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Apple iPhone 7 Plus
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Suppress calls and notifications (Do Not Disturb)
If you don't want to be disturbed by calls or notifications, you can set your mobile phone to silent mode for a specified period of time. You can also choose that your mobile phone should ring when you receive calls from certain contacts even though your mobile phone is in silent mode.
1. Find "Do Not Disturb"
Press Settings.
Press Do Not Disturb.
2. Activate Do Not Disturb
To set your mobile phone to silent mode immediately:
Press the indicator next to "Manual" until the function is activated.
Press the indicator next to "Manual" until the function is activated.
To set your mobile phone to silent mode for specified periods of time:
Press the indicator next to "Scheduled" until the function is activated.
Press the indicator next to "Scheduled" until the function is activated.
Press the field below "Scheduled".
Press From or To.
Drag hours and minutes upwards or downwards to specify the period of time in which you don't want to be disturbed.
Press Do Not Disturb.
3. Select contacts
Press Allow Calls From.
Press Everyone, No One, Favourites or the required group.
Press Do Not Disturb.
4. Activate or deactivate Repeated Calls
Press the indicator next to "Repeated Calls" to activate or deactivate the function.
5. Select silent mode setting
Press Always or Only while iPhone is locked.
6. Return to the Home screen
Press the Home key to end the session and return to the Home screen.