Is your iPhone displaying Repeated or Duplicate Notifications whenever you receive a text message from anyone. You will find below some of the ways to fix the problem of Duplicate Message Notifications on your iPhone.
Duplicate Message Notifications on iPhone
Receiving notifications of a text message twice on your iPhone can be annoying, especially if you are busy and trying to get some work done.
In a typical case, you will get a notification as soon as a text message is received on your iPhone and another notification later on, in about 5 minutes.
Let us take a look at How to Fix the problem of Duplicate Text Messages on your iPhone.
Toggle iMessage OFF and ON
Turning iMessage OFF and then turning it back ON is known to fix most common iMessage problems.
1. From the Home screen of your iPhone, tap on Settings.
2. On the Settings Screen, tap on Messages.
3. On the Messages screen, turn OFF iMessage by moving the slider to OFF position.
4. Wait for about 5 minutes and then turn ON iMessage by moving the slider to ON position.
The act of turning OFF iMessage and then waiting for a while will deregister your iPhone from iMessage. When you turn ON iMessages back again, your iPhone will be registered with iMessage once again.
This should fix the problem of duplicate iMessage Notifications on your iPhone, in case the problem was caused by a minor iMessage glitch.
Change Repeat Alerts Setting
It is quite possible that you may have accidentally set your iPhone to provide you with Repeat Notifications. Hence, let us rule out this possibility by taking a look at the Repeat Alerts Settings on your iPhone.
1. From the Home screen of your iPhone, tap on Settings.
2. On the Settings screen, tap on Notifications.
3. On the Notifications screen, tap on Messages.
4. On the Messages screen, scroll down to the bottom of the screen and tap on Repeat Alerts option located under section “Messages Options”(See image below)
5. On the next screen, tap on Never.
After this, you should not receive duplicate iMessage Notifications on your iPhone.
Send & Receive Settings
The Send & Receive Settings on your iPhone might be causing the problem of duplicate iMessage Notifications on your iPhone. Follow the steps below to check and correct Send & Receive Settings on your iPhone.
1. From the Home screen of your iPhone, tap on Settings.
2. On the Settings Screen, tap on Messages.
3. On the Messages screen, tap on Send & Receive option.
4. On the next screen, make sure that only your Phone Number or Email Address is listed under the section “YOU CAN BE REACHED BY iMESSAGE AT” Section (See image below).
Having both Phone Number and also your Email Address listed in this section can cause the problem of Duplicate text Message Notifications on your iPhone.