How to turn off watch notifications while leaving phone notifications on?

Hello,


While I like to use sleep tracking on my watch I can't have my phone on sleep mode because I need to be awoken if calls come through. At the same time, I don't want calls or texts to come through on my watch while it's on sleep mode. How do I accomplish this? It seems that I can allow all calls and texts to come through during sleep mode, but than I get notifications on both devices. So in summary, when in sleep tracking mode I only want to receive notifications (calls and texts) on my phone and for my watch to be silent. Thanks for any support.

Posted on Feb 5, 2023 06:04 PM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2023 01:48 PM

Hello wdollard123,


If you're looking to stop notifications on your Apple Watch, you can use the Do Not Disturb function. Just bring up Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and turn on the moon icon to enable Do Not Disturb.


Change the audio and notification settings on your Apple Watch


You can have Do Not Disturb synced with the paired iPhone, so you'll want to make sure that's turned off so your iPhone notifications aren't affected. On the paired iPhone go into the Watch app > My Watch tab > General > Focus, and make sure the Mirror my iPhone option is turned off.


Cheers!

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Feb 7, 2023 01:48 PM in response to wdollard123

Hello wdollard123,


If you're looking to stop notifications on your Apple Watch, you can use the Do Not Disturb function. Just bring up Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and turn on the moon icon to enable Do Not Disturb.


Change the audio and notification settings on your Apple Watch


You can have Do Not Disturb synced with the paired iPhone, so you'll want to make sure that's turned off so your iPhone notifications aren't affected. On the paired iPhone go into the Watch app > My Watch tab > General > Focus, and make sure the Mirror my iPhone option is turned off.


Cheers!

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