This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent your iPhone's LED light from flashing whenever you receive an alert (such as an app notification or a text message) if you had previously enabled LED Flash for Alerts.

Steps

  1. 1
    Open your iPhone's Settings. Do this by tapping the grey cog icon on one of your Home screens. If your Settings app is in a folder, the folder will be named "Utilities."
  2. 2
    Tap General.
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  3. 3
    Tap Accessibility.
  4. 4
    Scroll to the "Hearing" group of options. It's the fifth cluster of options on the page.
  5. 5
    Tap LED Flash for Alerts.
  6. 6
    Slide the LED Flash for Alerts switch left to the "Off" position. It should turn grey, signifying that your iPhone will no longer flash when you receive alerts.
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Warnings

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Updated: May 15, 2018
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Article SummaryX

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap General.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Tap LED Flash for Alerts.
5. Slide the LED Flash for Alerts switch left.

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