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iPad ios14, the button only lowers volume and it does not mute

I have iPad A1823, after upgrading to ios14 I no longer can mute. I use to be able to hold the button and it would lower volume and mute. My Bluetooth is off.


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 25, 2020 5:31 AM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2020 8:36 AM

You didn’t originally ask about muting the ringer...!


The ringer volume isn’t controlled by the physical volume buttons unless configured to do so:




If you intend to mute the ringer and not configured to use the physical buttons, you use the Do Not Disturb function from the iPad Control Centre:


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Sep 26, 2020 8:36 AM in response to avi73

You didn’t originally ask about muting the ringer...!


The ringer volume isn’t controlled by the physical volume buttons unless configured to do so:




If you intend to mute the ringer and not configured to use the physical buttons, you use the Do Not Disturb function from the iPad Control Centre:


iPad ios14, the button only lowers volume and it does not mute

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