Bring-Back-Pernament-Notifications-Android-14-15

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How to bring back permanent notifications on Android 14 and 15

Android 14 has removed option for application to send permanent (persistent, non-dismissible) notifications. These were sometimes pretty annoying, especially for people who like having no pending notifications. At a same time they were pretty useful when it came for apps which required to run in a background all the time (Antiviruses, Downloaders)

Example of notifcation, which can't be swiped away and lost forever...

Android 14+ users can manually swipe away permanent notification just like normal ones. This means some apps could disappear even when they were doing some task in the background. Another handy use case for such notifications were notes or reminders which stayed all the time until user manually removed them. Now they can be dismissed with all the other spam you get every second :/

Fortunately, there is a way to bring them back!
This method works on single app basis. This means you need to enable permanent notification for every app you need separately.

1. Few prerequisites

Some stuff is required unfortunately.

1.1 ADB tools

There is multiple good resources to install ADB tools and enable USB debugging on Android for various OS’s. Go here for more info: https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/

ADB tools installation simplified procedure
  • On Linux:

sudo apt install adb

  • On Windows:

Download this and install.

  • Mac users don’t bother with such problems, since Apple knows better what’s good for them ( and they uses Iphones ).

1.2 Enable USB Debbuging on Android phone

USB Debbuging

Go Settings > About phone > On the bottom of the screen smash Build Number as many times as required to get popup saying You are now a developer.

Go back to Main Settings screen > System > Developer options and near the top there should be a USB debugging toggle. Enable it.

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One command for a good start

Open Terminal ( On Windows, go to folder where adb.exe was installed, right click > Open in Terminal (might require right-click while holding Shift) ) and type:

adb devices

There should be a popup on your phone to authorize your computer, click allow. On terminal you should see a list of devices with one phone saying β€˜device’.

2. Actuall work

Find app package id of an app you want to enable permanent notifications for.

One app, one id, one command.

The easiest way is to: on your phone, hold desired app > on popup select i or more info > Scroll all the way down in Settings screen and there should be package in format e.g.: net.dinglisch.android.taskerm or org.tasks, etc.

To ENABLE permanent notifications, in Terminal type:

adb shell appops set --uid YOU_PACKAGE SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS allow

Usage Example

adb shell appops set --uid net.dinglisch.android.taskerm SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS allow for app Tasker.


To DISABLE permanent notifications, in Terminal type:

adb shell appops set --uid YOU_PACKAGE SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS default

Usage Example

adb shell appops set --uid net.dinglisch.android.taskerm SYSTEM_EXEMPT_FROM_DISMISSIBLE_NOTIFICATIONS default for app Tasker.


No reboot required. Tested on Android 15.

WARNING: If app does not post permanent notifications after executing above command, this may indicate that this app simply does not post such notifications at all. In this situation, nothing can be done other than contacting a developer.

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