How To Turn Off AMBER Alerts on Android

How To Turn Off AMBER Alerts on Android – There’s a good chance you’ll get an Amber alert on your phone if a child goes missing in your area. These alerts are helpful because they get important information out to the community and make it more likely that the missing person will be found.

Still, they can be annoying sometimes, like when you get one at 3 a.m. or in the middle of a business meeting. We recommend that you keep these alerts on at all times, but if you’d rather not, we’ll show you how to turn off Amber alerts.

The steps are easy to follow, but you have to know where to look. Depending on your device and your carrier, though, the setting might be in a different place, which can be confusing.

In this post, we’ll look at How To Turn Off AMBER Alerts on Android by Samsung, OnePlus, LG, and Motorola, as well as on stock Android devices. Let’s dive in.

What is AMBER Alert?

AMBER Alerts are sent out by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and local law enforcement. It tells radio stations and cell phone companies when a kidnapped or missing child is found.

In 1996, a little girl named Amber Hagerman from Arlington, Texas, was taken and killed. This led to the creation of the AMBER Alert system. The alert system is now being used by all 50 states in the US.

So that authorities can reach the most people possible, “Do Not Disturb” settings on all devices are set to be overridden by AMBER alerts.

Also, AMBER alerts don’t make use of your device’s usual alert sounds. In its place, they’ve made a custom emergency tone that uses the full audio output of your device.

Because of this, getting an AMBER alert can be surprising and annoying, especially if it happens when you’re driving, sleeping, or doing something else that needs your full attention.

The good news is that you can turn them off and never have to worry about them again.

So, here’s what you need to do to turn off the AMBER alerts feature.

How To Turn Off AMBER Alerts on Android

The interface for the AMBER Alert can be found on Android 12 and 13 devices under the new “Emergency Safety” sub-menu.

Step 1: Find and open your phone’s Settings app.

Step 2: Go to the Safety and Emergency sub-menu by scrolling down.

Step 3: Go to Wireless Emergency Alerts once you’re there.

Step 4: After that, you can turn off AMBER alerts whenever you want.

Repeat this step if you want to turn on this feature again or turn off the other alerts.

How to turn off Amber alerts on Samsung phones

Start the app for settings.
Go to the Safety and emergency page.
Choose Wireless alerts for emergencies.
Find the option for Amber alerts and turn it off.

How to turn off Amber alerts on OnePlus

Open the app for Settings.
Go to the Safety and emergency page.
Tap Wireless alerts in case of an emergency.
Find the option for Amber alerts and turn it off.

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How do AMBER alerts work?

Even though it’s easy to want to get rid of annoying alerts and notifications that aren’t necessary, it’s sometimes a good idea to pay attention to what notifications are being turned off and why they were turned on in the first place.

AMBER alerts, which stand for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response,” are alerts sent out by the U.S. government to warn people about a missing person in a certain area, a severe weather event, or other emergencies.

If you turn off these features, you may get fewer notifications, but you can also find information about things that would normally be AMBER alerts on Google, Bing, or even Facebook.