The Do not disturb toggle switch has disappeared.

same here Tamar, that's my issue. I do find a lot of the changes in version upgrades tend to be changes that aren't value added, just changes. Sometimes its best to leave simple things alone. Happy to have the schedule but also want to be able to turn "do not disturb" on with a simple click and not have to schedule it. Thanks to this string I've found where its been moved to, helpful. Thank you.

That is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! I do not have a scheduled focus. I have no problem turning DND on or off using the button in the control center, as shown in my post above→The Do not disturb toggle switch has disa… - Apple Community

Babirming wrote:

Please add a simple toggle switch back in addition to the schedule - you've made it too complicated just to be able to turn it on and off when needed.

The “simple toggle switch" is there in plain sight on the Control Center:

I've never used the control center and had to do a search to find out how to activate it. You have to swipe down diagonally from the top right corner of your screen to open the control center. Once there the Focus button is visible, but even then it's NOT intuitive. You can't simply tap the button - it will open the useless Focus interface. You have to press the little moon icon in the left side of the button to turn Focus off.

Earlier in the thread, it was you who referred to smiley face.

But I realize now my confusion. When I click on "Do Not Disturb," it changes to "Focus,"

which I thought was a separate additional setting. But now I realize that Focus is just

the name of the option. (Insert face palm)

Hi Tamar_m

Welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community

Re: "there is no toggle switch to turn ‘do not disturb’ off"

Seems we now turn off "Do Not Disturb" by simply tapping the schedule we set.

Apple support's articles have lots of good info. yet do not say how to turn it off.

Use Do Not Disturb with Focus on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

and

More info . on what you can do with Focus:

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad – Apple Support

All the best :-)

Hi Babirming,

We are all Apple users, like yourself in this Community,

so are quite unable to do as you request.

Most of us would likely be able to adapt to the change,

as changes are frequent in software and IT.

If you want, you could send your feedback to Apple,

ie: to reach those who could make changes.

If others are also requesting this feature, maybe it will re-appear in an update.

Apple's online webform for Feedback

Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Edited to reflect edit of your post.

Where did you see “smiley face?” I said “Crescent moon” if I said anything. Here it is in a screenshot, the button circled in green:

To get to the Control Center swipe down from the Battery icon in phones with Face ID or up from the bottom for TouchID phones. If you tap the button it will toggle Do Not Disturb. If you tap Focus it will show you all of the focus options.

californiasunflower wrote:

And if the user doesn't want to use DO NOT DISTURB? What then?

TURN IT OFF! The green-circled button on this screenshot of the Control Center:

Unless you had previously set up a scheduled Do Not Disturb or some other Focus setting that is all you need to do.

Tamar_m wrote:

Hi, Lawrence. I’m sorry I put you on the defensive. I just wrote a long reply, and it was deleted because it was too long. I’ll try again.

here’s what I see under settings-focus

why are you looking under Settings /Focus.

I did not say anything about settings/Focus because the switch isn’t there anymore. It was MOVED to the CONTROL CENTER. As shown in my screenshot of the CONTROL CENTER.

Tamar_m wrote:

Thanks for trying to help. I included a screenshot of my CONTROL CENTER. It still doesn’t allow for simply turning the do not disturb on or off.

I think we can see that there’s something I’m not getting, so I’ll try to get some help in person.

If you tap the round button in the oval it turns DND on or off. If you tap the the right side of the button it lets you select which Focus setting you want to use.

I still don't understand what you guys are talking about. I have no smiley face. Just the moon icon. Unless there's something wrong with my fingers, nothing happens when I tap or press and hold the moon icon.

If I tap once, it says "Do Not Disturb.'' If I tap again it says "Focus." But never turns off.

This is making me crazy.

allegrojane wrote:

Earlier in the thread, it was you who referred to smiley face.

What the icon looks like would depend on what the user has set it to be. Do Not Disturb, by default is the crescent moon, Sleep a bed, Driving a car, etc. I have one Focus called "Test" that I use for, well, testing and the icon is a smiley face. I assume that's a default for user created ones.

But I realize now my confusion. When I click on "Do Not Disturb," it changes to "Focus,"

which I thought was a separate additional setting. But now I realize that Focus is just

the name of the option. (Insert face palm)

By George! I think you've got it.

I can see where that would be confusing and will make an effort to point that out in the future when trying to explain this to people.