How to Turn Off Amber Alerts on Samsung Galaxy Phones

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Don't be awakened because of an Amber Alert. Here are step-by-step instructions for disabling these alerts on your Samsung Galaxy phone.

If you have a smartphone, chance are you've received by an emergency Amber alert. The resultant noise is unmistakable — especially if the buzzing and beeping jars you awake.

The effectiveness of such alerts may be up for debate, but it has caused many folks to go in search of a way to stop these interruptions in the future. For owners of older Galaxy phones, including the Samsung Galaxy Note II or S4, here's a step-by-step guide to silencing the notifications.

Note that this only works with Amber alerts. It won't stop the equally loud Presidential Text Alerts sent out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Those alerts, which went into effect in October 2018, goes out to all cellphones with a U.S. number and can't be turned off.

2. Tap the Menu button on the bottom right of your screen.

3. Tap Settings and scroll down.

4. Tap Emergency Alerts.

5. Uncheck AMBER alerts. In this same menu you can disable severe weather alerts too.

Anna Attkisson is the managing editor at Tom's Guide and Laptop Mag. Follow Anna Attkisson @akattkisson. Follow us @TomsGuide, or on Facebook.

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Anna Attkisson is the editorial director at Tom's IT Pro. After getting infected with the tech bug at Wireless World and Cellular Business magazines as an intern in 1998, Anna Attkisson went on to dabble in a sorts of publications covering everything from children’s fashion to cars. During the last 9 years she’s returned to her roots where she’s been writing and editing for Laptop Mag and Tom’s Guide, before moving on to Tom’s IT Pro. Follow Anna Attkisson at @akattkisson.
2 Comments Comment from the forums
  • horedhorse
    I have a Samsung Galaxy S8, and I seem to be running into a problem . I actually don't receive any sort of emergency Alerts, and the emergency alerts option in settings is just not present. I looked through my entire phone, and could not find a single option even resembling that.
    Reply
  • mito2008
    # pm uninstall --user 0 com.sec.android.provider.emergencymode
    Reply