How do I set do not disturb to silence even my favorites? I only see allow calls from everyone, contacts, or favorites. I want to allow no one.

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How do I set do not disturb to silence even my favorites? I only see allow calls from everyone, contacts, or favorites. I want to allow no one.

I’m sick and trying to sleep and everyone is calling me for Christmas. I’m using my phone for Netflix while I try to snooze, otherwise I’d just power it down. Surely there’s still an option to silence all though. How do I get them to stop ringing through?

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Dec 25, 2022 01:33 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Dec 25, 2022 01:34 PM in response to NigelThomas

Do these steps ONCE:

Tap Settings
Tap Focus
Tap Do Not Disturb
Tap People
Tap Allow Notifications From
If anyone is listed who should not call you when DND is on delete them; if you don’t want any calls from anyone, any time, delete all people
Tap the dropdown next to Allow Calls From and choose Allowed People Only
Optionally, tap on Apps, then Allow Notifications From and don’t add any apps.

All of the above is a one-time setup. After that, turn DND on or off with the Control Center button. You can optionally set one or more schedules by going to Settings/Focus/Do Not Disturb/Set a Schedule.

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NigelThomas Author

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Dec 25, 2022 01:59 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Ah! Thanks. I didn’t see allowed people under the calls menu. That makes sense. I’ll leave that pane blank then. What a less than intuitive (may be the cough medicine) way of getting back ‘no one’. Thanks for helping me get that.

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How do I set do not disturb to silence even my favorites? I only see allow calls from everyone, contacts, or favorites. I want to allow no one.

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