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Samsung: Turn Do Not Disturb On or Off

When Do Not Disturb silences every call and notification on your Samsung phone, a call from your parents can end up muted right along with spam. Do Not Disturb runs either as a manual toggle or on a fixed schedule, and it treats every contact the same until you define exceptions. Missing an urgent message or a wake-up alarm often traces back to this one setting being active without you noticing.

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Turn Do Not Disturb On/Off auf Samsung

Do Not Disturb on Samsung phones blocks sounds, vibrations and pop-up notifications for calls, messages and apps at the same time. It can run permanently until you switch it off manually, or follow a schedule you set once and forget about.

You find the control under Tap on SettingsTap on NotificationsTap on Do not disturbEnable or disable Do not disturb. The same screen also holds the schedule options and the exception list, so calls from starred contacts, repeated calls, alarms or media playback can still get through even while the mode is active.

A scheduled Do Not Disturb window is the better choice for recurring quiet times, such as overnight or during meetings, since it turns itself off automatically. Manual toggling makes more sense for a one-off situation, like a flight or a short focus block, where you decide the exact start and end yourself.

One side effect worth knowing: without exceptions set, even time-critical calls stay silent, and some third-party apps may not show their notifications at all while the mode runs.

Frequently asked questions

Open the same screen at Tap on SettingsTap on NotificationsTap on Do not disturb and look for the exceptions section there. You can allow calls or messages from starred contacts, repeated callers within a short time, or specific apps while everything else stays muted.

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Android 11 · One UI 3

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