turn off flashlight from lock screen iphone 13 pro

There's no way to remove it from the lock screen and no way to change the sensitivity. Try turning your phone the opposite way in your pocket.

I found a go around… disable the Tap to Wake feature. Go to Settings : Accessibility : Touch : Tap to Wake. This way you will have to press the side button to wake your screen. Not a perfect solution, but should stop the accidental flashlight activation in your pocket.

There is no way to change the behavior of the flashlight button. You can let Apple know→https://apple.com/feedback.

Disable raise to wake your phone in setting - disply & brightness.

so phone screen will not on until u tap the display or press the power button

Just having some fun. Classic Apple... they put a billion different options and things you can turn on/off/control in Settings, but not the flashlight icon on the lock screen. And that question is all over Apple Support, so you are not alone in your frustration. So we resort to trying crazy things like "anypats" suggested of 'turning your phone the opposite way in your pocket...' And that suggestion is what made we think of the old, vaudeville slapstick comedy joke that I "tweaked" and posted above...

By disabling the option to use Face ID to unlock the main screen I solved the problem of having the flashlight activate in my pocket. It’s not a great solution but it is effective.

Or you could just hold down the flashlight symbol for two seconds and it will turn off……which is the default behavior and a lot more simple.

rabkruk wrote:

"someone at Apple Development is listening".... the way Apple fix things we might see it fixed in IOS20

No one in Apple Development is reading here. If you want them to know your thoughts, use the feedback link which has been given repeatedly.

But, honestly, you may never see it changed. It's not something "broken" that needs to be "fixed". It's an intentional design choice on Apple's part. It would take a lot of posts to the feedback page to get them to reconsider. Personally, I find it very useful to not have to unlock the phone to get to the flashlight.

Hello

It may not seem ideal, but you may want to turn your phone fully off at times, so it won’t come on and activate buttons at random times. Or, you may not want to store the phone in your pocket, as it probably moves around a lot. Maybe find a more secure location (like in a pocket of a briefcase, bag, etc.).

Hope this helps.

Doctor, Doctor... My arm hurts with I turn it this way. The Doctor's reply: Well, then don't turn it that way! That'll be a $1,000.

what works for me; when it comes on, I will tap the apple logo in the back several times and it will go off or shut down the flashlight

Ideal would be if the user could control sensitivity. Second best is if you could take flashlight off the home screen. The flashlight uses the battery, and is not as useful as 'Apple developers' think.

The camera is a lot less sensitive than flashlight and requires a prolonged press to turn on.

I hope, against hope, that someone at Apple Development is listening.

I have an i-phone 12. Is there a way to program the phone for a two step process to turn the flashlight on. It tends to go on to easy when put in pocket and I have been burned by the light a couple of times on my leg. Seems like this is a matter that needs a better response than the support answer “turn your phone the other way.”

Jtrombone wrote:

This really needs to be a feature that can be turned off ! Please listen Apple.

This is a user-to-user forum. Although Apple administers these Apple Support Communities, that doesn't include reading each of thousands of daily posts for possible feedback. However, Apple will "read all feedback carefully" here: https://apple.com/feedback

Can you please consider a way of taking this flashlight button off of the home screen in a new update? I spend all this money to have a phone with a good battery and it gets drained if I put the phone in my pocket. It’s really ridiculous.