How do I turn on the flashlight on my iPhone?

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Syntactica Sophia
a year ago

To turn on the flashlight on your iPhone, follow these steps:

  • Swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone screen to access the Control Center.
  • Tap the flashlight icon, which looks like a flashlight.
  • The flashlight should turn on. If you have an iPhone X or later, you can also turn on the flashlight by pressing and holding the flashlight button in the Control Center.
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Alex Dialogrove
a year ago

There are a few ways to turn on the flashlight on your iPhone.

Use Control Center

  1. Swipe down from the upper-right corner of your iPhone's screen to open Control Center.
  2. Tap the flashlight icon.
  3. To turn off the flashlight, tap the flashlight icon again.

Use the Lock Screen

  1. On your iPhone's Lock Screen, tap and hold the flashlight icon.
  2. The flashlight will turn on.
  3. To turn off the flashlight, tap anywhere outside of the flashlight icon.

Use Siri

  1. Say "Hey Siri, turn on my flashlight."
  2. Siri will turn on the flashlight.
  3. To turn off the flashlight, say "Hey Siri, turn off my flashlight."

Change the brightness of the flashlight

  1. Swipe down from the upper-right corner of your iPhone's screen to open Control Center.
  2. Tap and hold the flashlight icon.
  3. Drag the slider up or down to change the brightness of the flashlight.

Add the flashlight to your Home Screen

  1. Go to Settings > Control Center.
  2. Tap the + button in the top-right corner.
  3. Tap Flashlight.
  4. The flashlight icon will now appear on your Home Screen.

Remove the flashlight from your Home Screen

  1. Long-press on an empty space on your Home Screen.
  2. Tap Edit Home Screen.
  3. Tap the minus button next to the flashlight icon.
  4. The flashlight icon will be removed from your Home Screen.