There are three types of Emergency alerts:
•
Alerts issued by the President
•
Alerts involving imminent threats to safety of life (extreme and
severe)
•
AMBER alerts (missing child alert)
Users may choose not to receive Imminent alerts (extreme and
severe) and AMBER alerts.
Note
: Alerts issued by the President cannot be disabled.
To disable Imminent and AMBER alerts:
1. From a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
Messages
.
2. Tap
More
>
Settings
>
Emergency alert settings
.
3. Tap
Emergency alerts
.
•
All alerts are enabled (on) by default.
4. Tap an alert option to disable it.
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