Avoid interruptions with Do not disturb

When you're busy and don't want to be interrupted, use Do not disturb. For notifications of incoming calls and messages, you can silence all sounds and vibrations.

To quickly go into or out of Do not disturb mode:

To start, press the Volume Down button multiple times until you see Alarms only.
To stop, press the Volume Down button and touch End now.

You can also schedule your phone to automatically switch into and out of Do not disturb mode.

Silence sounds and vibrations

Open quick settings and touch Do not disturb.
Choose a level of silence:
- Total silence
- Alarms only
- Priority only to be alerted with sound and vibration only for notifications you define as priority (Touch More settings to prioritize.)
Choose how long to stay in that mode:
- To keep it on indefinitely, touch Until you turn this off.
- Or, select a duration (touch - or + to change the duration).

You'll see one of these icons in the status bar:

Icon	Mode
	Total silence
	Alarms only or Priority only

When the duration expires, notifications will sound and vibrate again. If you chose Until you turn this off, be sure to turn sounds back on when needed by pressing the Volume Down button and touching End now.

Define priority notifications

Go to Settings > Sound & notification.
Touch Do not disturb > Priority only allows.
Touch options to turn sound for their notifications on or off:
- Reminders
- Events from your calendars
- Messages from anyone, from contacts only, from starred contacts only, or none
- Calls from anyone, from contacts only, from starred contacts only, or none
- Repeat callers, from the same person calling a second time within 15 minutes

Automatically silence during set days and times

You can create a schedule for when your phone should automatically switch into and out of Do not disturb mode.

Go to Settings > Sound & notification.
Touch Do not disturb > Automatic rules.
Use rules to set the schedule:
- To use an existing rule, touch Weekend or Weeknight. Turn the rule on and adjust options to change its name, days, start and end times, and level of silence (Priority only, Alarms only, Total silence).
- To create a new rule, touch Add rule. Type a rule name, touch Time rule, then touch OK. Specify its days, start and end times, and level of silence.

To stop your phone from automatically silencing, go to Settings > Sound & notification > Do not disturb > Automatic rules. Select the rule and turn it off or touch to delete it.

Automatically silence during calendar events

Your phone can automatically switch into and out of Do not disturb mode for all scheduled events in calendars that you specify.

Go to Settings > Sound & notification.
Touch Do not disturb > Automatic rules.
Do one of the following:
- To use an existing rule, turn it on.
- To create a new rule, touch Add rule. Then type a rule name, touch Event rule, and touch OK.
Adjust options to select the calendar to use, your reply status for the events, and the level of silence (Priority only, Alarms only, Total silence).

To stop your phone from automatically silencing, go to Settings > Sound & notification > Do not disturb > Automatic rules, then select the rule and turn it off or touch to delete it.