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How to Enable Do Not Disturb on iOS 6

This guide will show you how to keep those pesky notifications and calls at bay when you don't want interruptions.

Miss Apple

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Step 1 of 10

Disclaimer: If you have an iPhone 5, 4S, or 4; an iPad 3 or 2; or an iPod touch 5 or 4, then this will work for you. That is, after you download iOS 6.

Step 2 of 10

Go into the settings of your iPod, iPad, or iPhone.

Go into the settings of your iPod, iPad, or iPhone.

Step 3 of 10

Go into your notifications.

Go into your notifications.

Step 4 of 10

Go into the "Do Not Disturb" menu.

Go into the "Do Not Disturb" menu.

Step 5 of 10

This is the screen you'll see.

This is the screen you'll see.

Step 6 of 10

Turn on "Scheduled" to bring up the time option.

Turn on "Scheduled" to bring up the time option.

Step 7 of 10

You can choose how long "Do Not Disturb" will be on (During the night, during school, during your nap...).

You can choose how long "Do Not Disturb" will be on (During the night, during school, during your nap...).

Step 8 of 10

Remember the "Allow Calls From" menu? Here's what it looks like.

Remember the "Allow Calls From" menu? Here's what it looks like.

Step 9 of 10

Don't know if you can see it that well, but there's the crescent that shows next to the clock on your device. Pretty nifty...

Don't know if you can see it that well, but there's the crescent that shows next to the clock on your device. Pretty nifty...

Step 10 of 10

Tip: This only works when your iOS device is locked. So, you'll have to find another way to keep someone texting you while finishing up an Angry Birds game.

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Miss Apple (author) 8 months ago

How do u do those blue arrows and lines??? :-) x

🍒օℒⅈ۷ⅈɑ ✌ 8 months ago

No, because the iPhone 3G cannot update to iOS 6. Sorry, Katie.

Miss Apple (author) 8 months ago

So this doesn't work for the iPhone 3G? Because I have the 3G and I have the do not disturb but I still get notifications.

katie ball-blodgett 8 months ago

Ok thanks

Emma Simpson 8 months ago

You could google "passbook iOS 6"

Alyson Hames 8 months ago

What is passbook I got it and it says go to iTunes so I do and then it says can not connect to iTunes?

Emma Simpson 8 months ago

The fourth iPod touch. iOS 6 is the next update. You have to hook it up to iTunes to update it.

Miss Apple (author) 8 months ago

What's that

Emma Simpson 8 months ago

The iPod touch 4G can be updated to iOS 6.

Miss Apple (author) 8 months ago

Can you update the ipod

Emma Simpson 8 months ago

No, it's just iPhone and iPad. Sorry, Leanna.

Miss Apple (author) 8 months ago

Does The New iPad have Passbook with the update!? I can't find it!!

Leanna Sprenger 8 months ago

Yes, they should come up in their respective apps. :)

Miss Apple (author) 8 months ago

After you turn it the do not disturb off, does it tell you what messages and calls you missed?

Masheyti Romero 8 months ago

Nice!!

Julia Michienzi 8 months ago

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