Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Centre

Find out how to control Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from Control Centre on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

About Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

When you toggle the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth buttons in Control Centre, your device immediately disconnects from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth accessories.

Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth will continue to be available, so you can still use these features:

Disconnect from Wi-Fi networks

  1. Open Control Centre on your iPhone or iPod touch, or iPad.

  2. Tap the Wi-Fi button. The icon dims (greys out), and your device disconnects from any network it's connected to.

While you disable Wi-Fi, auto-join for any nearby Wi-Fi networks is also disabled until:

Disconnect from Bluetooth accessories

  1. Open Control Centre on your iPhone or iPod touch, or iPad.

  2. Tap the Bluetooth button, then tap the Bluetooth button again. The icon dims (greys out), and your device disconnects from any accessory it's connected to. Exceptions include Apple Watch, Instant Hotspot, Apple Pencil, accessories listed in Privacy and Security within the Settings app, and Continuity features, like Handoff.

If you turn off Bluetooth, you won’t be able to connect your iOS or iPadOS device to your Bluetooth accessories until:

Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

If you want to completely disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for all networks and devices:

For the best experience on your iOS or iPadOS device, try to keep Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on.

Airplane Mode might also turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, unless you turned them on while in Aeroplane Mode. Find out more about how to use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in Airplane Mode.

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