Alarms can get really frustrating, especially when you are in the middle of a deep sleep, after such a long day. Forgetting you’ve already set up an alarm on your iPhone and it suddenly begins to ring out.
If you are stuck on how to turn off the alarm on your iPhone, we’ve compiled this article to help you out. Basically, you can set an alarm using the clock app or health app on your iPhone. Whichever one you choose this article will help you to resolve it.
Here in this article, I would take you through how to turn off the alarm on your iPhone through the clock app and Health app on your device.
How To Turn Off Alarm On your iPhone
Follow the steps below if you want to know how to turn off alarm on your iPhone.
- Go to the Clock app on your iPhone. If you’ve already set up a regular alarm it will be visible and the button would appear green when turned.
- To off a regular alarm, tap the button next to the alarm time.
- The button should be toggled to its off position and the button should appear white.
Follow the steps below if you would like to completely remove a regular alarm in the clock app.
- Simply click edit from the top left corner.
- Then click on the alarm you would like to delete.
- At the bottom you would see a delete alarm button, it should appear in red colour.
- Now tap delete.
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How to Turn Off Sleep Alarm on your iPhone
If you’ve created one or more sleep schedules from the health app on your iPhone, you can turn them off at once. When you turn off sleep schedules, scheduled wake-up alarms will also turn off.
Follow these steps on to turn off alarm on your iPhone health app:
- Click browse at the bottom corner and click sleep.
- Now scroll down to your schedule.
- Click full schedule and options, and turn off the sleep schedule displayed on top of your iPhone screen.
- All the sleep schedules you created on the health app on your iPhone would now be turned off.
How to Turn Off Sleep Mode on iPhone Permanently
Follow these steps below if you want to permanently turn off the sleep schedule on your iPhone.
- Click Browse at the bottom right and click Sleep.
- Now scroll down to Your Schedule and click Full Schedule & Options.
- Click Edit for the sleep schedule you want to permanently turn off. Now turn off Wake Up Alarm.
- Finally, click Done.
This way only the selected alarm is turned off and the rest of your sleep schedule would remain in effect.
How to Turn Off Sleep Mode on iPhone Health App
You can set sleep schedules within the health app on your iPhone. You can also turn off or delete the sleep mode you have set on the iPhone health app.
Depending on the action you would like to take, you can turn off all sleep schedules and alarms, delete a sleep schedule and its alarm, permanently turn off the alarm for a sleep schedule or turn off only your next scheduled wake-up alarm.
You can turn all sleep schedules off if you created more than one or more sleep schedules. Scheduled wake-up alarms are also turned off when all sleep schedules are turned off.
Follow these steps if you want to turn off all sleep schedules and alarms:
- Click browse at the bottom right, then click Sleep.
- Now scroll down to Your Schedule.
- Then click “Full Schedule & Options”, and turn off Sleep Schedule (at the top of the screen).
To delete a sleep schedule and its alarm, ensure you follow these steps:
- Click Browse at the bottom right corner and click Sleep.
- Scroll down to Your Schedule and click Full Schedule & Options.
- Click Edit for the schedule you would like to remove.
- Click Delete Schedule at the bottom screen of your iPhone.
- Click Done.
To permanently turn off the alarm for a sleep schedule, ensure you follow these steps:
- Click Browse at the bottom right corner, and click Sleep.
- Scroll down to Your Schedule and click Full Schedule & Options.
- Click Edit for the sleep schedule that you would like to change.
- Now turn off Wake Up Alarm and click Done.
- The rest of your sleep schedule will remain and not be affected.
To turn off only your next scheduled wake-up alarm, ensure you follow these steps:
- Click Browse at the bottom right corner and click Sleep.
- Scroll down to Your Schedule, and click Edit.
- Now turn off Wake Up Alarm and click Done.
How Do I Shut The Alarm Off on My iPhone?
Basically, there are two methods to turn off an alarm on your iPhone, depending on how the alarm is set. If you set up your alarm in the clock app, click the button next to the alarm time to toggle it off.
But if you used the sleep focus shortcut in the health app to set a sleep schedule to wake up alarm to help you to wake up on time. Then you can turn off the alarm and delete sleep schedules through the Health App on your iPhone.
Why Can’t I Turn Off My Alarm on My iPhone?
The main reason why you can’t turn off your alarm on your iPhone is due to bugs and glitches with the clock app or temporary software issues with your iPhone.
Follow the steps below to fix the bugs that stop you from turning off the alarm on your iPhone.
Restart your iPhone
A software glitch may prevent you from turning off your alarm on your iPhone. Restarting your iPhone can help you to clear out temporary software glitches.
You can restart your iPhone depending on the model of your Phone.
To restart your iPhone X, 11, 12, or 13 follow these steps:
- Press and hold either the volume button or the side button until the power-off slider appears.
- Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off.
- Press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears on your device back on.
To restart your iPhone 8, 7, or 6, follow these steps:
- Press and hold the side button until the power-off slider appears.
- Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off.
- To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo.
Follow these steps to restart your iPhone 5 or earlier:
- Press and hold the top button until the power-off slider appears.
- Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off.
- Press and hold the top button until you see the Apple logo to turn your iPhone back on.
Update Clock App
Bugs or software incapability may prevent you from turning off your alarm. If you updated your iPhone and you don’t update the clock app it may be incompatible and this would affect its proper functioning. Bugs and software glitches from an outdated clock app may affect its functionality and the app should be updated.
Use a Different Alarm
Another alternative app to set an alarm on your iPhone is to use the health app to set a sleep schedule. You can set wake-up alarms on the health app to help you wake up on time. Among its options, you can set an alarm sound, a vibration, or a snooze.