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Set up a Focus on iPhone

Focus is a feature that helps you concentrate on a task by minimizing distractions. When you want to concentrate on a specific activity, you can customize one of the provided Focus options—for example Work, Personal, or Sleep—or create a custom Focus. You can use Focus to temporarily silence all notifications, or allow only specific notifications—ones that apply to your task, for example—and let other people and apps know you’re busy.

If Apple Intelligence* is turned on, you can also use the Reduce Interruptions Focus, which uses Apple Intelligence to show you only the most important notifications. See Use the Reduce Interruptions Focus.

Tip: To quickly silence all notifications, open Control Center, tap Focus, then turn on Do Not Disturb.

Set up a Focus

  1. Go to Settings , tap Focus, then tap a Focus—for example, Do Not Disturb, Personal, or Work.

    A screen showing five provided Focus options—Do Not Disturb, No messages during calls, Sleep, Personal, and Work. The Share Across Devices option is on, which allows the same Focus settings to be used across your Apple devices.

  2. Do any of the following:

Add Focus filters

When you set up a Focus, you can add app filters that determine what information apps will show during the Focus. For example, you can choose which mail account or which calendar to use during the Focus.

  1. Go to Settings  > Focus, then tap the Focus you want to add filters to.

  2. Scroll down to Focus filters, then tap Add Filter.

  3. Tap an app or system filter, then select the information from that app you want to use during the Focus.

  4. Tap Add to add the filter to the Focus.

Note: Focus filters don’t get synced across devices when you have Share Across Devices turned on in Settings > Focus.

Create a custom Focus

If you want to focus on an activity that’s different from any of the provided Focus options, you can create a custom Focus.

A Focus setup screen for the additional provided Focus options, including Custom, Driving, Fitness, Gaming, Mindfulness, and Reading.

  1. Go to Settings  > Focus.

  2. Tap the Add button at the top right, then tap Custom.

  3. Enter a name for your Focus, then tap Return.

  4. Choose a color and an icon to represent your Focus, then tap Next.

  5. Tap Customize Focus, then set up the options for your custom Focus.

Keep your Focus settings up to date across all your Apple devices

You can use the same Focus settings on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

  1. Go to Settings  > Focus.

  2. Turn on Share Across Devices.

    Note: When you turn on Share Across Devices and turn on Share Focus Status, your Focus can show that you have notifications silenced. For example, if you silence notifications when you Set up a Focus, people who text you will see that your notifications are silenced. You can change this setting for specific people on their contact card.

*Apple Intelligence is available in beta with support for the following languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions. For more information on language and feature availability and system requirements, see the Apple Support article How to get Apple Intelligence.
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