{"id":1499,"date":"2016-12-23T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T13:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nullalo.com\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:15:38","slug":"android-notifications-badge-icon-does-not-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nullalo.com\/en\/android-notifications-badge-icon-does-not-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Android: notifications badge icon does not update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In some circumstances, on Android it may happen that the icon of our apps providing badge\u00a0notifications (eg. Facebook, WhatsApp, stock programs like Email or Messaging) remains stuck on a specific notification number, such as &#8220;1&#8221; as shown in the picture, <strong>even if there are no real notifications to be read<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1484\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/facebook_badge_notification.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"84\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In these cases, the quickest solution is to proceed as follows (the procedure may vary slightly depending on your Android version, the screenshots are related to an old Samsung Galaxy S2):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Open Settings-&gt;Application manager<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nullalo.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/android_badge_notification_01_en.png\" rel=\"lightbox[1499]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1485 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nullalo.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/android_badge_notification_01_en-180x300.png\" alt=\"Solve badge notification icon issue - Image 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Select &#8220;All&#8221; tab<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scroll until you find &#8220;<strong>BadgeProvider<\/strong>&#8221; system app<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nullalo.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/android_badge_notification_02_en.png\" rel=\"lightbox[1499]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1486\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/android_badge_notification_02_en-180x300.png\" alt=\"Solve badge notification icon issue - Image 2\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click it and then click on &#8220;Clear data&#8221; in the bottom right part of the screen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nullalo.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/android_badge_notification_03_en.png\" rel=\"lightbox[1499]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1487\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/android_badge_notification_03_en-180x300.png\" alt=\"Solve badge notification icon issue - Image 3\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Restart your\u00a0device<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this way, the issue should be fixed. 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