Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center

Learn how to control Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from Control Center on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

About Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

When you toggle the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth buttons in Control Center, 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 Center on your iPhone or iPod touch, or iPad.

  2. Tap the Wi-Fi button. The icon dims (grayed 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 Center on your iPhone or iPod touch, or iPad.

  2. Tap the Bluetooth button. The icon dims (grayed out), and your device disconnects from any accessory it's connected to. Exceptions include Apple Watch, Instant Hotspot, Apple Pencil listed in Accessories, or Continuity features, like Handoff, in AirPlay & 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 turned on.

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

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