iosnotifications
I don't want my iPhone to vibrate, show me banners, etc., when I toggle the desired setting.
I tried Do Not Disturb but I don't find it solving the intended purpose.
How can I turn off all notifications temporarily? Is there some feature that's easy-accessible from Control Centre?
I want to watch videos online (in Safari) and not get interrupted by notifications during this.
If you just want to disable sounds, then you can flip the mute switch above the volume buttons. If you want to disable notifications that are based on an Internet connection (e.g. NYTimes, ESPN), you can put your iPhone in airplane mode which turns off wifi, 3G, and Bluetooth so you don't have an Internet connection. For apps that send notifications at a certain time (e.g. iCal reminders), there's no easy way to turn those off all at once other than turning them off individually in settings>notifications.
(Since the accepted answer for this question is outdated and the actual answer is buried as a comment, I’m providing a better answer for all future people with this question, in hopes that it will become more visible.)
The default behavior for the Do Not Disturb feature is stopping notifications while the screen is locked, so that your iPad/iPhone won’t keep buzzing in your pocket/backpack/desk while you’re trying to concentrate on something else.
That’s good, but not what we want. We want to stop notifications while we’re using the device.
Well, at least since iOS 12 there’s an additional setting within Settings > Do Not Disturb that you can turn on, here:
All you need to do is change the “Silence” option to “Always” in this screen. It will keep any and all notifications away from your screen as you write, read, present content to others, play a game, etc.
Best Answer
There is no single settings/toggle that will let you turn off/on all notifications on your iPhone. The way notification are implemented in iOS, you are limited to configure them on a per app basis only.
A couple potential solutions are:
Turn on Do Not Disturb.
This will have a side effect of suppressing any regular phone calls.Make sure to set Allow Calls From to Everyone under Do Not Disturb settings. This will suppress all the notification banners while you are watching videos/playing games in full screen, while keeping the phone function active.
Once you have configured Do Not Disturb as above, you can easily toggle the setting via the Control Center icon.
Turn off Internet connectivity by toggling Wi-Fi/Mobile data from Settings app or Control Centre.
The second approach will have a drawback that you won't be able to access the Internet. Also, turning off Internet connectivity won't suppress local notifications.
However, disconnecting from Internet is possibly the best way to temporarily cut-off from the barrage of notification that one receives, while keeping the basic phone functionality (calling + SMS) active.