How to remove the do not disturb focus on my iPhone?

I absolutely hate the new Do Not Disturb feature and am incredibly frustrated that I cannot simply disable it. Is there no way of removing it? I want to control my own coms and do not need Apple to control it for me. Thank you!

I have deleted Focus profiles, turned OFF "do not disturb" and it is STILL sending my contacts a text saying I have notifications silenced. It's also still not allowing my phone to RING when someone is calling me. I am a recruiter and I am missing calls like crazy. HELP ME MAKE THIS STOP. It is SUPER frustrating. The ONLY DND profile I have EVER set up is from 12 AM to 6 AM - and honestly - I deleted that too since nothing else seemed to work.

I just want to get rid of the Focus Option. How to I delete it from the choices on my right pull down?

I have an iPhone 15 ProMax. Please help.

I WANT TO DELETE DO NOT DISTURB

FOCUS-DO NOT DISTURB IS A NIGHTMARE TO WORK WITH!!!I FINALLY JUST PUT THE TIME IT WOULD WORK IN THE SCHEDULE AND IT IS FROM 11:59PM TO 12:02AM AND I AM GETTING CALLS AGAIN. CRAZY!!! APPLE THIS IS AN ISSUE YOU NEED TO FIND AND EASY SOLUTION TO AND LET US CONTROL THIS NOT APPLE!!!WE NEED TO JUST HAVE AN OFF OPPORTUNITY!

What a nightmare this is now. It won’t turn off but keeps resetting to DND so my phone does not ring at all. I’ve tried disabling and it just resets. Apple please just gives us a straight driving mode and we can silence our own phones.

APPLE >>> GIVE US THE OPTION TO TURN O-F-F ‘DO NOT DISTURB’. Some of us CANNOT afford to miss calls and messages! <<< yes, I am ****** off!

I want to remove do not disturb on my iPhone or how to delete it

Do Not Disturb is a permanent feature of iOS, but you don’t have to use it. If you really have no use for a feature that blocks notifications, alerts and calls at certain times (such as in performances, meetings, class, etc) you can disable it.

Do these steps ONCE:

• Tap Settings
• Tap Focus
• Tap on any Focus settings that you will never use and remove them (you can add them back later if you change your mind, and even create new, custom ones)
• Tap Do Not Disturb
• Tap People
• Tap Allow Notifications From
• If anyone is listed who should not call you when DND is on delete them; if you don’t want any calls from anyone, any time, delete all people
• Tap the dropdown next to Allow Calls From and choose Allowed People Only
• Optionally, tap on Apps, then Allow Notifications From and don’t add any apps.

All of the above is a one-time setup. After that, turn DND on or off with the Control Center Focus button (see green circle in image below). You can optionally set one or more schedules by going to:

Settings/Focus/Do Not Disturb/Set a Schedule.

delete do not dsturb

This is the worst (and least intuitive) feature I have encountered on iPhone since its release. Hey Apple UI designers, you messed up. Take the do not disturb out or make it easy to turn off PERMANENTLY.

To turn it off PERMANENTLY:

• Go to Settings/Focus
• Tap on each focus except Do Not Disturb, then remove it
• Tap on Do Not Disturb and remove any scheduled times that you created (They can only be created by the user)
• Open the Control Center and tap on the button with the crescent moon if it is highlighted to turn off Do Not Disturb
• If the button is not highlighted Do Not Disturb is already off
• It will remain off PERMANENTLY unless you turn it on again.

Thanks for this, but I want to add that the process is very confusing, because after you delete all of the focus groups, the phone will default to do not disturb. Also since do not disturb will not go away I’m afraid of my phone automatically turning it back on again, even though I turned in schedule off. The only reason I have any modes on my phone is because my iPhone automatically created them for me. They were fun for a while and good for a normal person that can risk missing one or two calls from a friend or a family member while they’re at work but again for someone like me who is a small business owner, who needs to be on the clock 24 seven, this is very destructive to my business. There should be a more simple way to let my phone operate as a phone and allow all notifications to come through no matter what.

I have an IPhone SE. how can I remove do not disturb?

Pull down the top bar to manage focus modes.