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iPhone 14 Pro flashlight

Can we ask Apple to allow users to remove the annoying flashlight button on IOS 16xxx? Don’t need it. Don’t want it running my battery down when it turns on in my pocket. Please?

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 31, 2022 12:11 PM

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Posted on Oct 31, 2022 5:39 PM

We are not Apple, so asking here won't get you anything. You cannot remove it. It is baked into iOS and it cannot be turned off. But you can turn off Tap to Wake which will prevent your flashlight from turning on by itself in your pocket.


Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap or Swipe to Wake (turn it off).


With this off, your Flashlight will never enable itself in your pocket.

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Oct 31, 2022 5:39 PM in response to Kenny Jackson

We are not Apple, so asking here won't get you anything. You cannot remove it. It is baked into iOS and it cannot be turned off. But you can turn off Tap to Wake which will prevent your flashlight from turning on by itself in your pocket.


Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap or Swipe to Wake (turn it off).


With this off, your Flashlight will never enable itself in your pocket.

Oct 31, 2022 12:49 PM in response to Kenny Jackson

Kenny Jackson wrote:

Can we ask Apple to allow users to remove the annoying flashlight button on IOS 16xxx? Don’t need it. Don’t want it running my battery down when it turns on in my pocket. Please?

That flashlight button is not new. I believe it was added with iOS 7 (2013).


If you lock the screen of your phone before you put it in your pocket, it shouldn't ever come on.

iPhone 14 Pro flashlight

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