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How to set up a Focus on iPhone

Go to Settings > Focus, pick Do Not Disturb or Work or make your own, and choose the people and apps allowed to reach you. Turn it on in Control Center or give it a schedule.

How to do it

  1. Open Settings > Focus.

  2. Choose Do Not Disturb, Work, or add your own.

  3. Under People, allow the contacts who should still reach you. Under Apps, allow the few that matter.

  4. Turn the Focus on in Control Center to test it, or add a schedule on the Focus screen.

Time Sensitive notifications can still break through. That is how reminders and some alarms behave. If too much is getting through, look at that permission on the noisy app, under Settings > Notifications.

Questions people ask

Why do some notifications still come through?

Time Sensitive notifications can break through a Focus. Turn that off for a noisy app in Settings > Notifications.

Can a Focus turn on by itself?

Yes. Add a schedule by time or by place on the Focus screen.

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