Break reminders and quiet hours are optional controls you can enable in your Claude settings. A break reminder gives you a gentle nudge after you’ve spent a set amount of time with Claude in a day. Quiet hours add light friction during windows you’ve set aside for something else. Neither is a hard lock, so you can always continue past them.
Break reminders and quiet hours are in beta on Free, Pro, and Max plans. You set them in Claude on the web or Claude Desktop, and they apply across the web, Claude Desktop, and Claude Mobile.
Set a break reminder
Go to Settings > Time and focus.
Under Break reminders, use the dropdowns to choose how much daily time with Claude should pass before you get a nudge.
When you reach the amount you set, Claude shows a reminder. You can stop, snooze it, or dismiss it and keep going.
Set quiet hours
Go to Settings > Time and focus.
Under Quiet hours, click the days of the week you want quiet hours to apply.
Choose the start and end times for those days.
If you open Claude during your quiet hours, you’ll see a reminder that you set this time aside. Choose “Continue” to proceed or come back later.
Change or remove a setting
Return to Settings > Time and focus to edit your break reminder or quiet hours. To remove a break reminder, clear the dropdowns. To remove quiet hours from a day, click that day to deselect it.
How these relate to your monthly recap
These controls also appear as a "Set quiet hours and breaks" link on your monthly recap (Settings > Reflect), but they work independently. You can set them without ever opening your recap, and turning the recap off doesn't clear them. Learn more about the monthly recap.
Note: Break reminders and quiet hours are boundaries you choose for yourself. They’re separate from your plan’s usage limits. For information on plan usage, see How do usage and length limits work?