How to turn Do Not Disturb off or on for iPhone or iPad

Do Not Disturb is a Focus option available in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and later that silences calls, alerts, and notifications. When it's on, the Do Not Disturb icon appears in the status bar and on your Lock Screen.

Turn Do Not Disturb off using Control Center

  1. Swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen to open Control Center.

  2. Directly tap the Do Not Disturb icon on the Focus button.

iPhone, screen shows Focus button in Control Center with purple crescent moon icon with text: Do Not Disturb
iPhone, screen shows Focus button in Control Center with white crescent moon icon with text: Focus

If the icon color dims and the button text changes to "Focus," Do Not Disturb has been turned off.

If you don't see Do Not Disturb on the Focus button but another Focus option (Personal, Work, Sleep, Reduce Interruptions, or Driving), you can tap its icon to turn it off. Other Focus options can also prevent you from receiving calls, alerts, and notifications.

If Do Not Disturb turns back on automatically

Do Not Disturb may be scheduled to turn on at certain times:

  1. Open Settings.

  2. Tap Focus.

  3. Tap Do Not Disturb.

  4. Scroll down to Set a Schedule.

  5. Check for any active schedules to turn off.

Turn Do Not Disturb on or off using the Focus menu

  1. Swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen to open Control Center.

  2. Tap and hold the button showing either Focus, Do Not Disturb, or another Focus option (Personal, Work, Sleep, Reduce Interruptions, or Driving).

  3. Tap Do Not Disturb in the menu.

iPhone, screen shows Focus menu with text: Do Not Disturb On

You can also ask Siri to turn Do Not Disturb on or off.

If you use Share Across Devices in your Focus settings, a notification that Do Not Disturb is on or off will appear on your other Apple devices.

Learn more about Focus settings on iPhone

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Change your Do Not Disturb settings

  1. Open Settings.

  2. Tap Focus.

  3. Tap Do Not Disturb.

  4. Tap the feature you want to customize:

With Allow Notifications, add people or apps that you want notifications from when using Do Not Disturb.

With Customize Screens, choose a Lock Screen or Home Screen that can turn on Do Not Disturb.

With Set a Schedule, set times for Do Not Disturb to turn on and off each day.

With Focus Filters, customize how certain apps or features behave while you use Do Not Disturb.

Switch to a Lock Screen connected to Do Not Disturb

In iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and later, you can connect a custom iPhone Lock Screen wallpaper to Do Not Disturb or connect a custom iPad Lock Screen wallpaper to Do Not Disturb. When you choose that wallpaper for your Lock Screen, Do Not Disturb automatically turns on.

To switch to a wallpaper that's connected to Do Not Disturb:

  1. On your Lock Screen, tap and hold the image to open your wallpaper gallery.

  2. Swipe until you land on a wallpaper that displays Do Not Disturb at the bottom, or tap the current Focus option on a wallpaper to change it.

    iPhone, screen shows Link Focus menu for a wallpaper, Do Not Disturb button has a purple crescent moon and blue checkmark with text: Do Not Disturb Silence all notifications

  3. Tap the wallpaper to make it your current Lock Screen.

Learn more about changing your iPhone wallpaper

Learn more about changing your iPad wallpaper

Use Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing with Do Not Disturb in iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and later

On iPhone 16 or later, iPhone 15 Pro models, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad models with M1 or later, you can use Apple Intelligence-powered Focus options that include Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing.

Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing understands the content of your notifications. When you turn on Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing, the feature allows important notifications to interrupt you and silences any notifications not determined to be important. Any notifications that you specifically allow or silence will still be allowed or silenced.

To turn Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing on:

  1. In the Settings app, tap Focus.

  2. Tap Do Not Disturb.

  3. Tap to turn the feature on.

    iPhone, screen shows Do Not Disturb settings with a gray off button with text: Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing

Apple Intelligence is available in beta on all iPhone 16 models and later, iPhone 15 Pro models, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad models with M1 and later. Apple Intelligence requires iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, or later; Siri and the device language set to the same supported language; and 7 GB of available storage.

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