How to Remove the Emergency Call Button on iPhone or iPad

This wikiHow teaches you how to stop accidentally dialing emergency services with your iPhone by disabling the Emergency SOS button and Autocall.

Steps

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    Open your iPhone’s Settings
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    .     It’s an icon typically found on the home screen.
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    Scroll down and tap Emergency SOS. It’s the red square with “SOS” inside.
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    Slide the “Call with Side Button” switch to Off
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    .     This prevents your iPhone from displaying the Emergency SOS button when pressing the power button 5 times.
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    Slide the “Autocall” switch to Off
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    .     This disables the feature that automatically dials emergency services when you press the power button 5 times.
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Community Q&A

  • Question
    The number of the emergency call in my country is wrong. How I can change it?
    Minorite
    Minorite
    Community Answer
    Emergency call numbers can be changed in the Health app. Medical ID > Edit > '+'.
  • Question
    Why do I have this emergency SOS? Is their a way to delete this?
    TheGingerOne
    TheGingerOne
    Community Answer
    It is there in case you lose your phone, or someone has it and they need to contact you but can't unlock the phone, they can call the contacts and the contact will be alerted. Or you can call 999 / 911 on it. As it is important you cannot delete this.
  • Question
    How will I remove an emergency call on an iPhone if it is totally on screen?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    Press the power button or the round home button at the bottom of the screen and you should find that it is gone.

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About This Article

Nicole Levine, MFA
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Nicole Levine, MFA
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This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 11,702 times.
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Article SummaryX

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Emergency SOS.
3. Toggle off “Call with Side Button.”
4. Toggle off “Autocall.

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