Stop your iPhone's notifications appearing on your Mac

Why it happens

Once you've used iPhone Mirroring on your Mac, your iPhone starts sending its notifications to the Mac as well. They look like normal Mac notifications with a small iPhone badge. That's handy for some people and noisy for others, and the switch only appears after Mirroring has been set up.

How to fix it

1. Click the Apple menu, choose System Settings, and click Notifications in the sidebar.

2. Turn off Allow notifications from iPhone. Your iPhone's alerts stop showing on this Mac, and the iPhone itself keeps getting them as usual.

   Notifications›Allow notifications from iPhone

3. To keep most of them and silence one noisy app, leave the Mac switch on. On your iPhone, open Settings, tap Notifications, tap the app, and turn off Show on Mac.

Still not fixed?

1. Delivery and ride trackers in your menu bar are Live Activities, which have their own switch. Turn off Allow Live Activities from iPhone in the same Notifications page.

   Notifications›Allow notifications from iPhone›Allow Live Activities from iPhone

2. Texts and calls on your Mac come from Messages and FaceTime, not from iPhone Mirroring. To quiet Messages, select it in Notifications settings and turn off Allow notifications. For calls, open FaceTime, choose Settings… from the FaceTime menu and turn off Calls from iPhone.

   Notifications›Messages›Allow notifications

3. For a quiet stretch without changing any settings, turn on a Focus such as Do Not Disturb from Control Center in the menu bar.

4. If iPhone notifications keep showing with the switch off, restart both the Mac and the iPhone and install the latest updates on each. If they still come through, contact Apple Support.