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.
conedera wrote:
There is no setting that turns on Do Not Disturb and leaves it on until I turn it off. Why not?
But, there is. Pull down the Control Center. Tap the little picture on the Focus button. As long as you have no schedules or automations, it will stay off until you turn it on again. You turn it on by tapping the same button.
Please bring back the simple do not disturb function that could be turned on with a single click. The current system is not working for me at all. I also don’t want to announce to people that I have do not disturb turned on. But even though I’ve toggle that off, it’s still does it. this new system is a big downgrade.
MaryB2008 wrote:
The old system allowed the user to turn on, do not disturb occasionally, even though they also have a schedule and some automations. That was a useful function. Please bring it back.
The new system allows that, too. Like Lawrence, I use it almost every day. It has been explained more than once in this thread.
thanks. Maybe it’s different on different hardware. I have an iPhone 12 mini and when I open the control center there is no crescent, moon icon, or do not disturb option. In focus there is a do not disturb option but there’s not a simple on off toggle switch. The only way to turn it on, is to set a schedule.
Apple needs to bring back the simple do not disturb feature!!! I am not interested in setting focused times, etc. I am extremely frustrated with Apple regarding this issue and as I have just updated to IOS 16.2 I see that Apple has NOT listened to the many people who want the original do not disturb brought back. Keep the focus feature for those who want to use it but give the rest of us the option to use the original do not disturb feature!
Thank you I did exactly what you said. My problem is that I only allow my husband to get through when I enable DND and now I can’t get a text message from him without getting them from everyone. I don’t know how to fix this problem so now he has to call my phone so I am aware he is sending me a text.
Thanks for this. I'm not understanding the outrage here. It's a simple 30 second setup, and the option to enable disable DnD is quick. My problem is that some of the allowed names are not coming through, so everything is being silenced. Thanks again for this post.
jwhite66 wrote:
DND is absolutely USELESS now. No way in this world will ANY of “Apple Support” be able to talk you thru it…. 😡🤬😡🤬
REALLY?! You mean that I am fooling myself when I use it every night to silence my phone automatically from 10 PM to 8 AM and during the day when I don’t want to be interrupted? And also enable it automatically when I’m driving? I had no idea I was doing something that is useless!
Why don’t you try reading my post on this page, 2 posts abore yours?
I totally agree. They were useless like a complicated this. Frankly, I can’t tell if the things turned on or off. Give me a toggle button please! Y’all seem to forgot Steve Jobs mantra… “it just works”. Long time Apple user I’m really disappointed in how complicated y’all are making this stuff.
There is no toggle on/off button in the control center anymore. The only way to turn off the "do not disturb" is to tell siri to do it. There is no option in under focus or control center on the iphone.
yingyang0 wrote:
There is no toggle on/off button in the control center anymore. The only way to turn off the "do not disturb" is to tell siri to do it. There is no option in under focus or control center on the iphone.
It's still there on my phone. But, telling Siri to do it also works.
I agree 1000%. It is ridiculously complicated. A pungent example of how updates hinder productivity. Why did they take something so simple and make it so unjustifiably byzantine?
The fact that they buried it under a random and confusing new name to top it off feels like salt in the wound. “A focus?”
“SYNTAX ERROR”
Upgrading to iOS 16 has been an extremely unpleasant experience for me. I was caught off guard by the negative impact of this change from Apple. Despite turning off most notifications, I still encounter frequent issues. This kind of change is simply unacceptable and frustrating.
I’m sorry to hear that, but over 500 million phones have been updated to iOS 16, and there have been very few complaints, so if you describe the negative impacts you are seeing other users in this user-to-user forum may be able to offer suggestions.
It doesn’t work like before. There are many options but no just on or off. You have to choose to end with times or events. On/Off is no longer an option. I have three Personal times already scheduled but when called into an ad fix meeting, not simple way to toggle on/off DND. Quite frustrating even after all this time on ios16.
Do not disturb iOS 16
