User profile for user: MAM991
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Middle of the Night Stand Reminders on Apple Watch

I've been woken in the middle of the night to stand up...again. I get notified on my watch while I am sleeping. I do not have a sleep focus set up but I do have DND on at that time. Why is it doing this? I've been struggling getting notifications in general, especially messages on my new phone (15+) and watch (series 7) and rebooted my watch and iphone last night before bed. Notifications seem to be working now but I don't want to stand up during my DND time.

iPhone 15 Plus, iOS 17

Posted on Jan 1, 2024 7:08 AM

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User profile for user: Carol B.
Carol B.
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Posted on Jan 1, 2024 8:31 AM

You can adjust your Daily Stand goal. Here's how:

  • Tap to open the Fitness/exercise ring app on your iPhone.
  • Tap the rings then scroll down to Change Goals.
  • On my Apple Watch, it takes three taps to see the Change Stand Goal.

From there, you can change how many hours per day you will be notified to stand. While you cannot specify which hours you want to be notified, I have mine set to 8 hours and that seems to work for me.


But here is another consideration - check your DND Focus settings to make sure it is blocking everything you want. To do this, open Focus, then tap the three horizontal dots next to Do Not Disturb. Then check that it shows No Apps Allowed.


On my Watch, between these two settings, Reminders to Stand are off until I wake up.


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leap4emily
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Mar 7, 2025 3:58 AM in response to leap4emily

And it did it again at 4:50am after I finally got back to sleep. This is completely ridiculous. I had tried going in to the sleep focus settings and turning off time sensitive alerts, no apps allowed except alarm clock, and that did not work. Seems like a major bug. The move alerts is one of the reasons I wanted an Apple Watch so I don’t want to turn it off completely.

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