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

kabkobk wrote:

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?

You cannot remove Do Not Disturb. It’s part of iOS. However, you can choose not to ever use it. That’s entirely up to you.

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

Apple engineers and designers don’t read here in this user-to-user forum. You can, however, let Apple know what you’d like to see here:

Product Feedback - Apple

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.

Yes, it even says in Settings that it gets turned off in Control Center.

Ask SIRI to do it

Using Siri was only thing that worked. Very easy

Hey Siri: Turn off Do Not Disturb

Hey Siri, turn off do not disturb. Worked for me

Tell SIRI to turn it off and viola!! It’s off

Just ask Siri to turn it off!

I would like to add one more thing to Lawrence finch’s post. Once you open to the screen he posted, tap Focus. In my photo below, you can see what happens when you do that. All of the Focus options are visible. In my screen, the Work Focus is a different color from the rest. that means it is On. To turn off any focus that is a different color, simply tap it. It should return to a dark gray color like the others. That means it is off.

Incidentally, you can tap any Focus from this screen to turn it on or off. I hope this helps.

Sparkyz76 wrote:

CHECK SETTINGS- messenger- turn off focus. People don't answer...@ right I figured mine out by myself -. obviously, we all have the textbook answer FROM APPLE. i’m pretty sure everybody can go into settings search focus and come up with going through that option in this/my case I must’ve turned focus on from messenger app.

Messenger is a Facebook app.

If you mean "Messages," you can't turn Focus on or off through Settings>Messages. What you can do is turn on or off the ability of Messages to access Focus.

Regardless, you don't turn Focus on or off through Settings. You do it through the Control Center. See my previous post.

hollister274 wrote:

I asked Siri to turn it off yesterday. She did. And now it's back on.

Asking Siri to turn it off doesn't permanently disable Focus. It just turns off whichever one is active at the moment. If you have something set to come on with a schedule, location or action, it will come on again the next time the criteria is met.

Lawrence explained where to look for schedules in his still accurate post. But if you want more information, start here:

Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPhone - Apple Support

See the post 2 below your post, or click here→https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254534769?answerId=259020717022#259020717022

Check to see if there is a software update pending on the phone.

Make sure the latest update has been installed.

My did Not Disturb is not on in the Focus

section of my mini iPhone.

I could not get my phone to ring and

all calls went into vc mail. My ringer

Button on the side was on.

So, I simply pressed the Volume Up

and Down button on the side of my phone and it worked. I could see and hear incoming calls again. Weird … but it

worked.

West Coast Professor wrote:

There is no focus in settings of control center

No, there isn't. That's because you can't remove it from the Control Center. To access Focus, swipe down from the upper left of your screen. You'll see the Focus button. If there is any Focus active, the name of that focus will be on the button, e.g., Do Not Disturb, Work, Sleep. Tap the circular picture on that button. Don't press and hold. Don't tap the words. Just tap the picture. Focus will be turned off.

CHECK SETTINGS- messenger- turn off focus. People don't answer...@ right I figured mine out by myself -. obviously, we all have the textbook answer FROM APPLE. i’m pretty sure everybody can go into settings search focus and come up with going through that option in this/my case I must’ve turned focus on from messenger app.

good luck to everyone. Hope that helps.

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