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Ajp196 Author

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How do I change screen timeout on iPhone?

If I don’t take any action on a screen it goes dark in 5 or 7 seconds. How can I change that

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iPhone 13, iOS 17

Posted on Aug 20, 2024 4:21 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Aug 20, 2024 5:55 PM

Go to Settings/Display & Brightness/Auto Lock and set the delay you want. There’s also a setting in Settings/Face ID & Passcode/Attention Aware. If this is on then the screen will dim after a few seconds if you aren’t looking at it. It still won’t turn off until the Auto Lock times out.

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