The built-in Clock app on iOS is a super handy tool. It gives you a world clock, a stopwatch, and of course, alarms. The unfortunate thing about the Clock app; however, is that it’s not one of those apps you likely take care of or maintain.
Since you can set as many alarms as you like, it can get out of control quickly. Before you know if, you have 50 alarms and keep creating more instead of reusing, editing, or deleting those that are in there.
If you need help removing alarms from the Clock app on iPhone and iPad, we’re here to help.
One more unfortunate things about the Clock app is that there’s no simple way to open it and delete all of your alarms in one fell swoop. Even though this seems like it would be a basic feature, it currently is not.
If you want to remove all of the alarms that exist in the Clock app, you’ll need the help of Siri.
Invoke Siri on your iPhone or iPad and then give the simple command, “Hey Siri, delete all of my alarms.”
Siri will then ask you if you’re sure. Say or tap Confirm.
You’ll then see and hear Siri tell you “OK, no more alarms” or something similar.
Hey Siri, delete all of my alarms
And it’s as easy as that! Siri has removed all of the alarms in the Clock app for you.
Some users have experienced a problem with deleting all of their alarms using Siri. This seems to arise if you have many, many alarms. If Siri responds with “Sorry, there is something wrong. Please try again,” then you’ll need to do just that. You might notice that some the alarms have been deleted, but not all. So, just continue the process until they’re all wiped out.
Delete individual alarms in the Clock app
Of course, you can pick and choose which alarms to remove in the Clock app if you like. And this tutorial wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t show you how.
Open the Clock app and then do one of the following:
Swipe the alarm from right to left and tap Delete.
Tap Edit, select the minus sign in red, and then tap Delete.
Tap Edit, select the alarm, and then tap Delete Alarm.
Delete individual alarms
Control your alarms
If you’re going to use the Clock app on your iPhone or iPad as your alarm clock, don’t let it get out of control. You can edit alarms for different times and reuse them or just delete the ones you’ll never use again.
If all else fails, at least you know now how to delete multiple unused alarms on iPhone or iPad at one time.
Do you use the Clock app for its alarms? And if so, do you try to keep them under control? Let us know!
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I have a iPhone 11 purchased in June 2020. I have a problem with Ghost or Phantom Alarms which I cannot delete. I have also asked Siri to delete these ghost alarms by the time of day they are set for and how they’re labeled. Siri says I do not have them. Yes I do have them. You just can’t see them but they will still go off at the scheduled time I originally put them in my alarm lineup for that day. Tell me how to delete these unseen Ghost or Phantom Alarms from my new phone.
Please check if you created a Bedtime schedule as well.
Open the clock app and tap Bedtime–then tap Bedtime and toggle Bedtime schedule off.
Once you do that, restart your device.
If problems persist with the alarm, we suggest resetting all settings. This is a bit extreme because it resets the device’s features back to defaults. But it often solves annoying little issues like this.
All About reset all settings
* Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All
* This resets to default everything in Settings, including notifications, alerts, brightness, and clock settings like wake up alarms
* Resetting all settings also reverts all your personalized and customized features like wallpapers and accessibility settings back to factory defaults.
* Performing this action does not impact any of your personal device data, including photos, texts, documents, and other files
* You need to reconfigure these settings once your iPhone or iDevice restarts
Fantastic! Thanks!!
There is no delete alarm on my clock as shown on the example to get rid of an alarm
I have a iPhone 11 purchased in June 2020. I have a problem with Ghost or Phantom Alarms which I cannot delete. I have also asked Siri to delete these ghost alarms by the time of day they are set for and how they’re labeled. Siri says I do not have them. Yes I do have them. You just can’t see them but they will still go off at the scheduled time I originally put them in my alarm lineup for that day. Tell me how to delete these unseen Ghost or Phantom Alarms from my new phone.
I have deleted all of my alarms on my phone and none show up anymore.
However, the phone still shows an alarm icon on the top-right screen and an alarm wakes me every morning.
I would appreciate assistance in rectifying this problem. Thank you
Hi Mysti,
Please check if you created a Bedtime schedule as well.
Open the clock app and tap Bedtime–then tap Bedtime and toggle Bedtime schedule off.
Once you do that, restart your device.
If problems persist with the alarm, we suggest resetting all settings. This is a bit extreme because it resets the device’s features back to defaults. But it often solves annoying little issues like this.
All About reset all settings
* Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All
* This resets to default everything in Settings, including notifications, alerts, brightness, and clock settings like wake up alarms
* Resetting all settings also reverts all your personalized and customized features like wallpapers and accessibility settings back to factory defaults.
* Performing this action does not impact any of your personal device data, including photos, texts, documents, and other files
* You need to reconfigure these settings once your iPhone or iDevice restarts
I know how to delete an alarm in the Clock app. My problem is that the circle with the minus sign is TOO SMALL.
I have tried as many as 30 times to delete an alarm with my index finger with no success.
I have to use my little finger to do it. This the only operation with all the apps I have that I have had a problem with.
You’re right, Dave. That circle is miniscule. And a big pain in the neck. Good luck.