Unlocked or Never.
- Bundle alerts into a summary. If you use Scheduled Summary, choose Scheduled Summary under Notification Delivery to get Twitch alerts in a batch at times you choose. To set it up, go to Settings > Notifications > Scheduled Summary.
A Focus, such as Do Not Disturb or Sleep, delays notifications for a period you control. Inside a Focus you can silence chosen apps: go to Settings > Focus, pick a Focus, tap Apps, tap Silence Notifications From, and add Twitch. That keeps Twitch quiet during work or sleep while leaving it alone the rest of the day.
Silent mode is the bluntest tool. Apple says that with Silent mode on, the iPhone does not ring or play alerts, although it may still vibrate. It quiets every app, not just Twitch. Our guide on how to silence notifications on an iPhone covers those phone-wide options.
Change Which Alerts Twitch Sends
The iPhone decides whether an alert makes noise. Twitch decides which alerts get sent in the first place, and fewer alerts is often the real fix. Twitch Help describes this path in the mobile app:
- Open Twitch and tap your profile picture in the top-left corner.
- Tap Account Settings.
- Tap Notifications.
- Tap Manage Channel Notifications, then tap a channel to change its level.
Twitch lists four levels for each channel you follow: Always (every notification for that channel), Personalized (the default, where Twitch picks notifications based on your viewing habits), Go Live Only, and Off. You can also open a channel and tap the bell icon under the video player to change that one channel.
The same Notifications screen in the app holds the wider options for push, email and on-site notifications. Menu names in the app can change between updates, so compare what you see with Twitch’s own article, Where Are My Notifications?
Apple adds that for some apps a link named after the app appears at the bottom of its notification screen in Settings and opens the in-app options directly. If you see a Twitch notification settings link there, tapping it is a shortcut to the same place.
Troubleshooting
Twitch is not in the Notifications list
Apple notes that when an app has no notification entry, it may not be able to send notifications. For a newly installed app that usually means it has not asked for permission yet. Open Twitch first. Twitch Help says the app prompts you to enable notifications when you visit the mobile section of its notification settings while they are disabled.
There is no Sounds switch
Check that Allow Notifications is on. When it is off, Twitch sends no alerts to this iPhone, so there is no sound to turn off.
You still hear a noise from Twitch
Confirm the sound is a notification and not audio from a stream that is still playing. Then reopen Settings > Notifications > Twitch and make sure Sounds is still off. If you have Twitch on an iPad or another phone, the noise may be coming from that device, which has separate settings.
Alerts are silent but you want them gone from the Lock Screen too
Clear Lock Screen under Alerts on the Twitch notification screen. Our article on how to show or hide notifications on the iPhone Lock Screen explains those choices.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this affect other apps?
No. Turning off Sounds for Twitch changes only Twitch. Every app has its own notification settings. If you also watch on a television, see how to hide chat in Twitch on an Amazon Fire TV.
Will I still get go-live alerts with Sounds turned off?
Yes. Go-live alerts and other Twitch notifications keep arriving as banners, on the Lock Screen or in Notification Center, depending on what is selected under Alerts. Only the tone is removed.
Does turning off Sounds mute streams in the Twitch app?
No. The Sounds switch covers notification sounds only. Stream audio is controlled by the volume buttons and the player in the app.
Can I pick a different sound for Twitch instead of silence?
Only if the app supports it. Apple says you can tap Sounds and select a sound when an app offers that choice. If Twitch shows only an on/off switch on your iPhone, the sound cannot be changed there.
Why am I missing Twitch notifications after changing these settings?
If Allow Notifications is on and alerts still do not arrive, the cause is usually on the Twitch side. Twitch says channels set to Personalized may skip some notifications, and that its smart delivery sends each notification to only one place (the site, a push notification, or email) based on where you are active.
How do I silence other notifications on my iPhone?
See how to turn off the AirPods Left Behind notification, how to block text messages on an iPhone, or how to use the LED flash for alerts.
Not every alert is one to silence. Here’s how to turn on delivery notifications in the Amazon iPhone app.
Next Step
Once Twitch is quiet, the same steps work for any other noisy app. For example, here’s how to turn off ESPN Fantasy app notifications.
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