User level: Level 1 (8 points)this morning an inactive alarm went off, waking me up at 5:35. i wake up at this time every other day, othrrwise i use my sleep schedule at 6:15 to wake me up. so i was surprised when it went off! i checked and the alarm is inactive now. i am certain i did not set the alarm yesterday. i dont remember seeing the next alarm time on my lock screen last night. iphone 15 ios 26.7
wondering how that happened or if it’s going to happen again??
Posted on Sep 30, 2026 6:21 AM
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Sep 30, 2026 6:45 AM in response to anagaraj
You may not have set the alarm yesterday, but you might have created it a week ago as a recurring weekly alarm for today—for example, Wednesday.
If the alarm is set to Repeat: Every Wednesday, it will continue to ring every Wednesday automatically. So, after it rings today, it will also ring again next Wednesday, and every Wednesday thereafter, until you change or disable the repeat setting.
If you intended the alarm to ring only today, make sure you edit the alarm and change Repeat to Never (or delete the recurring schedule and create a one-time alarm).
So, if an alarm unexpectedly rings on a particular day, don't assume that it was created recently. Check the alarm's Repeatsetting—an alarm created weeks or even months ago can continue triggering on the same day every week.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256367836