How to Turn Off Vibrate on Samsung Galaxy

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: May 15, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent your Samsung Galaxy from vibrating for calls and notifications.

Steps

1
Open your Galaxy’s Settings. It’s the
at the top-right corner of the notifications bar. You’ll also find it in the app drawer.
2
Tap Sounds and vibration.
3
Tap Sound mode.
4
Select Sound. If it was already selected, there’s no need to change anything.
5
Tap the back button. This brings you back to the Sounds and Vibration menu.
6
Slide the “Vibrate while ringing” switch to
. As long as this switch is off, your Galaxy will not vibrate when receiving notifications for which it also plays sounds (such as phone calls, new messages, or voicemail).

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Nicole Levine, MFA

Tech Specialist

This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 6,574 times.

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Article SummaryX

1. Open your Settings.
2. Tap Sounds and vibration.
3. Tap Sound mode.
4. Select Sound.
5. Tap the back button.
6. Slide “Vibrate while ringing” to the Off position.

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