Why does the phone say personal on or off?

Astarfit wrote:

Why does iPhone say personal on or off/?

It means you turned on Focus.

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPhone - Apple Support

You can turn off Focus to remove all that.

Yllekbramwell wrote:

What does personal on mean?

It means you turned on Focus.

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPhone - Apple Support

You can turn off Focus to remove all that.

Presumably, it is a reference to “personal time” or “personal life”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life

annemg wrote:

What is the effect of having personal on. On an iPhone 15

The Personal focus is one of the available default choices, and can be configured and used for whatever you want. Most folks using foci will use that Personal one for how they want their device to be configured when not at work and not asleep; during their own personal life. What is in it and not in it, and how it works, is entirely at the discretion of the user configuring the focus.

For information on foci, see the following Apple info:

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPhone - Apple Support

John Tomaselli wrote:

On my iPhone SE third generation why does personal off pop up?

I'd assume the personal focus has reached the end of its scheduled duration.

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPhone - Apple Support

Why does my phone say personal on sometimes and personal off? Sometimes I don’t know what the setting is or what it means.

When and where do you see that prompt on your iPhone? Provide more details to better understand your question. Thanks.

Axel F.

As noted, where do you see this?

What does personal on mean?

On my iPhone SE third generation why does personal off pop up?

What is the effect of having personal on. On an iPhone 15