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 will appear in the status bar and on your Lock Screen.
Turn Do Not Disturb off using Control Centre
Swipe down from the top right-hand corner of your screen to open Control Centre.
Directly tap the Do Not Disturb icon
on the Focus button.
If the icon colour dims and the button text changes to “Focus”, Do Not Disturb has been turned off.
If you can’t see Do Not Disturb on the Focus button but another Focus option (Personal, Work, Sleep, Reduce Interruptions or Driving) is shown, 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:
Open Settings.
Tap Focus.
Tap Do Not Disturb.
Scroll down to Set a Schedule.
Check for any active schedules to turn off.
Turn Do Not Disturb on or off using the Focus menu
Swipe down from the top right-hand corner of your screen to open Control Centre.
Tap and hold the button showing either Focus, Do Not Disturb or another Focus option (Personal, Work, Sleep, Reduce Interruptions or Driving).
Tap Do Not Disturb in the menu.
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.
Find out more about Focus settings on iPhone
Find out more about Focus settings on iPad
Change your Do Not Disturb settings
Open Settings.
Tap Focus.
Tap Do Not Disturb.
Tap the feature you want to customise:
With Allow Notifications, add people or apps you want to receive notifications from when using Do Not Disturb.
With Customise 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, customise how certain apps or features will 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 will turn on automatically.
To switch to a wallpaper that’s connected to Do Not Disturb:
On your Lock Screen, tap and hold the image to open your wallpaper gallery.
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.
Tap the wallpaper to make it your current Lock Screen.
Find out more about changing your iPhone wallpaper
Find out 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 will allow important notifications to interrupt you and silence any notifications not determined to be important. Any notifications you specifically allow or silence will still be allowed or silenced.
To turn Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing on:
In the Settings app, tap Focus.
Tap Do Not Disturb.
Tap to turn the feature on.
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 or later. Apple Intelligence requires iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 or later, Siri and the device language to be set to the same supported language, and 7 GB of available storage.
Learn more
Find out more about setting up a Focus on iPhone or find out more about setting up a Focus on iPad to stay in the moment by filtering notifications based on what you’re currently doing.
Set up a Driving Focus to silence notifications automatically when you're in your car.
View and manage your notifications and reduce interruptions throughout the day.