8 Ways to Fix WhatsApp Messages Delayed iPhone

Part 1: 7 Basic Ways to Solve WhatsApp Messages Delayed

These are the more the basic things to check and perform in order to rectify the delayed WhatsApp messages to ensure better user experience. Try each of these one by one until your issue is resolved.

1. Allow Notification for WhatsApp

If you do not see WhatsApp messages on lock screen or notification centre and then open WhatsApp and find a few unread chats, you may think it is due to delayed WhatsApp messages. Well, check if you have allowed notifications to WhatsApp in Settings.

• Open Settings and go to Notifications. In the list of apps, look for WhatsApp and tap on it.

• See if notifications have been allowed for WhatsApp, if not, turn the toggle on.

  

2. Turn Off Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb mode is a very handy feature, especially when you do not want to be disturbed by anything. When you turn on this feature, any sort of notification like calls, messages, WhatsApp will not be shown. And then it may cause you have a WhatsApp delayed messages problem.

• On your iPhone, swipe down to access the control center. Then tap on Focus or the moon icon to turn off the Do not Disturb mode.

• Or go to Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb, and turn it off.

3. Check Network Connection

Many times, sending or receiving WhatsApp messages is affected by network connection. To avoid WhatsApp messages delayed on iPhone, ensure a stable Wifi connection or mobile network. Switch from Wi-Fi to Mobile network, or vice versa to check it out.

4. Update WhatsApp

App developers regularly update their products to fix some bugs or problems. And if you are using old version of WhatsApp, it is possible that you face WhatsApp messages delayed iPhone. Nevertheless, it may happen that the update can resolve your issue. Go to App Store and see if there is a recent update.

5. Enable Background App Refresh

Background App Refresh allows applications to refresh in the background automatically so that they can reveive newer notifications on time. If the background app refresh has been turned off for WhatsApp, we may encounter WhatsApp delayed messages problem.

• Open Settings and go to General > Background App Refresh.

• In the list, look for WhatsApp and ensure that the toggle is turned on.

6. Restart Device

Many iPhone problems are sometimes resolved by just a simple restart of the phone. If WhatsApp messages is still delayed till now, there is no harm in trying a simple reboot or restart of the device.

7. Delete and Reinstall WhatsApp

If these fixes have not worked for you, then deleting and reinstalling the WhatsApp application all over again can fix your issue. Before that, first ensure that you have made an appropriate WhatsApp backup to avoid losing any chats or pictures.

Part 2: Last Try for WhatsApp Delayed Messages on iPhone (No Data Loss)

Not only WhatsApp delay sending messages, but other messages can be delayed on iPhone. So the probem might be in iPhone, not the apps. To deal with it in a bit complex way, we will employ the use of Tenorshare ReiBoot that fixes bugs of iPhone systems and makes it as good as new.

• Download, install and run ReiBoot on your computer. Connect your iPhone to the computer and click Start.

  

• On the next screen, you will get the options of Standard and Deep repair. Click on start repair.

  

• Download the firmware package. And after it is downloaded, click on Start Standard Repair.

  

• The process takes a few minutes, so please wait patiently. When the process completes, your iPhone will restart automatically and your problem will be resolved.

  

Sum Up

To sum up everything that has been stated so far, WhatsApp delayed messages is a problem that many users have reported. And there are surely many possible ways to fix this problem, which we have listed in this article. And last but not least, Tenorshare ReiBoot iOS system repair tool is the ultimate solutions we recommend.