How do I turn Do Not Disturb mode off on my iPhone?

For over 1 day now Do Not Disturb has been on and I have not been getting any notifications. I look at my Focus schedules and I had two set up for night time. But Do not disturb was turned on and the moon displayed during the day. I went in and disabled all my schedules and I still CANNOT turn off do not disturb! It is still showing the moon. Why is there no toggle to turn on and off ! How do I get do not disturb setting off so I can receive notifications, I looked at Apples pages and they are worthless.


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Posted on Jan 7, 2023 5:52 AM

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Posted on Aug 11, 2023 7:13 AM

I finally figured this one out. No toggle buttons, removing every focus feature did not work, deleting all schedules did not work, was not int he control center, etc.


This worked :

I pressed and held the button on the right of my phone and I spoke to my phone: "Turn off Do not disturb".


and then I did a happy dance :)

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Jan 21, 2024 7:22 AM in response to Darn927

This is like ground hog day (the movie). Often, at night in the dark, I am trying to turn on flash light and, apparently, I hit focus and end up turning on do not disturb on inadvertently.

Apple: please fix it so it is really hard to turn on do not disturb. It was on for several days and I missed all sorts of financial and security alerts and it really p.....d me off. l hate this crazy new do not disturb control feature.


Feb 18, 2024 6:15 AM in response to Darn927

None of the other replies I read in this thread worked for me except the most simplest and straightforward one. I too was attempting to disengage the "Do Not Disturb" setting on my iPhone Xs because calls, nothing was getting through. With the exception of no calls while driving, and none during my sleeping hours which were intentionally set quite awhile ago, my phone suddenly displayed "Do Not Disturb" during the day all day.


The one recommendation to disengage was to just ask Siri to turn off "Do Not Disturb" and it has. Thank goodness.

Mar 6, 2024 9:44 AM in response to racerlady

racerlady wrote:

1. None of the 'directions' offered here worked for me on my iPhone 12. I finally did these steps to turn off my Do Not Disturb mode:
From my Locked screen I could see the "'moon icon' and Do Not Disturb".
2. I pressed and held that area until the buttons from the Focus items appeared.
3. Do Not Disturb was clearly 'on'.
4. I pressed one time to turn to Off position.

I also noted other focus buttons at were off at that time, but I could toggle on from this view.
Good Luck

Yes, those instructions have been given in this thread. However, you don't have to press and hold. All you need do is tap the picture.

May 27, 2024 4:14 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Lawrence Finch: Did you see the part where coolside wrote, "I don’t want to use this feature, ever."? Then why describe settings that only apply when DND is On?

Note Pooh_go_Stillers' comment, "I recommend to switch to Samsung." Apple engineers, designers and managers take note.

I'm using Sonoma v14.4.1 on a MBP and iOS 17.4.1 on iPhone 15 Pro. I've been an Apple Developer since the Apple II days, and this Do Not Disturb feature and defaults break several GUI principles on both platforms. Especially the principle of Least Surprise.

On the MacBook, System Settings, Focus panel, "Do Not Disturb" says "On" but offers no way to turn it off. You have to notice there's a Crescent Moon icon in the menubar to turn it off. Again on the iPhone, you have to know there's nothing in Settings to turn it off, it's the Crescent Moon icon in the Control Center. Once they know to go there to turn it off, there's no reason to describe Focus Settings.

Also note: When I accidentally turned on DND on my iPhone, it also turned it On on my MacBook! So then I found the iPhone Settings > Focus feature, "Share Across Devices" was switched On. I turned it Off, and then turned off DND on the iPhone, only to find out (of course) DND was still On on my MacBook!

I'm sure there are people who find all this flexibility worth the effort to learn how it works. But when someone says, "I just want to turn it off", then don't send them into Settings!

How do I turn Do Not Disturb mode off on my iPhone?

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