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Choose what should reach your wrist
Before changing settings, decide which alerts are worth interrupting you. For example, you might keep messages from selected people and alerts from an essential app, while sending social, shopping, or news notifications elsewhere or turning them off. This is a practical way to narrow alerts, not a clinically tested threshold.
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There are several different controls, and they do not all do the same thing:
| Control | What it changes | Useful when |
|---|---|---|
| App notification settings | Changes alerts for one app, including whether an alert appears on the wrist, is delivered quietly where supported, or is disabled. | A few apps create most of the interruptions. |
| Focus or Do Not Disturb | Limits notifications during a chosen period. Focus can allow selected people or apps; Do Not Disturb is intended for broader silencing. | You want a quiet window for sleep, work, or another routine. |
| Silent or display modes | Changes the alert signal, such as sound or screen behavior; haptics may still be active depending on the mode. | You want fewer sounds or a dark screen, but may still want some alerts. |
| Activity-specific alerts | Changes workout or activity alerts, which are separate from ordinary phone-app notifications on some devices. | Vibrations happen only while exercising. |
Filter notifications on Apple Watch and iPhone
Change alerts app by app
- On iPhone, open Settings → Notifications, choose an app, and select where its alerts appear.
- For watch-specific choices, open the Watch app → My Watch → Notifications. Depending on the app, you can allow alerts, deliver them to Notification Centre without a watch alert, or turn them off. See Apple’s guide to notifications on iPhone and Apple Watch for the applicable options.
Apple’s default routing is important when you are trying to diagnose where an alert went: a notification normally goes to either the iPhone or Apple Watch, not both. When the iPhone is unlocked, it receives the alert; when it is locked or asleep, the watch receives it unless the watch is locked. The same Apple guide explains this routing.
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Schedule a quiet period with Focus
Set up a Focus for a recurring situation, such as sleep or work, and specify which people or apps may break through. Focus can be scheduled for particular times or actions. If you want that Focus to apply across paired Apple devices, check Share Across Devices. Apple’s notification guidance describes Focus scheduling and sharing.
Pick the right Apple Watch quiet mode
Use Focus when you want a scheduled quiet period with exceptions, or Do Not Disturb when you want sounds and haptics off broadly. Silent Mode mutes sounds but may leave haptics on; Theater Mode keeps the display dark, while haptics may remain. Apple lists these distinctions in its Apple Watch guide to silencing notifications.
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Reduce notifications on Garmin watches
Garmin notification controls depend on the watch model and the paired phone. Garmin says some compatible models have on-device app controls; on iOS, notification forwarding also depends on the iPhone app’s notification settings, including whether the app is allowed in Notification Center. Do not assume every Garmin watch can independently filter every app. Check Garmin’s instructions for setting which notifications display alongside the settings for your phone.
Set sleep quieting on the specific model
For the vívoactive 6, the manual’s path is Focus Modes → Sleep → Smart Notifications → Off to disable smart notifications during sleep hours. Its Do Not Disturb mode turns off vibrations and the display for alerts and notifications. Those instructions are specific to the vívoactive 6; consult the manual for your own model rather than assuming its menu is identical. See the vívoactive 6 Owner’s Manual.
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Check workout alerts separately
If the unwanted vibration happens only during exercise, open the relevant activity’s settings and inspect its alerts. Garmin configures activity alerts per activity, and support may differ across activities; custom alerts can be disabled or removed. See Garmin’s activity-alert instructions.
Quiet Fitbit notifications during exercise or other periods
Google Health Help describes Do Not Disturb as a way to suppress notifications and certain tracker alerts from vibrating or waking the screen. Exercise Focus turns off notifications while you use the Exercise app. Which modes are available depends on the Fitbit device, so check its own menus and the Fitbit device navigation help.
Check whether the new setup is working
Use the device for a few days, then adjust based on what actually gets through. If low-value alerts still interrupt you, remove another app from wrist delivery. If you miss something important, restore that app’s alert or add an allowed-contact exception to your Focus. If alerts persist only in a particular context, such as a workout, check that context’s settings rather than changing every notification at once.
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