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panthereal
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

How to stop spam robocall voicemails from vibrating my watch?

How to stop spam robocall voicemails from vibrating my watch?


I have the following enabled:


Screen Unknown Callers - Silence

Call filtering Unknown Callers

Call filtering Spam


I still get multiple robo garbage calls that leave a voicemail daily. I have hundreds in my notifications. I want these all to perish permanently, but yet these are vibrating my wrist. My WRIST. Calls that are SPAM that I asked my phone TO FILTER are VIBRATING MY WRIST ON MY APPLE WATCH.


Why is this happening? How do I stop this? I do not care about anyone that is not in my contact list. I absolutely never want them appearing on my watch. I do not ever want someone who I do not know to vibrate my watch. Ever. I want my watch silent unless it is family, friends, or a personal work contact calling me.


How can I stop my watch from harming my wrist with robot spam? I hate this. This is an assault on my body.

Posted on Sep 17, 2026 6:43 PM

3 replies

WheelieNick
User level: Level 9 (74,110 points)

Sep 18, 2026 12:18 AM in response to panthereal

You might want to set up a custom focus to help you with this, that way your watch only vibrates when a trusted contact calls you


To ensure your watch remains completely silent and vibration-free unless a trusted person reaches out, set up a custom Focus mode.


  1. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Focus.
  2. Create a new Focus (or edit "Do Not Disturb" / a custom "Personal" Focus) and set it to Allow Notifications only from People you select (your family, friends, and work contacts). Ensure no apps are allowed to send urgent notifications.
  3. In Focus settings, make sure Mirror across devices is turned on so it automatically applies to your Apple Watch.
  4. Now, your watch will only vibrate when an approved contact calls or messages you. Everything else will be silenced.


Ala836
User level: Level 1 (38 points)

Nov 5, 2026 11:51 AM in response to panthereal

Previously, voicemails left did not vibrate on my Apple Watch. Now, it seems that after the iPhone iOS was updated to 27.0.1, it was reset and now every VM left (specially from SPAM callers) vibrates on my Apple Watch. I can't find a way to stop just Voicemail Notifications.


Short of creating the Focus suggested here, any ideas?

MrHoffman
User level: Level 10 (169,253 points)

Nov 5, 2026 12:10 PM in response to Ala836

Ala836 wrote:
Short of creating the Focus suggested here, any ideas?

watchOS 27.2?

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256359398