iOS Alarm stops when briefly sliding up from Lock Screen

iOS 26.1 introduced a “slide to stop” for the alarm. I love this, because before I would regularly accidentally press the stop button while I was snoozing.


However, I noticed that this still happens sometimes, and I figured out why. Not only does the alarm stop when you use the slider to stop the alarm. The alarm is also stopped when you briefly slide up from the lock screen. Even with a gentle (unintended) slide up, without actually using faceID or unlocking the phone, the alarm is cancelled. This takes way less effort/distance than the actual slider. If this would only happen if you actually unlock/look at the phone, this would be less of an issue. But this now happens while trying to blindly press away my alarm. I don’t know if this works as intended, but it feels like a bug.

Posted on Feb 12, 2026 1:30 AM

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Feb 12, 2026 3:20 AM in response to Bas.Zweeris

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Apr 16, 2026 7:36 AM in response to Bas.Zweeris

Same for me. So sick of this. I like the concept of the new swipe to clear the alarm, but only if it would actually function that way. What’s the point of swipe to clear an alarm when an errand upward brush of the screen while you’re pulling it out of your pocket can also clear the alarm? So many times I accidentally clear an alarm on the way out of my pocket and then I have no idea what the alarm was for.

iOS Alarm stops when briefly sliding up from Lock Screen

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