Turn the flashlight on or off on your iPhone or iPad Pro

There are a few ways you can turn your flashlight on or off. You can ask Siri, or you can use Control Center on an iPhone with Face ID or an iPad Pro. Or use Control Center with an iPhone with a Home button.

Here are a few examples of how you can use Siri to turn on your flashlight:

• "Hey Siri, turn on my flashlight."
• "Hey Siri, will you turn on my flashlight?"
• "Hey Siri, turn off my flashlight."

1. Swipe down from the upper-right corner to open Control Center on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the Flashlight button .
3. To turn off the flashlight, tap the Flashlight button again.

If you don't see the Flashlight button when you open Control Center, you can change your settings to add it. Go to Settings > Control Center, then tap Flashlight in the list of available controls.

You can also turn on the flashlight from the Lock screen: Press and hold the Flashlight button , in the bottom-left corner.

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

1. On an iPhone with Face ID or an iPad, swipe down from the upper-right corner to open Control Center. Or on an iPhone with a Home button, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center.
2. Press and hold the Flashlight button .
3. Drag the slider up or down.

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