Nobody wants to miss important calls, but it’s especially frustrating when they happen while your phone is on silent. Putting your phone on silent and then turning it off may require you to change a few settings, which can be difficult for you if you’re new to iOS. If you don’t know how to unmute calls on your iPhone and are looking for a solution, this article will help you.
How to turn off calls on iPhone
In this article, we will look at how to turn off calls on your iPhone.
Turn off Do Not Disturb
If you have enabled Do Not Disturb on your PC, you may not receive alerts for incoming calls and messages on your iPhone. You should try disabling Do Not Disturb and check if that works or not. To turn off Do Not Disturb mode, follow these steps:
- Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
- In the Settings app , navigate to the Do Not Disturb option.
- Then turn off the Do Not Disturb toggle to turn it off.
Disable silent mode and check ringer volume
Another thing to do is turn off silent mode and then check your iPhone’s ringer volume. You can do this by following the steps given below:
First, turn off silent mode by moving the switch you see on the left side of your
- iPhone. If the orange symbol disappears, it means that silent mode is disabled. You can also use the volume buttons to disable silent mode.
- Then go to the Settings app on your iPhone and here it goes to Sounds and Haptics. Here, turn on the Vibrate on call toggle, which you’ll find under the Vibrate section.
- Here, too, slide the volume slider you see under the ringer and alert to the right to increase the volume. Make sure it’s not in the left corner, which means your phone is disabled.
Make sure unknown callers are not blocked
If you are experiencing this issue with unknown callers whose number you have not saved on your iPhone, the possible reason for this is that your device is blocking unknown callers.
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- In the Settings app, go to the Phone section.
- Here, turn on the switch to turn off unknown callers.
Make sure sleep mode is not enabled
Your calls may also be disabled if sleep mode is enabled on your iPhone. You should try disabling sleep mode and see if that solves the problem or not. If your iPhone is running iOS 13 or any previous version, you can follow these steps:
- Open the Clock app on your iPhone.
- Here, go to the “Before bed”section and select “Options”.
- Make sure Do Not Disturb During Sleep is turned off. If it is not, then disable it manually.
If your iPhone is running iOS 14, you can follow these steps to disable sleep mode:
- Open the Health app on your iPhone.
- Here, go to the “Overview”section. Select Sleep and then Options.
- Now select “Sleep”and then turn on the switch next to “Turn on automatically”.
Final words
Here is how you can turn off calls on your iPhone. If you are not receiving call notifications on your iPhone, you can follow the steps in the article above to turn off calls.