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with iOS 7 apples made it really easy to switch your phone into a do not disturb mode you swipe up from the bottom hit the little crescent moon button and your iPhone will stop trying to get your attention by buzzing and ringing or lighting up with screen notifications and text messages as the moon icon implies it's the perfect way to shut out the world and get some good sleep the only problem is it's easy to forget to switch it on or to switch it off the next day so here's how to schedule the do not disturb mode so that is automatic easy tap Settings then do not disturb and where you see the word scheduled tap the switch and then tap here is set the times when you want do not disturb to switch on and off then hit back now by default to do not disturb mode will still allow calls to come through from people on your favorites list which can find by going to phone and then selecting favorites that's fine with me but if you want to you can tap this allow calls from setting and change to no one same for this repeated call settings by default this left on so that people who call twice within three minutes can get through presumably with some urgent information but if your friends don't quite have a grasp on what you consider urgent you can switch this setting off so that they can't get through so there you go that's how to quickly schedule your iPhone or iPad to automatically go into a do not disturb mode so that you can get some sleep more great ways to get the most from iOS visit how to cnet com you