You can use Focus to temporarily mute notifications from anyone on your contact list. If the person you want to silence isn’t in your contacts, you’ll need to add them first. If they aren’t in your contacts and always use a different number, these might be spam calls and you’ll need to block them instead. You’ll need to be using iOS 15 or later to use Focus Modes. If needed, update iOS.
Tap +. Select the contact(s) you want to mute while the Focus mode is active. Tap Done to add the contact(s) to the list.
Open Control Center by swiping down from the top-right corner of your Home screen (if you have Face ID) or from the bottom (if you have Touch ID). Press and hold Focus. Tap the Focus you created. Once a Focus Mode is on, you’ll see a crescent moon icon in the notification bar. Notifications from the selected person will remain blocked until you disable this Focus Mode in Control Center. [2] X Research source
This method will prevent your phone from ringing, vibrating, and playing text alerts from a specific contact. However, you’ll still see a notification on your screen. It’s not possible to silence a ringtone for a single contact. If your phone isn’t on silent mode, you’ll still hear a ringtone when that person calls you. The best way to silence calls from one person is to use a Focus Mode. Another option for silencing calls for one person is to download a silent ringtone and set it for a specific person. Still, that’s not as easy as using a Focus Mode.
The text tone may be silent, but your phone will still vibrate whenever that person texts you. If you don’t want your phone to vibrate, tap Vibration’ at the top of the Text Tone page, select None, and tap the back button.
Tap Done to finish editing that contact.
Tap Done to finish editing that contact.
