# Turn a camera's alerts off for everyone

> Fregata Mobile's Server-Wide Notifications screen — Frigate's own notification switch for each camera, turning it off or pausing it for every account and device, and how that differs from quieting a camera on your iPhone only.

**Settings › Server-Wide Notifications** is Frigate's own notification switch for each camera,
the same one as in Frigate's web interface. Turning a camera off here stops its alerts for
**everyone** who uses the server, on every device. (Everyone on your server) (Needs an administrator)

Usually that's not what you want. To stop a camera alerting just you, use a
[notification filter](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/alerts/filters/) or a [snooze](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/alerts/snooze/), which change
this iPhone only. This screen is for when a camera shouldn't alert anyone: it's pointing at a
building site, or it's being moved.

_Picture: Server-Wide Notifications: a warning that changes apply to every account and device and in Frigate's own web app, a link to quiet a camera on this iPhone only, then each camera with a switch: Garage off, Front Porch paused for everyone until 5:30 PM with Resume, the others on with Pause for Everyone…_

1. **Changes here apply to every account**, with a shortcut to the per-iPhone alternative, **Quiet a camera on this iPhone only**.
2. **Each camera's switch**, and under it **Pause for Everyone…**, or how long a pause has left and **Resume**.

## Off or paused

| | Off | Paused |
|---|---|---|
| How long | Until an administrator turns it back on | 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour or four hours |
| A server restart | Stays off: it's saved to the server | Ends the pause early |
| Recording and detection | Carry on | Carry on |

Either way, only the notification is skipped: the camera keeps recording, and its events are
still in Review and Explore.

## Turn one off

1. Open **Settings › Server-Wide Notifications**.
2. Turn off the camera's switch, or tap **Pause for Everyone…** under it and choose how long.
3. Read the question, and choose **Turn Off for Everyone** or **Pause for Everyone**.

_Picture: The question before turning a camera off: Turn off Garage's alerts for everyone? No account on your server will get them, on any device, until an administrator turns them on again. Buttons: Turn Off for Everyone, Only on This iPhone, and Cancel._

The question also offers the per-iPhone version: **Only on This iPhone** turns the camera off in
your filter in force instead, and **Snooze on This iPhone Only** snoozes it. If that's all you
meant, choose it.

When a camera is off or paused for everyone, its **Alerts** panel in the live view says so, for
every account, and points here.

## With a viewer account

A viewer sees each camera's state, **On**, **Off** or **Paused until…**, but can't change it.
Ask whoever manages the server, or quiet the camera on your own iPhone with a filter.

## If a change doesn't stick

Frigate gives no answer when it declines a change, so the app checks for itself. If a camera
**didn't confirm the change**, check the server can be reached and try again. A pause also ends
the moment Frigate restarts.