Since upgrading to iOS 16, the do not disturb function is not working the same for me. Messages, calls, and most apps do not show notifications (as expected) however, gmail and other random apps on my phone are still allowing notifications through. How do I fix this?
iPhone 13, iOS 16
Which is why there is a simple on/off switch in the control center. You don’t have to set up anything. The set up features are there because lots of people complained that simple on/off wasn’t enough, they wanted time of day, different schedules for different days, a setting based on location (e.g., at the gym, at work, when driving), etc. So Apple added all of the features that users clamored for. But you can still just turn it on or off.
Back in the Old Days you still had to say what happened when you turned on DND; block everyone, everyone except favorites, everyone except your SO, etc. You still need to do that. Do Not Disturb setup has been made much more flexible, but this has come at the cost of much more complication. To get it working again, do these steps ONCE:
All of the above is a one-time setup. After that, turn DND on or off with the Control Center Focus button. You can optionally set one or more schedules by going to:
Settings/Focus/Do Not Disturb/Set a Schedule.
@hughlin I noticed the same thing and cannot figure out how to stop the notifications. It's annoying.
Yes I would like to know how to manually set DoNotDisturb during a meeting without changing any of my focus settings
I hate how complicated dnd has become. It used to be a simple switch.
The Focus/ Do Not Disturb changes in this update are ridiculous. Apple needs to restore the simple, manual way to turn on Do Not Disturb. This was NOT an improvement!
Why don’t you read the responses to Wendy Bardsley’s post, that explain how to use DND in great detail?
It is...and has been posted with pictures several times in this thread. The crescent moon icon with FOCUS next to it. Look above.
No (unless you have a schedule). Click on FOCUS in Control Center to turn it off.
Bottom line up front: Apple, please bring back the toggle. The current setup is extremely frustrating.
First of all, there is no "modify settings" section under "do not disturb"; there are sections for "allow notifications", "customize screens", "set a schedule", and "focus filters".
However, if you tell Siri to "turn off do not disturb", that will do the trick.
Not helpful at all. Give us back the one button do not disturb. It is royally messed up now. Now I have to turn off the ringer on my phone at night but I can’t wear my watch at night because it will still go off on do not disturb. You took an excellent feature & made it bad.
YES!! Give us back the one button! I had Do Not Disturb on and a number that was not in my phone called and was let through to ring!! NOT good when you are trying to record music!!! This is SO messed up. Bring the one button back!!
jtaccordion wrote:
YES!! Give us back the one button! I had Do Not Disturb on and a number that was not in my phone called and was let through to ring!! NOT good when you are trying to record music!!! This is SO messed up. Bring the one button back!!
There is one button. It's in the Control Center. See the instructions in the post immediately above yours.
Not helpful. it's easy to get to do not disturb, but turning it off and on globally is now puzzling on iphone 11 ios 16. How many clicks are necessary to block distractions:
Then below that there is a screen for focus filters, that customize how your apps and devices are "notified" when "this" Focus is on, and an option to set a schedule. It includes the scheduled time I had on the phone before ios 16 update, but turns it off. This is the only place where a global option seems to be referenced.
Nowhere do I see an indicator if it is on or not. The first time I encountered this quandry was sitting at a screening where I wanted to turn my phone off without turning it off. I kept touching do not disturb, and all it did was give me these options.
I've sat through a lot of user interface meetings, spec, over the years but have never seen anything so convoluted for such an essential task that you usually need to effect quickly. And on the do not disturb screen it should always give the feedback if it's on or if it's off. I saw feedback flash once when I changed my scheduled time to now, but can't reproduce it.
Please apple please give us back a toggle! In the meantime I'll probably use airplane mode instead ;)
Wendy Bardsley wrote:
1. Not helpful. it's easy to get to do not disturb, but turning it off and on globally is now puzzling on iphone 11 ios 16. How many clicks are necessary to block distractions:
focus
2. do not disturb
choose people to silence notifications from?
Yes, this was a frequently asked-for feature. So the latest Focus allows you both options, so for example, you can create a “home” focus that blocks calls from your boss.
Nowhere do I see an indicator if it is on or not. The first time I encountered this quandry was sitting at a screening where I wanted to turn my phone off without turning it off. I kept touching do not disturb, and all it did was give me these options.
Please apple please give us back a toggle! In the meantime I'll probably use airplane mode instead ;)
It’s right there on the Control Center. If you tap on the button with the crescent moon it just toggles it. If you tap to the right of the button on the word “Focus" it lets you select a Focus setting to use.
And see my previous post in this thread→Do not disturb iOS 16 - Apple Community
Thanks for the control center reference. I confess that I have barely used control center. For now this gives me the option to set it on until tonight or for one hour, and I do see the indicator for that. I will also try to set up a different wallpaper image to make it more "in my face." Still, hard finding the time to configure the initial focus settings. I like the app settings, set when using zoom for example, which was easy to set up, but I'm used to just silencing the phone and using zoom on desktop, where notification are unobtrusive without any config required. I like not having my focus settings global to all devices.
I keep a weird schedule. I swipe down from upper right to reach “Find Focus in the Day”. I turn on Do Not Disturb, which turns the opposite color to let me know it is activated. All of my other Apple devices reflect Do Not Disturb, which is cool. I go to bed very late.
And the next morning, my phone rings and wakes me up, which is not cool.
I check and Do Not Disturb is still enabled.
I have to agree with people here that this is WAY too complex.
Do not disturb iOS 16
