How to mute Activity reminders on Apple Watch for the rest of your day

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Among the small things Apple’s added to watchOS 2 is a new switch allowing you to mute Activity reminders for the rest of your day.

To be clear, hourly alerts to stand up and move a little, as well asĀ other coaching reminders on your Apple Watch, can help a great deal when it comes to meeting your personal fitness goals.

But not everyone is a fitness buff.

If you yourself aren’t exactly an active person, you might find Activity alerts a bit distracting, if not downright annoying. But worry not, you can suspend coaching alerts for the rest of your day with just a few taps. Let me show you how.

How to mute Activity reminders for aĀ day in companion iPhone app

Suspend coaching for the day. To turn off activity reminders for the rest of the day, open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Activity, then turn on Mute Reminders for One Day.

Step 1: Launch the companion Watch app on your iPhone.

Step 2: Tap on the My Watch tab at the bottom.

Step 3: Now tap on Activity.

Step 4: Flip the switch labeled ā€œMute Reminders for One Dayā€ to the ON position. You will no longer receive Activity reminders for the rest of your day.

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ā€œWhen this is on, you will not receive Activity alerts for Progress Updates, Stand Reminders, Goal Completions or Achievements until the following day,ā€ reads the feature’s description.

Note that after suspending coaching for the rest of your day,Ā you will automatically startĀ receiving alerts for Progress Updates, Stand Reminders, Goal Completions or Achievements again on the following day.

Can I fine-tune other Activity alerts?

Yes.

This section provides other useful options related to Activity reminders. On this screen, you can also permanently disable the following Activity alerts and reminders:

  • Stand Reminders (issued every hour)
  • Activity progress (optionally,Ā set a time interval when you’ll receive an update on your progress)
  • Notification when you reach your daily Move, Exercise and Stand goal
  • Weekly Summary alerts (issued every Monday)
  • Alerts when you reach a milestone or a personal best

I suggest you leave Stand Reminders on.

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Even if you’re not the active type, getting up toĀ move a bit every hour goes a long way toward avoiding or minimizing health risks associated with sitting too long.

ā€œIt may sound like a small thing, but sitting less can improve your health in significant ways,ā€ Apple itself acknowledges.

How to mute Activity reminders for one day on Apple Watch

Unlike the companion Watch app on your iPhone, your Apple Watch lacks a dedicated switch within its Settings app to disable coaching reminders for the rest of the day.Ā Instead, watchOS 2 embeds theĀ option to disable these alerts for one day within Activity reminders and notifications.

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When you receive, say, an alert withĀ a daily overview of your Activity, just turn the Digital Crown to scroll to the bottom. You should see an all-new button labeled ā€œMute for Todayā€.

Tap it toĀ suspendĀ coaching alerts for the rest of your day. This has the same effect as muting your Activity reminders inĀ the Watch companion app on your iPhone.

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