By Jennifer | Last Updated
If you’ve noticed the flashlight icon appearing on your iPhone lock screen, you’re not alone. Many users find it annoying when the flashlight turns on unintentionally, especially when it’s accessed through the lock screen. Fortunately, there are simple steps you can take to remove or disable the flashlight shortcut. In this guide, we’ll show you how to remove the flashlight from your iPhone lock screen and prevent it from turning on accidentally.
The flashlight shortcut appears on your iPhone lock screen due to a feature in iOS called Control Center. This shortcut is designed to give you quick access to the flashlight feature, but it can sometimes be triggered unintentionally.
There are also settings in Accessibility that can affect how the flashlight behaves on the lock screen. By following the steps below, you can easily disable or adjust these settings.
Can you remove flashling from lock screen on iPhone? Currently, only devices running iOS 18 can remove the flashlight. If your iPhone is running iOS 17 or earlier, any widgets on the lock screen, including the flashlight and camera, cannot be customized.
How to remove flashlight from the iPhone lock screen on iOS 18? Here are the detail steps.
Step 1: Unlock your iPhone, tap Settings.
Step 2: Go down and tap Wallpaper. After that, tap the Customize option on the first section.
Step 3: Locate the Flashlight icon on the bottom left corner. Tap the remove icon above the flashlight icon. After that, tap the Done button on the top right corner. Now the flashlight icon is removed from the lock screen.
You can't remove the flashlight from the iPhone lock screen even if it's iOS 16, but you can remove it from iPhone lock screen control center menu, which is the second best way.
Step 1: Open "Setting App" on iPhone and go to "Control Center".
Step 2: Find the "Flashlight" option in the "Included Controls" menu.
Tap the red "-" sign next to "Flashlight" and then tap the "Remove" button, then it will disappear from the list of Control Center on iPhone screen.
Other than that, you can still stop the flashlight from turning on automatically on the iPhone lock screen by changing some settings on your device, read on.
The flashlight icon on the lock screen on iPhone X and later models cannot be removed or replaced at this time. If you're worried about accidentally triggering the flashlight on the lock screen, you can turn off the "Raise to Wake" and "Tap to Wake" in the system settings. It is also recommended that you adjust the screen auto-lock time to 30 seconds to avoid accidentally turning on the flashlight by forgetting to lock the device's screen.
"Raise to Wake" and "Tap to Wake" are great feature that help us to quickly unlock and get into the iPhone, but at the same time it's easy to accidentally turn on the flashlight on the iPhone, and we can't have both, so they need to be turned off.
Option 1: Open "Settings" > "Display & Brightness" > turn off "Raise to Wake" option.
Option 2: On the Settings app, go to "Accessibility" > "Touch" > turn off the "Tap to Wake" option.
Although turning off the "Raise to Wake" and "Tap to Wake" iPhone feature won't completely remove the flashlight from the iPhone lock screen, it's the perfect solution to avoid accidentally touching the flashlight. If you don't want to turn off them, then you should at least adjust the screen auto-lock time to be shorter.
Go to "Settings" App > "Display & Brightness" > "Auto-Lock", and adjust the automatic lock screen time.
Finally, iPhone is a very smart device, to prevent waking up the iPhone when touching the screen, you can configure iPhone to respond to screen touches for a longer period of time. This can be an effective solution to the situation where just touching the flashlight on the screen for a second accidentally turns it on. Again, the button for this adjustment is located in the Accessibility section.
If you cannot unlock the iPhone lock screen, how can you remove/disable/turn off flashlight on your iPhone? Don’t worry, iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius can help unlock all kinds of iPhone screen locks without any passcode. After the unlocking process, the iPhone is refreshed and you can manage the settings at ease.
Step 1: Open iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius and choose the Unlock Lock Screen mode on the home interface. After that, connect your iPhone, and click on Start > Next button to process.
Step 2: Your iPhone is successfully recognized by the software. Now you can hit on the Download button to get the firmware package.
Step 3: The package is verified successfully. Then click the Unlock button to remove the screen locks on the iPhone.
Minutes later, your iPhone restarts with the newest iOS version. Everything is gone on the iPhone, included the screen locks. After that, you can change the lock screen settings to disable the flashlight icon.
The flashlight icon on your iPhone lock screen can be annoying, especially if it turns on by accident. By following the methods outlined above, you can easily remove the flashlight shortcut and prevent it from turning on unexpectedly.
