iPad / MacBook ringing when my iPhone receives a call

I really enjoy the “handoff” feature of the iOS ecosystem. I find myself using the ability to switch a call from my iPhone to my iPad or MacBook fairly frequently. However, I haven’t been able to find a way to disable having EVERY APPLE DEVICE RING when I get a phone call.

In my iPad settings I have ALL phone notifications fully turned off, and I have Do Not Disturb enabled always - same as my MacBook. I only want notifications to come through on my phone.


So realistically- this means I shouldn’t get notifications on those devices right?

When I receive a phone call, my iPhone, watch, iPad, and MacBook ALL start ringing almost simultaneously (slight delays between them) and it is absolutely OBNOXIOUS.


I cannot fathom there not being a real option to disable this without having to fully disable call/hand-off ability between devices - which is the only solution I’ve found online thus-far.


Hopefully I’m just missing something super obvious.

iPad Pro

Posted on Oct 26, 2025 10:32 AM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2025 11:05 AM

On your iPhone, you can control which of your other Apple devices are able to make or receive calls via the iPhone:


Settings > Mobile Service > Calls On Other Devices - explicitly enable or disable devices from the list

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iPad / MacBook ringing when my iPhone receives a call

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