How to use the flashlight on your iPhone, iPad Pro, or iPod touch

There are a few ways you can turn your flashlight on or off. You can ask Siri, or use Control Center on iPhone X or later, or on an iPhone 8 and earlier, iPad, or iPod touch.

Here are a few examples of what you can ask:

• "Turn on my flashlight."
• "Will you turn on my flashlight?" 
• "Turn off my flashlight."

1. Swipe down from the upper-right corner to open Control Center. 
2. Tap . 
3. To turn off the flashlight, tap  again.

You can also turn on the flashlight from the Lock screen: Press deeply , in the bottom-left corner.

1. Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center. 
2. Tap . 
3. To turn off the flashlight, tap  again.

In iOS 11 and later, you can change the brightness of the flashlight: 

1. On an iPhone X or later, swipe down from the upper-right corner to open Control Center. Or on an iPhone 8 or earlier, iPad, or iPod touch, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center.
2. Press deeply . 
3. Drag the slider up or down.

If the flashlight isn't working on your device, learn what to do.

The flashlight is available on these devices: iPhone, iPod touch (5th generation and later), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro (10.5-inch), and iPad Pro (9.7-inch).