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Do Not Disturb can be either a handy tool or a cursed enemy. Using Do Not Disturb on your iPhone, you can silence calls, text messages and other notifications, while letting calls from important contacts come through.
Learn more at => Do Not Disturb – The iPhone Feature You Should Be Using
You can turn on Do Not Disturb when you don’t want to be bothered, such as in an important meeting, during a concert or sporting event, at a library or place of worship, or during a meal. Or maybe you want to use Do Not Disturb when you’re in a place of peace, when you want to relax but not miss out on an important call.
Scheduling Do Not Disturb to turn on every night and turn off every morning can be an important setting to ensure you get a good night’s rest without worrying that you’ll miss an emergency call.
But having Do Not Disturb turned on when you don’t need it can cause problems. Big problems. Your phone may not alert you to important notifications, calls and text messages when you need it to.
Check out => Why Your iPhone Doesn’t Ring (Sometimes) and How to Fix It
Turning off Do Not Disturb can be just as important as turning it on. You can rely on your memory to turn off Do Not Disturb when you don’t need it any more, but that may not be your best option.
About Do Not Disturb Until You Leave a Location
Beginning with iOS 12, Do Not Disturb offers a new option — you can now set Do Not Disturb to turn off automatically when you leave a location. If your need to limit interruptions is based on where you are, this setting can be a handy one.
By setting a location-based Do Not Disturb, you don’t have to remember to turn off Do Not Disturb later and you don’t have to guess how long you’ll need to use Do Not Disturb.
Note that the location must be your current location, you can’t set Do Not Disturb to turn off based on a location where you’ll be in the future.
How to Set Do Not Disturb Until You Leave a Location
Using Do Not Disturb until you leave a location is quick and easy, if you know how. The feature is a bit hidden so you may not discover it if you don’t know it’s there.
To use Do Not Disturb until you leave a location, you must first turn on Location Services. Go to Settings => Privacy => Location Services => On.
Turning on Do Not Disturb until you leave a location takes just a few seconds.
Open Control Center. For iPhone X, XS and XS Plus, swipe from the top right corner of your screen to open Control Center. For earlier iPhones, swipe from the bottom of the screen to open Control Center.
Press and hold the crescent moon icon.
A menu will appear showing options for Do Not Disturb. Tap Until I l leave this location. Under that option the place where you are will be shown.
Do Not Disturb will be turned off when you leave your current location.
Apple Watch Do Not Disturb Until I Leave This Location
If you have an Apple Watch you can easily and quickly turn on Do Not Disturb Until I Leave This Location.
From the home screen on your Watch, swipe from the bottom of the screen to open Control Center. Tap the crescent moon icon for Do Not Disturb. The Watch will show you options for using Do Not Disturb:
- On
- On for 1 hour
- On until this evening
- On until I leave
On until I leave will show where you are below that option.
Tap On until I leave to enable location-based Do Not Disturb.
Your Thoughts
Do you use Do Not Disturb to silence your phone? Have you ever missed an important call or notification because you accidentally left Do Not Disturb on? When would you use Do Not Disturb Until I Leave?
Share your thoughts in the Comments section below!
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*Do Not Disturb sign (edited) courtesy of Max Pixel via Creative Commons
This was an interesting post. I never really paid much attention to this. Now I have to find out the difference between DND and Airplane mode. Thanks, this post was helpful.
Hi Joe, Yes, Do Not Disturb is very handy because, unlike Airplane Mode, it can let through calls from important people. Find out more at Do Not Disturb – The iPhone Feature You Should Be Using.
The problem can be when you turn on Do Not Disturb and forget to turn it off. This new setting can help you never have to worry about forgetting to turn Do Not Disturb off after you leave a location.
I hope you enjoy using Do Not Disturb, Joe.
i would appreciate you if you continue writing to fix my iPhone issues.
Your current post is enough to know how can i control do not disturb feature depending on locations I visit and I want.
I will be in touch if I face any issue in my settings.
Hi Austaad, Thank you, I certainly will continue to write articles that will help readers make better use of their iPhones. I’m so glad you found this article helpful and I hope you enjoy using this feature.
I like this feature i didn’t knew it even existed it kind make life a little easier. thanks for sharing this feature with us.
Hi Chris, Yes, this feature is extremely handy but well hidden. Many people don’t know it’s there. But this setting can avoid the difficult situation of accidentally leaving Do Not Disturb turned on when you don’t want it to be.
I have been using iPhone since iPhone 3G was launched. I have seen the best and worse of features Apple introduced. I used to claim that I know about every feature iPhone has in iOS 12. But I’ll admit, this particular feature in this post was missed by me. Thanks for the post.
Hi Jignesh, Yes, this is a very useful setting for Do Not Disturb, but a bit hidden. I hope you’re able to make good use of it now that you know about it, Jignesh.
Hi Carolyn,
This is such a lovely post. I must admit that I didn’t had much idea regarding the difference between airplane mode and DND. I am glad I have landed on this post.
Thanks for sharing, have a good day.
Hi Sajid, Yes, it is important to know the difference. There may be times when you want to turn on airplane mode to disconnect totally and other times when you want to use Do Not Disturb to let important calls through. But it’s also important to turn off Do Not Disturb when you don’t need it any more. This new setting lets you turn off Do Not Disturb automatically, instead of depending on your memory.
Maybe it’s a good idea to simply refrain from using the Internet?)
Hi Dan, That’s one approach, though it may be difficult to do in this day and age. You could give it a try and see how long you could stay away…
Hello Carolyn,
Now this very surprising for me, as am using iPhone 7Plus from a
very long time and i never saw this amazing feature. Am gonna definately use this feature from now on.
Thank you, Carolyn, for sharing this amazing feature.
Hi Trupti, Yes, when I show my friends this setting, no one has realized it’s there. This is such a handy setting, I think everyone should know about it.