If notifications are disturbing you at night, you can schedule Do Not Disturb on your iPhone to automatically silence calls, alerts, and notifications while you sleep.
How to Silence Notifications at Night on iPhone
You can schedule Do Not Disturb to turn on and off automatically at specific times. You can also choose which people or apps can still send notifications while Do Not Disturb is active.
- Open the Settings app and go to Focus > Do Not Disturb.
- Scroll down to Set a Schedule and tap Add Schedule.
- Tap Time.
- Set the From time when you want Do Not Disturb to start and the To time when you want it to turn off. For example, you can set it from 11 PM to 6 AM.
- (Optional) Select or deselect the days when you want the schedule to run.
- Tap Done.
Do Not Disturb will now turn on and off automatically at the scheduled times.
Allow Calls and Notifications From Important Contacts
You can allow notifications from selected people while Do Not Disturb is active.
- Go to Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb.
- Tap People.
- Choose Allow Notifications From and tap Add to select the contacts you want to allow.
- You can also allow calls from selected people and repeated calls.
Tip: For a specific emergency contact, you can also enable Emergency Bypass from that person’s contact card. This allows their sounds and vibrations to come through even when your iPhone or notifications are silenced.
How to Check if Do Not Disturb Is Active
When Do Not Disturb is active, its icon appears in the status bar and on the Lock Screen.
Note: Focus can silence notifications while still keeping them available for later viewing. If you want silenced notifications to appear on the Lock Screen, go to Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb > Options and enable Show On Lock Screen.
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