# Do push notifications work only if Instagram app is open on phone?

**URL:** <https://mpsocial.com/t/do-push-notifications-work-only-if-instagram-app-is-open-on-phone/36720>\
**Category:** Instagram Marketing\
**Created:** [February 10, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/do-push-notifications-work-only-if-instagram-app-is-open-on-phone/36720 "2018-02-10T13:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moneyteam94](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/moneyteam94/32/13869_2.png) [@Moneyteam94](https://mpsocial.com/u/Moneyteam94)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/do-push-notifications-work-only-if-instagram-app-is-open-on-phone/36720/1 "2018-02-10T13:03:58Z")

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Do push notifications work only if Instagram app is open on phone?

Lets say I turned post notifications on for someones IG account. Would I only get post notifs if my Instagram app is open?

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**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/do-push-notifications-work-only-if-instagram-app-is-open-on-phone/36720/2 "2018-02-10T17:34:41Z")

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With Android you always get them, even if the app is not opened, there’s always a background process to push them.

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**Author:** ![MyFocus](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/myfocus/32/31061_2.png) [@MyFocus](https://mpsocial.com/u/MyFocus)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/do-push-notifications-work-only-if-instagram-app-is-open-on-phone/36720/3 "2018-02-11T14:53:40Z")

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You get them also when the app is not opened and you’re not on Low Power or Battery Save mode as these cut down background activity! 🙂