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How to Put Your iPhone in Ring or Silent Mode

By Hally | Last Updated

The vibration function on iPhone is designed to alert you when there are incoming texts, phone calls, emails and others new messages. Two modes of vibration are offered: Ring mode and Silent mode. In Ring mode, you can hear ringtones and alerts while you can hear nothing in Silent mode. But you can still hear sounds while playing music or enjoying videos. It is easy to put your iPhone in vibration Ring or Silent mode.

How to Enable or Disable Ring/Silent Mode on iPhone

Step 1: For iPhone 7 and later, you can tap Settings and choose Sound & Haptics. For older iPhone, go to Settings > Sound.

Step 2: Under VIBRATE section, you will see two options: Vibrate on Ring and Vibrate on Silent. If you want to turn on one mode, you can just tap the button on the right of the mode to be green. Also, you can disable it by tapping it again and make the button in white. If you tap the two button to white, the vibration is turn off and your iPhone will not vibrate any more.

turn off vibrate on ring

Also, you can change the sounds and vibration patterns, such as the Ringtone. You can choose the one you like to set as the ringtone. It is the same to the alert tone.

Tips: Ring/Silent switch on iPhone

With this Ring/Silent switch on iPhone, you can easily put iPhone in the vibration mode you prefer. Where is the Ring/Silent switch on? It lies on the left side of your iPhone, which is smaller than the other two switches. You can easily move the switch to put the iPhone in silent mode or ring mode following the below instruction displayed in screenshot from Apple website.

ring/silent switch on iPhone

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