Do Not Disturb on iPhone: How to Turn It on and Off?

Don’t know how to activate and deactivate Do Not Disturb mode on your iPhone? Here is a detailed how-to for you.

When you’re trying to get some sleep or are working on something important and don’t want to be interrupted, the Do Not Disturb mode on your iPhone can be wonderful. But leaving it on all the time is not ideal. You might omit crucial phone calls, messages, or even social media posts.

How to activate and deactivate Do Not Disturb on your iPhone is covered in this guide.

How to Turn on Do Not Disturb on An iPhone?

1. For the Control Center to appear, swipe up from the bottom of the screen. If you have an iPhone X or later, or an iPad with iOS 12 or later, you should swipe down from the top right corner of the screen to bring down the Control Center.
2. Select the icon for Do Not Disturb. Do Not Disturb is now activated, and you won’t be bothered by notifications until you go back to the Control Center and tap the icon to deactivate it.
3. Deep-press the icon when Do Not Disturb is activated if you want to further customize it. You can choose to enable it for an hour, all day, or until you leave the current location.
4. In order to access more scheduling options, deeply press the Do Not Disturb button. Tapping it will turn the feature on immediately.

That’s all there is to it; Do Not Disturb is now activated. However, there are numerous adjustments that can be made to what can get past the Do Not Disturb barrier, allowing you to see exactly how much you want.

How to Turn Off Do Not Disturb on An iPhone?

Here’s how to get rid of Do Not Disturb on your iPhone:

1. Click on the Settings icon on your home screen.
2. Scroll down and click on Focus.
3. On the Focus page, click on the Do Not Disturb button.
4. In the new page that opens, click on the button beside Do Not Disturb to turn it off On an iPhone, use Do Not Disturb.

The status bar displays the Do Not Disturb mode’s current state. The Do Not Disturb mode is active if a crescent icon appears in the top left corner of the screen.

How to Schedule Do Not Disturb on An iPhone?

It can be a useful feature to have the Do Not Disturb mode activate automatically at a time that you specify so that you don’t have to manually turn it on and off. You can create a schedule for particular days, daily, or weekly using the Do Not Disturb mode.

You can now accept calls and notifications from specific apps and contracts even when Do Not Disturb has been activated thanks to the Focus feature.

Here are the steps you need to follow to schedule the Do Not Disturb mode on iOS 15:

1. Click on the Settings icon on your home screen.
2. Scroll down and click on Focus.
3. On the Focus page, click on the Do Not Disturb button.
4. There, click on the Add Schedule or Automation button towards the bottom part of the screen.
5. A new menu called New Automation will slide up from the screen. There, select the Time option.
6. Turn on the Schedule toggle. You can set the beginning and end times for the Do Not Disturb mode on the same page.
7. Choose the number of days you want to enable the schedule in the Repeat section.
8. Click on Done towards the top right side of the window to save the changes.

Without having to remove the automation, you can also toggle the Do Not Disturb schedule on and off whenever you want.

How to Customize Do Not Disturb on An iPhone?

Your iPhone lets you tweak the Do Not Disturb feature in a lot of ways from the above scheduling page:

• Bedtime mode will enforce For extended periods of time, Do Not Disturb. If you turn it on, it will keep notifications off the lock screen throughout the night so that when you pick up your phone in the morning, you won’t see any of them. (If you absolutely must check them at two in the morning, they’ll still be in the Notification Center.)
• The Silence section is where you can also choose how silent your phone should be. Choose between “Always” (the phone will always be silent when in Do Not Disturb mode) and “While iPhone is locked” (it will still make a sound if the phone is turned on and in use).
• The Phone section lets you decide who the phone will ring through. You can choose to allow calls from “Everyone” (which, if we may editorialize for a moment, kind of defeats the purpose of Do Not Disturb), “No One,” or only people in your “Favorites.”
• Do Not Disturb While Driving lets you set As you might expect, Do Not Disturb will automatically turn on while driving. You need a car with Bluetooth functionality for that to function.

Conclusion: Use Do Not Disturb on iPhone

Do Not Disturb on your iPhone must, in essence, be toggled on and off. You can mute calls, alerts, and notifications on your smartphone by using the Do Not Disturb mode. Additionally, you can schedule Do Not Disturb and allow calls from specific individuals.

We hope that this guide has helped you figure out how to disable Do Not Disturb on an iPhone. If not, feel free to leave a comment with your inquiry, and we’ll respond as soon as we can.

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