Silence calls & notifications

When you're busy, use Do Not Disturb to mute ringtones for incoming calls, stop vibration, and block notifications.

Quickly turn Do Not Disturb on or off

Turn it on

  1. Open quick settings and tap .

    You'll see in the status bar when Do Not Disturb is on.

  2. To change how long it stays on, in quick settings, touch & hold , tap Default duration, and then choose one:

    • To keep it on indefinitely, tap Until you turn off.
    • To select a duration, tap For 1 hour, then tap + or - to adjust the time.
    • To choose each time you turn Do Not Disturb on, tap Ask every time.

Turn it off

Open quick settings and tap .

If it's turning itself on again, but you don't want it to:

Set down to start

You can turn on Do Not Disturb by placing your phone face down on a surface. To enable this gesture:

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Advanced.

    Or, open the Moto app and tap > Gestures.

  2. Tap Flip for DND and turn it on .

Set overall behavior

Sound and vibration

When Do Not Disturb is on, sound and vibration are muted. Alarms and media aren't muted by default, but you can mute them too.

To adjust settings for alarms, media, and touch sounds:

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
  2. Touch See all exceptions.
  3. For each category, select whether sound and vibration is muted or not .
Notifications

When Do Not Disturb is on, you won’t see or hear notifications by default. You can change settings to:

  • Allow visual notifications but no sound
  • Allow or prevent the screen from turning on or waking
  • Show or hide notification dots, status bar icons, pop-up notifications
  • Show or hide notifications in the notification list

To change how Do Not Disturb handles notifications:

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
  2. Touch Restrict notifications.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • To block sound from notifications but still see them on your screen, select No sound from notifications.
    • To block all visual notifications, select No visuals or sound from notifications.
    • To block or allow selected visual notifications, select Custom and turn features on or off.

If Do Not Disturb is off and you expect but aren't getting notifications from an app, check your settings for the app's notifications.

Allow exceptions

When Do Not Disturb is on, incoming calls, messages, and calendar events or reminders are muted. You can allow exceptions.

Calls
  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
  2. Touch Calls > Allow calls.

  3. Choose whether to allow calls from:

    • Anyone
    • Contacts only
    • Starred (favorite) contacts only
    • None
  4. To let calls through from repeat callers (the same person calling a second time within 15 minutes), turn Allow repeat callers on .
Text messages
  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
  2. Touch SMS, MMS, and messaging apps > Allow messages.

  3. Choose whether to allow messages from:

    • Anyone
    • Contacts only
    • Starred (favorite) contacts only
    • None
Calendar events and reminders
  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
  2. Touch See all exceptions.
  3. Turn Allow reminders and Allow events on .

Silence automatically

Your phone can automatically switch into and out of Do Not Disturb mode, either based on your calendar events or on a schedule you create.

Silence during calendar events

  1. Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
  2. Tap Schedules.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • To use an existing one, turn it on.
    • To create a new one, tap Add more. Tap Event, then enter a name and tap Add.
  4. Adjust options to select the calendar to use and your reply status.

Silence using a schedule

  1. Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
  2. Tap Schedules.

  3. Adjust settings:

    • To use an existing schedule, tap its name, like Sleeping. To adjust times or settings, tap settings.
    • To create a new one, tap Add more. Tap Time, then enter a name and tap Add. Specify its days, start and end times, and level of silence.

Stop automatic silencing

If you don't want your phone to switch automatically into and out of Do Not Disturb:

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
  2. Tap Schedules.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • To use the schedule later, uncheck it to turn it off.
    • To delete a schedule, tap settings > .
    • To delete multiple schedules, tap > Delete schedules.