How to Turn Off Do Not Disturb or Focus on Your iPhone

The constant ringing on your iPhone can be quite a chore to deal with when you’re trying to get work done. Enabling Do Not Disturb or Focus can help you concentrate by blocking calls, alerts, and other notifications—either all of them or a few.

But once you’ve dealt with the tasks at hand, you might want to start receiving those pings again. To do this, disable Do Not Disturb or the active Focus. Here, we will show you exactly how you can do that!

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How to Disable Do Not Disturb or Focus on an iPhone

Disabling Do Not Disturb or Focus on your iPhone is a simple two-step process. To ensure the feature doesn’t block any of your notifications, follow the steps listed below:

If you want to switch Focus or onlyenable Do Not Disturbor another focus for a fixed duration, long-press on theFocustoggle in theControl Centerand access additional options by pressing the three dots.

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How to Remove Custom Focus From an iPhone

When you long-press the Focus toggle, you may notice thatseveral Focus profilesappear. While you may actively use some of these, deleting the ones you don’t use will make navigating the Focus menu in the Control Center easier. To delete any custom Focus, follow the steps listed below:

Turn Off Do Not Disturb to Receive Notifications

Having Do Not Disturb enabled is one of the main reasons some users miss important notifications on their iPhones. A way to avoid missing notifications with Do Not Disturb or Focus would be to whitelist certain apps and people, which you can do by editing the settings during setup. If configured properly, it will make keeping in touch with people—be it related to work or family—a lot easier, allowing you to stay on top of your tasks.

Playing around with Focus settings in iOS may seem daunting at first, but it’s a lot easier than you think. We’ll help you get started.

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