Choose quiet hours
Set a start time, end time and timezone for the period when normal alerts should be held back.
Notification boundaries
Quiet Mode: Protect Your Time
Choose when normal co-parenting notifications can reach you—without deleting messages, blocking the other parent or breaking the communication record.
Quick answer
Quiet Mode mutes normal The Coparent App notifications during the hours you choose. Messages can still be sent, remain safely recorded and can be read later. Emergency messages sent through the app’s Emergency section can still trigger a notification during Quiet Mode.
What Quiet Mode does
Messages are not lost
The other parent can still send. Their message stays in the conversation and can be read when you are ready.
Emergency exception
Genuine emergency communication sent through the Emergency section can still notify you.
How to set notification hours
Open Profile & Settings
Go to Notification Boundaries and switch Quiet Mode on.
Choose your timezone and hours
Select the start and end of your quiet period—for example, overnight or during work.
Return when it suits you
Normal message alerts are held during the quiet period, while the messages remain available in the app.
How Quiet Mode works with Bridge Mode™
In Bridge Mode™, the other parent can reply to a message from their ordinary email account. That reply still enters your organised app conversation. If Quiet Mode is active, the normal app notification follows your chosen quiet hours; the reply itself is still recorded and waiting in the conversation.
Important: an ordinary Bridge email reply does not become an emergency alert. Emergency notification handling is a separate in-app feature.
Quiet Mode and Boundary Mode are different
Quiet Mode
Controls when normal notifications reach you. It does not stop the other parent sending.
Boundary Mode™
Limits repeated unanswered normal messages using a three-message allowance.
Bridge Mode™
Lets one parent use the app while the other receives and replies through email.
Quiet Mode frequently asked questions
Does Quiet Mode block messages?
No. The other parent can still send normal messages. Quiet Mode controls notifications; it does not delete or hide the conversation record.
Will Bridge Mode emails bypass Quiet Mode?
No. A normal reply received through Bridge Mode is recorded in the app and its normal notification follows your Quiet Mode hours. The email reply is still available to read later.
Can emergency messages still notify me?
Yes. A genuine emergency message sent through the app’s Emergency section can trigger a notification even during Quiet Mode.
Can I choose my own hours?
Yes. You choose the start time, end time and timezone in Notification Boundaries.
Explore communication boundaries
Use Quiet Mode to protect your attention, Boundary Mode™ to reduce repeated unanswered messaging, and Bridge Mode™ when the other parent prefers email.
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