Mute all notifications by timeout with NFC

To create the desired actions that are to be executed when the NFC tag is scanned, open the Shortcuts app and tap on + at the top right to create a new shortcut. We now name this shortcut span class="h2-edit-ios">silent tag.

In this step, we add actions to the shortcut. We search for Input in the search field of the action list and select Ask for Input. Now we can configure our question by tapping on Prompt and entering “How many minutes do you want to be undisturbed?”, for example.

It is important that we then tap on the field on the left Text and select Number.

We then tap on the blue arrow and can make a default setting under Default Number, for how long the “Do not Disturb”- mode should be switched on. For example, we can enter a 15. However, you can always change the time specification when executing the short command. This means, that it is not automatically set to 15 minutes every time it is entered, but this time can still be changed.

Negative numbers should not be permitted.

In the next step, we enter Date in the search bar and select Adjust Date. Then we tap on the 0 and select Ask for Input in the small bar above the keyboard, so that our minute input from step 2 is used. Or we hold down the 0 and then tap on Ask for Input.

Then we tap on the seconds field and minutes.

Finally, we press on the Date field and then tap Current Date.

The next step is to activate the “Do not Disturb“-mode for the created time period. To do this, we enter Focus in the search bar and select Set Focus.

Then we tap on the Off field so that it changes to On. We then tap on the Turned Off button and tap on Time. Then a 7 pm field appears. We press it and select Adjusted Date.

You can add further actions to the chain of actions we have created. These can be activated during the number of minutes we entered at the beginning (e.g. 15 minutes). To activate the dark mode, search for Dark → Set Appearance.

However, in order to still receive important messages, you must now select which app should not be muted. To do this, we search for App → Open App. There we tap on App and select the messaging app, we want to continue receiving notifications from. For example, we want to mute all apps except for Mail, because we still want to receive emails, so we tap on Mail. When we scan the NFC tag then, this app is opened.

Use the ► at the bottom right to test the shortcut once, before saving it. If we are satisfied with the shortcut, we can now tap on Done.

To save the shortcut to an NFC tag, open the NFC21 Tools app → Tag-Types → + + Shortcut → enter the name of our shortcut (timeout tag) → Write to NFC tag.

The shortcut created can also be downloaded here and then it can be saved on the NFC tag using the NFC21 Tools app.