Do Not Disturb will not turn off since 18.6.1 update

The option to turn off DND from the home screen or via settings is not there. I have no schedules set up, and no other devices are linked. It was working fine until this morning. I updated to 18.6.1 yesterday.

Posted on Aug 18, 2025 01:47 AM

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Aug 18, 2025 03:30 AM in response to SravanKrA

It isn’t misleading at all. The device worked until 07:00 this morning - this is when the DND was meant to turn off, but didn’t. The update was done late last night and DND is set to turn on at 23:00. I don’ believe the problem and the timing of the update is a pure coincidence - but it could be. The fact remains that control of the DND function ceased after the update was implemented.


Sep 7, 2025 08:28 AM in response to Menaka1

Same thing happened to me even after updating to 18.6.2 and then I solved it (I think).


Swipe from upper right corner down on your main screen.

Open focus.

Four tabs appear

Do Not Disturb

Sleep

Reduce Interruptions

Driving


If it shows

Do Not Disturb ON

Just tap it and it changes to

Do Not Disturb "silence all notifications"

That should mean it's off now.


So with all those tabs you just tap once to turn on or off.


I guess they "simplified" things and we're supposed to intuit the new rules?


I hope that works. It was driving me nuts all morning.

Do Not Disturb will not turn off since 18.6.1 update

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