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iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Adds Toggle to Turn Off Lock Screen Camera Swipe

I only rarely opened the camera by mistake, but I'm still very happy I can disable this.

I know it blocks access to the Photos app, but the idea that people can just fill the phone (and iCloud I guess) with photos without unlocking it never seemed like a good idea to me.
 
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Astuces iOS said:
Well if you have an iPhone 16 or 17... I guess you don't really need this feature otherwise well you might want it because what if you need to take a photo of something very fast?
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I can assure you that back when I had iPhones without the camera button, I still hated this swipe to camera feature. I'd rather loose one thousand of a second clicking the camera shortcut on the lock screen than having this swipe-triggered crap all the time by mistake.
 
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Good.

I have only ever done this by accident. I always used the camera button. And now I use the camera control. But never the swipe (at least on purpose).
 
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Rafagon said:
Yeah but now I'm accidentally launching the camera with the Camera Button! There's probably a way to turn that off, I haven't checked.
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cale508 said:
It's there, under camera--->accessibility--->turn off camera control
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Dog Bone Malone said:
There is. Settings - Accessibility - Camera control - Toggle Off Camera Control
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Nah don’t do that…

Settings -> Camera -> Camera Control

You can just change it to double click instead. Then you’ll at least have the option to use it when you want to, but won’t be launching it accidentally.

I also like to customize the controls and turn off light press, then uncheck everything and leave only Zoom for swiping, since that’s the only useful option for that button. Everything else is far too complicated and clunky to navigate with the camera control. The light press causes me to miss so many moments when I just wanted to zoom, instead it was switching options around.

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Good to see options available for users. I will keep it on. Have always used it and found it very convenient.
 
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These 17 model are an enigma. I have no haptics or sound (Yes they are all on)

My buddy can't record more than 1 minute of video without it stopping.

My boss' CarPlay won't work. Yet the rest of her families phones work just fine. (None are the 17 line)

It is 2025. What are we doing here APPLE?
 
This will cure my biggest bugbear about the iPhone. The number of times I pulled my phone out of my pocket and the camera was on, is approx 3 to 4 times a week. My phone was hot and half of my battery gone. I may download the beta tonight.
 
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Nobody has thought about it this way, someone can grab your phone, take a pic (because it doesn't need faceID) and get you in trouble because pics are now in your phone but you didn't take them.
 
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I wrote to Apple about this two months ago.
I accidentally open the camera in my pocket, it’s super annoying.
The camera bouton do this already.
Thanks for this option!
 
Freakin FINALLY. Can we also get an option to turn off swiping the other direction also? The one that lets you put widgets there? I hate this lock screen swiping thing. I can activate the camera from the Action button or the new side button on the other side whatever-it's-called-now.
 
Eventually providing an option to use Face ID to unlock the camera might be a better option so you could fairly quickly open it from the Lock Screen. As well as when in actual use.
 
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