How to disable focus

Hello cantonwriter,

That's a fantastic question and we'd be happy to help.

We recommend that you check out the link here: Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad

As outlined in the related article, there are several ways you can turn off Focus. If you've set up Focus and have a schedule enabled, you can adjust those settings in Settings > Focus, then tap the Focus in question to change the settings. If you don't want to adjust the settings for the schedule but would instead turn the schedule off, you can do so by tapping the green toggle next to "Schedule."

If you want to keep the schedule enabled and quickly turned off or on Focus, you can do this via the Control Center by following the below steps. This information is also outlined in the related article.

1) Swipe down from the top-right corner of the display.

2) Tap Focus to enable or disable.

3) Then swipe from the bottom of the display or tap the display to close Control Center.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions or need additional support.  

Have a great day!

Me, too! I want to simply remove the function from my Mac and devices permanently! I hate that Apple forces these things we don't want on us against our will, with no way to permanently disable or remove them!

This is infuriating. I have tried to disable focus completely and it still seems to turn on of its own accord. If Apple wants a reputation of respecting privacy choices it needs to dial back on the automatic tracking and unwanted manipulation.

I wondering too, it is so annoying. I just want to get all notification and everything. This way I often miss a message from someone because there is no notification sound because of profile.

Please just tell us how to completely disable Focus. I have an “on call” job where I need to be always available via Messages and phone calls. I’m not getting alerts for any Messages now.

please tell us how to turn the entire feature OFF! Permanently. Why would you build a feature that requires us to use it…..to NOT use it. Gives us an Off toggle.