How to Disable Time Sensitive Notifications + What It Is

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Easily silence Time Sensitive Notifications in iOS

Co-authored by Rain Kengly Reviewed by Luigi Oppido

Last Updated: March 8, 2025 Fact Checked

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• Disabling in Apps
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• Disabling in Focus Mode
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• Disabling All Notifications
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• What are Time Sensitive Notifications?
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Want to get rid of those "Time Sensitive" push notifications you're seeing from certain apps? If you want to stop getting Time Sensitive Notifications from apps like Instagram, Grubhub, or Snapchat, you can turn them off. You can also disable Time Sensitive Notifications in Do Not Disturb if it's bypassing your settings. Here's how to turn off Time Sensitive Notifications on your iPhone or iPad.

Quick Steps

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Notifications.
3. Tap an app, like Instagram or Snapchat.
4. Toggle off Time Sensitive Notifications.

Steps

Section 1 of 4:

Disabling Time Sensitive Notifications in Apps

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1. 
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   Open the Settings app. This is the cog icon.

   • Use this method to disable Time Sensitive Notifications from specific apps like Instagram or Snapchat.
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   Tap Notifications. This is a few tiles down.
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3. 
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   Tap an app. You'll see a list of all your apps underneath Notification Style.
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   Toggle off

   

   "Time Sensitive Notifications". This is the second option. The switch will turn grey.

   • If you'd rather turn off all notifications from this app entirely, toggle off Allow Notifications.
   • To disable Time Sensitive Notifications on more apps, tap the back arrow, select a new app, and then toggle it off.
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Section 2 of 4:

Disabling Time Sensitive Notifications in Focus Mode

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1. 
   1
   Open the Settings app. This is the grey cog icon.

   • If you don't want Time Sensitive Notifications to bypass Do Not Disturb or Focus Mode, you can disable it within the Focus settings.
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   Tap Focus. You can find this a few tiles down.
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   Tap a Focus Mode. If you only have Do Not Disturb, tap it to select it.
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   Tap Apps. This is the tile on the right.
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   Toggle off

   

   "Time Sensitive Notifications". The switch will turn grey. You will no longer receive Time Sensitive Notifications while in Focus Mode.
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Section 3 of 4:

Disabling All Notifications

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1. 
   1
   Open the Settings app. This is the cog icon.

   • Use this method to disable all notifications. If you only want to disable all notifications temporarily, consider using Do Not Disturb or another Focus mode instead.
2. 
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   Tap Notifications. You can find this a few tiles down. It should be next to a red icon with a white alarm bell.
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   Tap an app. To disable all notifications, you'll need to select every listed app and turn off their notifications.
4. 
   4
   Toggle off

   

   "Allow Notifications". The switch will turn grey.

   • Tap the back arrow to return to the previous page.
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   Repeat for all apps. When all app notifications are set to Off, you'll no longer receive their notifications.

   • While not recommended, you can turn off official alerts from the government. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the Notifications page. Toggle off every alert underneath the Government Alerts header.
     • This includes: AMBER Alerts, Emergency Alerts, Public Safety Alerts, and Test Alerts.
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Section 4 of 4:

What are Time Sensitive Notifications?

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   Time Sensitive Notifications are messages that are considered urgent. You can receive Time Sensitive Notifications within the Messages app and from third-party social media apps such as Snapchat. You can even receive these notifications while in a Focus mode.

   • Since the app developers decide what qualifies as an urgent notification, there's no way to label or tag a notification as urgent yourself.
   • When you have a Focus mode enabled, such as Do Not Disturb or Sleep mode, all notifications are paused by default. However, you can allow critical alerts or urgent messages to be delivered normally. If you find all notifications distracting, you can turn off Time Sensitive Notifications while you're in a Focus mode.

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