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# What is Snooze?

Snooze pauses **Auto Block** monitoring for a short window you pick, so you can use a monitored app without getting blocked. You start a Snooze from the Detox **home page**, on the **My current block** widget, by tapping **Snooze**. The button only appears when Auto Block is the currently active block (not during a Scheduled Block or Block Now session).

Snooze is **not** the same as **Pause** (which is a break taken *during* an actively-running Scheduled Block or Block Now), and **not** the same as **Urgent Unblock** (the emergency 24-hour-cooldown release in Settings). Snooze only applies to Auto Block, only *before* a block fires.

> If you meant something else: **Pause an active Scheduled Block or Block Now** → see [What are Breaks?](https://help.detox.so/en/article/what-are-breaks-jeekqu/). **Release every block right now in an emergency** → see [What is Urgent Unblock?](https://help.detox.so/en/article/what-is-urgent-unblock-rp1j5l/).

## How it works

When you snooze Auto Block, monitoring stops for the duration you choose. During that window, the apps in Auto Block's group won't trigger a block no matter how long you use them. Auto Block always watches your **initial group**, the first group in your **Monitored Apps** list (in the **Settings** tab). When the snooze ends, monitoring resumes from zero, so the continuous-use counter starts fresh.

Snooze is only available *before* a block fires. Once Auto Block has triggered, you can't snooze your way out: wait the block duration out, or use **Urgent Unblock** for an emergency.

The Snooze button is not on the block screen. It lives only on the Detox home screen, inside the **My current block** widget showing Auto Block. To snooze, open Detox yourself from your home screen; the block screen itself has no Snooze button.

## Using Snooze

To snooze Auto Block:

1. On the Detox home screen, find the **My current block** widget showing Auto Block.
2. Tap **Snooze** on the widget. The Snooze sheet opens.
3. The sheet shows a short **Take a breath before snoozing...** countdown (default 3 seconds). This is intentional friction to make the choice deliberate.
4. After the countdown, pick a duration up to your max snooze setting.
5. Tap **Snooze** to confirm (or **Nevermind** to cancel).

The Snooze button on the home widget only appears when Auto Block is the only currently active block. If a Scheduled Block or Block Now session is running, the widget shows that block instead, and Auto Block is suspended until the other block ends.

## Why snooze instead of just raising your time limit?

Because a snooze is temporary by design and undoes itself. If you raise your allowed time or loosen your Auto Block settings to get a few extra minutes, you have to remember to change them back afterward, and until you do, every following day inherits the looser setting. A snooze gives you the same extra minutes now, then monitoring resumes on its own; there is nothing to undo. The **Take a breath before snoozing...** countdown also keeps the choice deliberate, which quietly editing a setting doesn't.

## Why the Snooze button isn't showing up

If you don't see the **Snooze** button on the home screen, it's always for one of these two reasons:

- **Another block is active.** A Scheduled Block or Block Now session is currently running. The **My current block** widget shows that block instead (with a **Pause** button if breaks are allowed), and Auto Block is suspended until the other block ends. Snooze comes back as soon as Auto Block is the only active block again.
- **You're looking at the Auto Block screen, not the home screen.** When Auto Block has already triggered a block, you see the block screen on top of the app you tried to open. That screen has no Snooze button: Snooze is preventive and only works before a block fires. Once you're blocked, wait the block out or use **Urgent Unblock**.

Snooze is never disabled by Strict Mode, by a schedule setting, or by a "locked" block type. Strict Mode doesn't apply to Auto Block, and there is no setting that hides the Snooze button while Auto Block is the active block.

## While Snoozed

While Auto Block is snoozed, the **My current block** widget shows:

- **Auto Block** as the title
- A **Break - {time remaining}** badge with a live countdown
- A **Resume** button as the action button

If you change your mind, tap **Resume** to end the snooze immediately and put Auto Block back into monitoring. Otherwise, monitoring resumes automatically when the snooze ends.

## Customizing Snooze settings

Two snooze-related settings live in the Auto Block configuration. Open the **Blocks** tab and tap the **Auto Block** card to find them:

| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Max snooze duration | 5 minutes | When you snooze, you can pick a duration up to this number |
| Snooze delay (the friction countdown) | 3 seconds | The **Take a breath** wait before the duration picker appears. Set to 0 to skip the countdown entirely |

The friction countdown is a small intentional barrier between you and a snooze. If you find yourself snoozing too quickly without thinking, raise the delay. If it gets in your way, lower it or set it to 0.

## What Snooze doesn't do

- It doesn't apply to Scheduled Blocks or Block Now sessions. Those have a **Pause** button for breaks, which unblocks an actively-running block; Snooze just pauses the Auto Block monitor.
- It doesn't release a block that's already firing. If your apps are already on the block screen, you'll have to wait for the block duration to end or use Urgent Unblock.
- It doesn't permanently disable Auto Block. Snooze always has an end time; monitoring always resumes.

## Related

- [What is Auto Block?](https://help.detox.so/en/article/what-is-auto-block-1t86axm/)
- [What are Breaks?](https://help.detox.so/en/article/what-are-breaks-jeekqu/)
- [What is Urgent Unblock?](https://help.detox.so/en/article/what-is-urgent-unblock-rp1j5l/)
- [What are App Groups?](https://help.detox.so/en/article/what-are-app-groups-1l6j9cu/)