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Deactivate voice control completely
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Deactivate voice control for the lock screen
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Brief instructions: Deactivate voice control completely
Quick guide: Deactivating voice control for the lock screen

Would you like to deactivate voice control on your iPhone? We'll show you step by step what to do..

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If you don't want your iPhone to respond to voice commands, you can just turn this feature off. Either you switch off the voice control completely or you deactivate it for the lock screen. This allows you to prevent unauthorized persons from bypassing the lock code with a voice command or from accidentally activating Siri in your pocket.

Deactivate voice control completely

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

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If you want to completely deactivate voice control on your iPhone, you should first switch off Siri . If you just want to turn off voice control and keep Siri, skip to step 3. Otherwise tap in your iPhone settings on " Siri & Search "

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Now set the switch next to " For Siri Home button press n" to " Off " and confirm the information window with " Deactivate Siri ".

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In order to deactivate the voice control, tap back in the settings on " General ".

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Now tap on the " Accessibility " option .

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Scroll down and open the " Home Button " option .

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Under “ Press and hold to speak, ” tap Off . Now neither voice control nor Siri are activated if you hold down the home button of your iPhone for a longer period of time.

Deactivate voice control for the lock screen

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions ..

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Open the Settings on your iPhone and tap the " Touch ID & Passcode " option .

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Now enter the code with which you also unlock your iPhone.

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Now set the switch behind " Language selection " to " Off ". Note that the option will only appear if Siri access is allowed below. Voice commands will then stop working when your iPhone is locked.

Brief instructions: Deactivate voice control completely

  1. Open Settings and tap Siri & Search .
  2. Deactivate Siri by setting the switch behind " Press Home button for Siri " to " Off " and confirming with " Deactivate Siri ".
  3. Go back to Settings and then tap " General "> " Accessibility "> " Home button " and tap the " hold to speak hold " to " Off ".

Quick guide: Deactivating voice control for the lock screen

  1. Open Settings and tap " Touch ID & Passcode ".
  2. Enter your lock code to access further settings.
  3. Then deactivate the switch for " Language selection ".

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