Get Rid of Your iPhone's Annoying Alarm Slider in a Few Easy Steps
Alarms are annoying, even to people who set them. And if you can't quickly turn off your alarm, you run the risk of waking up others near you. When Apple released iOS 26.1 in November, the company made it a little more difficult to turn off your iPhone's alarm with a new slider. This slider replaces the Stop button when your alarm goes off.
The change seemed to be designed to prevent you from accidentally turning off your alarm too quickly with a single tap when reaching for your phone. But the slider can cause you to stumble out of bed trying to figure out why your alarm won't turn off despite pressing the Stop button like you have a thousand times in the past, all while your baby is now awake and crying, and the dog is barking which wakes up your wife, who is now asking what is...
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