How to Disable Switch Control on an iPhone

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Last Updated: May 15, 2018

This wikiHow article teaches you how to turn off your iPhone’s ability to use Switch Control as a way to navigate your iPhone using switches such as head movement or a wireless button if you had the setting previously enabled.

Steps

1
Open your iPhone’s Settings. This is the app on your home screen with gray cogs that may be found in a folder labeled “Utilities.”
- If you aren’t in the main menu of Settings, you will need to get there by tapping the back arrow in the upper-left corner of your screen.
2
Tap General.

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3
Tap Accessibility.
4
Scroll down and tap Switch Control. It’s in the third set of options.
5
Slide the button next to “Switch Control” to the “off” position. It will turn white. This will disable your phone’s ability to use Switches as an alternative navigation function.

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Community Q&A

Question

Is there a way to stop the switch control from coming on, or what am I doing that makes it come back on?

Community Answer

Try triple clicking the home button and turning it off. If that doesn't work, go to Settings>General>Accessibility>Switch Control and turn it off.