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How to turn off automatic "Personal" mode in focus?

How do I turn off the personal mod upon arrival at the place? In the focus settings, there is no automation to the place. The contact card also does not contain information about my house, but it turns on when I arrive home

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 15, 2022 12:23 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2022 12:03 PM

Hi PurpleDog371,


Thanks for posting. We see you want to turn off "Personal" mode on your iPhone and we'd like to help out.


To verify, it sounds like you want to be able to use it but only when you manually turn it on or schedule it. Is that right?


What do you have set up under the "Turn On Automatically" section?


If you don't have anything there at all, you may want to try tapping "Delete Focus" and then setting it up again to see if this helps. Kind regards.

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Feb 16, 2022 12:03 PM in response to PurpleDog371

Hi PurpleDog371,


Thanks for posting. We see you want to turn off "Personal" mode on your iPhone and we'd like to help out.


To verify, it sounds like you want to be able to use it but only when you manually turn it on or schedule it. Is that right?


What do you have set up under the "Turn On Automatically" section?


If you don't have anything there at all, you may want to try tapping "Delete Focus" and then setting it up again to see if this helps. Kind regards.

Feb 17, 2022 2:04 AM in response to ryane77

Yes, I want to turn it on only manually.


In the "Turn on automatically" section is empty. Removing the focus and re-adding it does not help, because after that it is automatically turned on again.


I assumed it was because of the information about my house in the contact card. I deleted the information about the house, removed the focus, re-added it and it still turns on automatically

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