Request: Restore Quick Access to Saved Timers in Control Center



In previous versions of iOS, accessing the Timer from Control Center provided quick access to my saved/recent timers. In iOS 27, the Timer control now opens a duration slider instead.


I would like Apple to restore the ability to quickly select a previously saved timer directly from Control Center.


The current slider is useful for creating a new timer, but it adds extra steps when I simply want to reuse a timer that I have already created. Having to open the Clock app and navigate to Timers → Recent defeats the convenience of having a Timer control in Control Center.


Ideally, Apple could either:


Restore the previous saved-timer list when tapping the Timer control, or


Provide an option in Settings to choose between the duration slider and saved/recent timers.


Please consider bringing back this functionality in a future iOS update.

iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 27

Posted on Oct 19, 2026 2:26 PM

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Posted on Oct 19, 2026 3:43 PM

Paul_Tolson wrote:
In previous versions of iOS, accessing the Timer from Control Center provided quick access to my saved/recent timers. In iOS 27, the Timer control now opens a duration slider instead.
I would like Apple to restore the ability to quickly select a previously saved timer directly from Control Center.
The current slider is useful for creating a new timer, but it adds extra steps when I simply want to reuse a timer that I have already created. Having to open the Clock app and navigate to Timers → Recent defeats the convenience of having a Timer control in Control Center.
Ideally, Apple could either:
Restore the previous saved-timer list when tapping the Timer control, or
Provide an option in Settings to choose between the duration slider and saved/recent timers.
Please consider bringing back this functionality in a future iOS update.

You aren't writing anyone from Apple here. This is a user to user only forum, which Apple neither participates, nor reads for user feedback. None of us users can change anything.


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Oct 19, 2026 3:43 PM in response to Paul_Tolson

Paul_Tolson wrote:
In previous versions of iOS, accessing the Timer from Control Center provided quick access to my saved/recent timers. In iOS 27, the Timer control now opens a duration slider instead.
I would like Apple to restore the ability to quickly select a previously saved timer directly from Control Center.
The current slider is useful for creating a new timer, but it adds extra steps when I simply want to reuse a timer that I have already created. Having to open the Clock app and navigate to Timers → Recent defeats the convenience of having a Timer control in Control Center.
Ideally, Apple could either:
Restore the previous saved-timer list when tapping the Timer control, or
Provide an option in Settings to choose between the duration slider and saved/recent timers.
Please consider bringing back this functionality in a future iOS update.

You aren't writing anyone from Apple here. This is a user to user only forum, which Apple neither participates, nor reads for user feedback. None of us users can change anything.


You can share your thoughts with Apple using this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple


Request: Restore Quick Access to Saved Timers in Control Center

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