Silence calls and 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 the feature 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 and hold , tap Duration for quick settings, 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 the feature off

Open quick settings and tap .

If this feature is 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 & vibration.

    Or, open the Moto app and tap > Gestures.

  2. Tap Flip for Do Not Disturb and turn it 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 press and hold .
  2. Tap Schedules.
  3. Turn Event on .
  4. To select the calendar to use and choose events based on your reply status, tap Event.

Silence using a schedule

  1. Open Quick settings, then press and hold .
  2. Tap Schedules.

  3. Adjust settings:

    • To use an existing schedule, tap its name, like Sleeping.
    • 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. Open Quick settings, then press and hold .
  2. Tap Schedules.
  3. To stop silencing based on your Calendar, turn Event off .

  4. To stop silencing based on a schedule:

    • To use the schedule later, turn it off.
    • To delete a schedule, tap its name, then tap . You can only delete schedules you've created.
    • To delete multiple schedules, tap > Delete schedules.

Choose what can interrupt

You can choose which interruptions to allow when Do Not Disturb is on.

Choose interruptions by People

  1. Go to Settings > Sound & vibration > Do Not Disturb.

    Or in quick settings, touch and hold .

  2. Tap People.

  3. Choose what and who to allow.

    • Calls: Allow calls from starred contacts, other contacts, all callers, or none. You can also allow calls if the same person calls twice in 15 minutes; turn Allow repeat callers on .
    • Messages: Allow messages from starred contacts, other contacts, anyone or none.

Choose interruptions by Apps

  1. Go to Settings > Sound & vibration > Do Not Disturb.

    Or in quick settings, touch and hold .

  2. Tap Apps.
  3. Tap .

  4. Tap the app to allow, and set notifications to allow .

    You'll see selected apps under APPS THAT CAN INTERRUPT. To change which notifications can interrupt, tap the app in the list.

Allow alarms and other interruptions

Alarms and media sounds are allowed by default, but you can turn them off. You can also allow touch sounds, reminders and calendar events to send notifications.

  1. Go to Settings > Sound & vibration > Do Not Disturb.

    Or in quick settings, touch and hold .

  2. Tap Alarms and other interruptions.
  3. Turn interruptions on or off .