How can I remove notification dot 🔴 for voicemail on my iPhone 12 Pro?

I have a notification I cannot remove, in the voicemail section of the phone app, “To retrieve a voicemail, first set a password and greeting.”


I have tried to set it up just so I can turn it off again, but I can’t do this either, try to create a pin and it says “Voicemail Error Try again later.”


Don’t want voicemail and have no need for it, how do I remove the notification dot 🔴




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iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 20, 2024 11:56 PM

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Posted on Dec 21, 2024 3:14 PM

Seem I sill cannot get this on the phone to work at all, must be broken apple tech might need to fix it,


I did however find a solution, your comment sent me on the right track, this is how I fixed it,


dialed into my telcos voicemail service, 1/ turned on visual voicemail,

2/ hang up restart phone,

3/ dial back in,

4/ switch to sms notifications,

5/ hang up, dial back in,

6/ turn off voicemail,


while this worked 🥳 and I’m happy the notification 🔴 is gone,


the message “To retrieve a voicemail, first set a password and greeting.”

This still remains and dose not work at all,


just incase anyone else was having the same problem this was my fix 😁👍

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Dec 21, 2024 3:14 PM in response to Jeff Donald

Seem I sill cannot get this on the phone to work at all, must be broken apple tech might need to fix it,


I did however find a solution, your comment sent me on the right track, this is how I fixed it,


dialed into my telcos voicemail service, 1/ turned on visual voicemail,

2/ hang up restart phone,

3/ dial back in,

4/ switch to sms notifications,

5/ hang up, dial back in,

6/ turn off voicemail,


while this worked 🥳 and I’m happy the notification 🔴 is gone,


the message “To retrieve a voicemail, first set a password and greeting.”

This still remains and dose not work at all,


just incase anyone else was having the same problem this was my fix 😁👍

Dec 21, 2024 8:03 AM in response to Jeff Donald

Thanks, but when I click “Setup” I get asked to setup a pin, i enter a pin, confirm the pin, and then I get “Voicemail Error Try again later.”


this was the first thing I tried, unfortunately I’m in an infinite loop of “Try again later”

I don’t even want voicemail,

just want the badge to go away


it keep glaring at me like the eye of Sauron 🔴

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