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?. Release every block right now in an emergency → see What is Urgent Unblock?.
How it works
When you snooze Auto Block, monitoring stops for the duration you choose. During that window, the apps on your Monitored Apps list won't trigger a block no matter how long you use them. 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:
- On the Detox home screen, find the My current block widget showing Auto Block.
- Tap Snooze on the widget. The Snooze sheet opens.
- The sheet shows a short Take a breath before snoozing... countdown (default 3 seconds). This is intentional friction to make the choice deliberate.
- After the countdown, pick a duration up to your max snooze setting.
- 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 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?
- What are Breaks?
- What is Urgent Unblock?
Updated on: 23/05/2026
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