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Why did the on-screen home button vanish when upgrading to 14.5.1 on iPhone SE 1st generation?

Why did the on-screen home button vanish when upgrading to 14.5.1 on iPhone SE 1st generation?

I was unable to find any reference to this handy icon for my old phone with the new OS. Was it erased?


Posted on May 12, 2021 10:03 PM

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Posted on May 12, 2021 10:11 PM

I think you mean the assistive touch. Her is how you can enable it: Use AssistiveTouch on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch, then select AssistiveTouch to turn it on.
  2. Use "Hey Siri" to say, “Turn on AssistiveTouch.”
  3. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and turn on AssistiveTouch.



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May 12, 2021 10:11 PM in response to SeriousCraig

I think you mean the assistive touch. Her is how you can enable it: Use AssistiveTouch on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch, then select AssistiveTouch to turn it on.
  2. Use "Hey Siri" to say, “Turn on AssistiveTouch.”
  3. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and turn on AssistiveTouch.



May 14, 2021 7:28 AM in response to Skcusime

It is there - a virtual home button stays on the screen at all times and is moveable - it prevents having to multi click the physical button. I knew about it due to failure of the actual button on a 4S. The Assistive Touch menu seems to have changed. I remembered an on/off for 'Home Button' but was intimidated by the complexified functions added to Assistive Touch....so I missed it. Thanks for your input - khajotia solved it.

May 14, 2021 7:59 AM in response to SeriousCraig

You can customize it.


Changing A Button

You don’t necessarily have to remove a button to replace it with a new one. You can edit a button so that it is replaced with a different one. To do so, tap the button you want to replace on the customization screen. A list of all supported functions will appear. Select which function you want to swap the old one out for and tap ‘Done’.

A Little Tip

As we mentioned earlier, most users become familiar with AssistiveTouch when their Home button stops working. They don’t really need any of the other buttons that appear when you tap the AssistiveTouch button. If you want the AssistiveTouch button to only execute the Home button’s function when you tap it, remove all other buttons from the menu as described above. Keep the Home button and when you tap the AssisitveTouch button, it will execute the Home button’s function without showing you a menu of other buttons.



Why did the on-screen home button vanish when upgrading to 14.5.1 on iPhone SE 1st generation?

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