Tired of listening to Alexa? Worried she might spoil a surprise gift from Amazon? Here’s how to enable Do Not Disturb mode or turn off specific notifications for all your Alexa devices at once.
How to Turn on Do Not Disturb Mode with Voice Commands
To quickly turn off all notifications on your Alexa devices, just say, “Alexa, turn on Do Not Disturb mode.” This will prevent all notifications, calls, and messages, but it won’t disable your alarms, timers, or reminders. When you are done, simply say, “Alexa, turn off Do Not Disturb mode.”
How to Turn on Do Not Disturb Mode in the Alexa App
To turn on Do Not Disturb mode, open the Alexa app and tap the light bulb icon at the bottom of your screen. Then select your Echo speaker under “Devices” and tap the “Do Not Disturb” button. To silence notifications on all your Alexa devices, tap the gear icon and go to “Do Not Disturb > Sync.”
- Open the Alexa app and tap the light bulb icon at the bottom of your screen. You might also see this labeled as “Devices.”
- Select an Echo speaker. To filter out all other smart devices, tap “Device Type.” Then select “Echo & Alexa” and tap “Apply.”
- Finally, tap “Do Not Disturb.” You will know the feature is enabled when the button turns purple.
Note: To enable Do Not Disturb mode on all your Echo speakers, tap the gear icon in the top-right corner of the pop-up. Then scroll down and select “Do Not Disturb.” Next, tap “Sync” in the top-right corner. Finally, select all your Alexa speakers and tap “Save.”
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How to Turn Off Notifications with the Alexa App
To stop your Alexa devices from announcing notifications, open the Alexa app and tap the three-line icon at the bottom of your screen. Then, go to “Settings > Notifications.” Finally, choose the type of notification you want to turn off and uncheck the toggle to disable it.
- Open the Alexa app and tap the three-line icon at the bottom of your screen. You might also see this labeled as the “More” button in the bottom-right corner of your screen.
- Go to “Settings.”
- Tap “Notifications.”
- Finally, choose a category and tap the slider to disable notifications.
From here, you can change the notification settings for all default features and any Alexa skills you have added.
How to Turn Off Amazon Order Notifications
To stop Alexa from announcing your Amazon deliveries, open the Alexa app and tap the three-line icon at the bottom of your screen. Then, go to “Settings > Notifications > Amazon Shopping” and uncheck the toggle next to “For items in delivery updates.”
Note: If you want to keep notifications enabled, but stop Alexa from announcing any gifts, simply uncheck the toggle next to “Including items in your shopping cart marked as gifts, or those that might be gifts during major holidays.” Just make sure to mark your Amazon items as “gifts” during checkout.
To be safe, you might want to disable all options on the Amazon Shopping page, but you should especially uncheck the options under “Delivery Notifications,” “Order Updates,” and “Shopping recommendations.” This way, Alexa won’t tip off your family members by alerting you to deals similar to your gift orders.
If you are still receiving notifications, make sure you also cancel any relevant Alexa skills.
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