The timer being in that status bar is extremely annoying. It is too easy to touch it and enter the timer screen, pause it, etc. I just want it gone but cannot find a setting for this. Surely Apple gives us a way to turn this off...
iPhone 7, iOS 15
It is really annoying the on’y way i found it is power off iPhone and restart it will be disappear.
Long press the timer in the status bar, you will get a pop up. After the pop up click the close button. This should resolve the issue without a restart or any additional actions.
I had this problem and it removed it when I set my alarm and unset it again.
I had this problem. Only thing that worked for me was turning the iPhone off then on again. Problem solved 👍
But doing that turns the timer off. I don’t want to turn off the timer, I just want it removed from the status bar. It really looks like there is no way to remove the timer from the status bar without cancelling the timer. Unbelievable.
I do not see a Timer in the Status Bar of the iPhone SE (1st Gen), iPhone 8, or iPhone 12 Pro.
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D’oh! Thread doesn’t show that I’ve got an iphone14. Here’s a screenshot. If I touch anywhere near that black oval, it takes me to the timer. I can make it go away by swiping horizontally, but really just want to turn that whole feature off, or at least be able to remove certain things (like timer) from showing up in there.
I do see iPhone 7 down at bottom…no clue how that got there.
Touch the status bar, it will show popup and press close button.
Thank you for the solution, I wish the devs would automate the 0 timer dismissal though. 😅
Is there a solution to turn TIMER OFF in status bar
I also have this problem but the thing is, I don't actually have a timer or alarm set! so when i long press on the island, it just shows up as a big black bar...
this is how it should work. but it doesn't. that's why it's annoying. I close the timer. open it. change it to alarm clock. close it again. it doesn't go away.
doesn't work. it won't go away
not ideal every time you time something though ... I time my run every morning so I need to reboot my phone every morning?
How do I turn OFF timer in Status bar?
