How to Activate “Do Not Disturb” Mode on an iPhone

Our iPhone is increasingly becoming a complete manager at all levels of our lives, whether it is to have contact with our friends and family, consume multimedia content and even perform professional tasks with it. However, there are times when we need a break and be able to use it without distraction, which is not easy if we are receiving continuous notifications. The Do Not Disturb mode manages this section and allows us to continue using the phone without disturbing us. If you did not know him, in this article we tell you more about him.

Activate "Do Not Disturb" Mode on an iPhone

What is Do Not Disturb mode

Many devices, be they mobile, tablets or computers, have functionalities in which you can completely silence any type of notification or incoming call . In iOS this is with the Do Not Disturb mode and includes interesting functions that you can see from its own section within the Settings of the iPhone. In this section it can be activated totally or partially, so that you can only receive certain notifications or in specific cases. Once you enter the settings panel that we mentioned you will find the following:

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  • Do not disturb: it has a button to activate or deactivate the mode. It is the way to activate it, although there are others that we will explain below.
  • Scheduled: By activating this function you can determine a time range in which the iPhone will have this mode activated. It is very useful for nights, for example, since you can request that notifications not reach you while you sleep and when you wake up they will all be activated again.
  • Silence.
    • Always: If you select this option, notifications will stop appearing at any time, regardless of whether or not you are using the phone.
    • With iPhone locked: This option is useful to activate when you only want to receive notifications while using the iPhone, since being blocked will deactivate all.
  • Repeated calls: if you do not want to receive calls, but you also do not want to avoid missing urgent calls, activating this option will make the second call more or less followed by the same number if you are notified.
  • Do not disturb mode while driving.
    • Activate Automatically / when connecting to the car bluetooth or manually: this mode makes this mode can be activated while driving. If you select the automatic way, it can be detected when you are in the car thanks to the motion sensor. The others refer to activation when the iPhone is connected to the vehicle via Bluetooth and the last one allows manual activation of the mode.
    • Activate with CarPlay: if your car allows you to connect to the iPhone through CarPlay, you can select this option so that the Do Not Disturb mode works in these cases.
  • Auto Answer To: You can choose if you want to send a reply automatically when you receive calls with Do Not Disturb mode activated. You can choose not to send this reply to nade or send it to your recent contacts, favorites or everyone.
  • Reply with: if you activated the previous option, it is in this section where you can choose the message to send to your contacts.

Quickly toggle Do Not Disturb on and off

As we said before, going to Settings> Do not disturb you can have access to enable or disable this functionality. However, this process can be somewhat tedious to perform each time, so you can do it faster from a direct access to it. A simple action is to ask Siri , either by voice command “Hey Siri” or by pressing the corresponding button to invoke it. This is useful if, for example, you are lying down and forgot to activate this mode, since you do not even need to get up or take the iPhone.

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Another quick way to activate or deactivate this mode is from the Control Center and clicking on the moon icon. To access this Control Center you must swipe from the top right of the screen down in the case of iPhone X and later, but if you have an iPhone SE 2020, iPhone 8 and earlier it will be from the bottom of the screen to above. If this icon does not appear in the Control Center you can include it from Settings> Control Center.

Something to note also when this mode is activated is that an icon will appear on the notifications screen, which you can long press using 3D Touch and quickly deactivate.