How to Turn Off Vibration on iPhone (2023)

Whether you want to turn off vibration on your iPhone, or you're wondering why your iPhone isn't vibrating, we've got the answers.

By Rachel Needell Mon, 02/13/2023

What to Know

You can turn vibrations and haptics on and off via the Settings menu on your iPhone.
You can choose between either vibration on ring, or vibration on silent, or both.
If you want to disable all vibrations, you can disable both.

Have you been wondering, "Why isn't my phone vibrating when I get a text?" Depending on your preferences or particular situation, you may want to have the vibrate on silent setting turned on, or you may want to learn how to turn off vibration. We'll walk you through what to do if your vibration isn't working.

How to Turn Vibrate Off & On

You can access your vibration and haptics settings in the iPhone Settings menu. If you like tips about how to use your iPhone, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day! Here's how to edit your vibrate settings.

On your iPhone, open Settings.
Tap Sounds & Haptics.
To have your iPhone vibrate with the ringer volume on, toggle Play Haptics in Ring Mode to on. The slider will be to the right and the bar will be green when this is enabled. This means your phone will vibrate and play your ringtone.
To have your iPhone vibrate with the ringer volume off, toggle Play Haptics in Silent Mode. This means your phone will vibrate even if you have your ringtone turned off.
To disable all vibrations for calls, toggle both Play Haptics in Ring Mode and Play Haptics in Silent Mode off. The slider will be to the left and the bar will be gray when it's disabled.
If you don't want your phone to make any vibrations, like those that are triggered by the keyboard or system controls, toggle System Haptics off. The slider will be to the left and the bar will be gray when it's disabled.

And that's how you customize your iPhone's vibration settings. You can always go back and change these settings at any time!

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Rachel Needell

Rachel Needell is a Feature Web Writer at iPhone Life, a published poet, and a longtime Apple enthusiast. Before graduating in the spring of 2021 with her Master’s degree in Literature, specializing in early 20th-century American and British Modernism, she was a college writing tutor and University English professor. Her latest piece, "Temporizing: Self Portrait" can be found in the Winter '21 edition of New Note Poetry. Although an enthusiastic traveler, you can most often find Rachel curled up under a blanket with a glass of red wine, reading a book with her cat Blue in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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