How do I disable emergency calling entirely from my child’s iPhone? He has called numerous times.
How do I disable emergency calling entirely on my child’s iPhone? He has called 911 multiple times now and it seems we can’t disable it.
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How do I disable emergency calling entirely on my child’s iPhone? He has called 911 multiple times now and it seems we can’t disable it.
Hi dnamkung,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. Emergency calling is a great feature, and we can see how it will help people in a time of need. However, we do understand some wish to disable that feature. We're happy to assist.
Go to Settings > Emergency SOS. From there, you can enable or disable the feature:
Make emergency calls on iPhone - Apple Support
Cheers!
Hello Dnamkung,
There is no way to currently disable SOS slider from the power screen of the iPhone. We'd suggest providing any feedback you have about this here: Product Feedback - Apple
Wishing you well, take care.
hi! Your instructions only allow us to disable auto calling features but if we still press the side button five times this screen shows up where you can slide to call emergency SOS.
can we disable the option to call emergency SOS entirely? This is our issue. The phone has no SIM card but this function still works.
Note that the solution given above will not prevent your child from manually dialing an emergency number (e.g. 911).
No, you can't completely disable that feature.
How do I disable emergency calling entirely from my child’s iPhone? He has called numerous times.