howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-set-up-a-sleep-schedule-on-an-iphone/ · Checked October 2026 · iPhone 17e · iOS 27.0.1

In this guide

Tap SET UP in Clock
Tap Set Up in Health
Tap Continue
Check your goal and times
Tap Done
Change it later from Clock
Pause the schedule
If you do not see this option
If this does not work
Good to know
Sources

Quick answer

Open Clock, Alarms and tap SET UP next to Sleep | Wake Up. A note says Sleep is now in Health: tap Set Up in Health, Continue, check the goal and times, then Next and Done. Ours suggested 8 hours, every day, 22:30 to 07:00 with no alarm. Turn the Schedule switch off to pause it.

Device: iPhone
Shown on: iOS 27.0.1 (iPhone 17e)
App: Clock
Path: Clock › Alarms › Sleep | Wake Up › Set Up
Real screenshots: 7 of 7 steps
Checked: October 2026
Sources: 2 official, linked below

Step by step

Tap SET UP in Clock
Open Clock and tap Alarms. Under Sleep | Wake Up, ours said No Alarm with a SET UP button.
Done
Tap Set Up in Health
A note says Sleep is Now in Health and that you can change your alarm in Clock later.
Done
Tap Continue
Health explains that your devices will dim and remind you to wind down.
Done
Check your goal and times
Ours suggested an 8 hr Sleep Goal and Every Day, bedtime 22:30, wake up 07:00, no alarm. Tap Edit to change them, then tap Next.
Done
Tap Done
Sleep is Set Up lists your goal and schedule, and the features that are now on.
Done
Change it later from Clock
Sleep | Wake Up in Alarms now shows CHANGE.
Done
Pause the schedule
On the Sleep Schedule page in Health, turn off Schedule. The note changes to say Sleep Focus will not turn on at your scheduled Wind Down.
Done

If you do not see this option

How to reach the Sleep Schedule page? Apple says: Health, Browse, Sleep, Sleep again, scroll to Your Schedule and tap Full Schedule & Options. Source: Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules in Health on iPhone
Want an alarm? Apple says to turn on Alarm when you edit the schedule and pick a sound. Source: Set up sleep in Health on iPhone

If this does not work

No Set Up button in Health? There was none on ours under Browse, Sleep. Start from Clock, Alarms, Sleep | Wake Up instead.
Phone went quiet at 22:15? Wind Down was 15 min on ours, and the Sleep Focus starts then. Source: Set up sleep in Health on iPhone

About this guide

A sleep schedule sets a bedtime, a wake-up time and a Sleep Focus that quietens the phone at night.

The screenshots are from our iPhone 17e with iOS 27.0.1, in Dark mode. Health, Browse, Sleep showed no Set Up button on ours, so we started from Clock. We turned the schedule off afterwards.