Deleting CRITICAL Imminent Threat Alert

Where did you see this?

If it was while browsing the internet, then it is just an ad to scare you into subscribing to some service or downloading some software that you do not need. Navigating off of the page will remove the ad. A screenshot may be helpful to visualize what you are seeing.

This is Most likely a scam pop-up what ever it says is not real and whatever you do DONT click on it you can block these pop-ups by going to your Safari settings

Block pop-up ads and windows in Safari - Apple Support

Solved! Thank you for the suggestion about sliding it left! That worked. I had tried that before but from my locked screen which didn't get rid of it. Pulled down the notifications from the home screen and I was able to clear it. Yeah! Thank you everyone!

No. I had the same thing today and it's a flood warning alert. My text is normal. There was no button to dismiss or clear it. I followed the advice of another poster to swipe left and that finally got rid of it.

I'm guessing you have increased the text size on your phone or are using zoom to make the text larger and the text is now so large that the entire message doesn't fit on the screen, meaning you can't reach the button to dismiss it.

Force restart your phone.

press and release volume up, then volume down, then press and hold the side button until you see the apple logo.

some people view random internet popup windows as system warnings if this is the case for you

then you can disable those scam popups by reading

Block pop-up ads and windows in Safari - Apple Support

kim807-I was trying it from my Lock Screen several times but that didn't work. Make sure you are NOT on your locked home screen when sweeping left. Open your phone and pull down from the top to find that persistent notification and from there, swipe left. I hope this helps...

scilipoj wrote:

Got it. I was able to move it around and when I shifted it left i got a box that said 'clear'. That got rid of it.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

I have done force restart too. It helps once. Then the lock screen goes black at some point and when tapped, the message is still there. What did work without changing alert settings is to slide the message on lock screen to the left. There is a clear button indeed, but in my case just sliding it to the left made it disappear. I see that some other people were successful with this move as well. Good luck!

Are you able to use your finger to slide the alert either up or sideways? If it is frozen on your iPhone screen, Force Restart your iPhone --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Open Settings ➢ Notifications, then scroll ↓ down and review the settings under Government Alerts.

Good to go? 👌🏼

Smiliñ 😎 Brian

Swipe left and Clear makes it go away, but it always reappears after a phone reset. Very annoying

HarpmanMikeL wrote:

how to remove critical warning?

Did you read the information that has been provided in this post?

If you have increased the Text Size on your phone, you may need to slide the notification to the left in order to see the Clear button or remove it after swiping down from the top on your Home Screen. If you already did try the steps provided in this post, including the Force Restart, then provide a screenshot of what you are seeing.