Turn Off VoiceOver on Your iPhone

This article teaches you how to disable VoiceOver, the iPhone accessibility feature that reads aloud the details on your screen. You can disable it by triple-clicking the Home button, accessing your iPhone’s Settings, or asking Siri to disable it for you.

10 Second Summary

Use Accessibility Shortcuts on an iPhone to disable VoiceOver.

Steps

Using the Home Button Shortcut

  1. Rapidly press the Home button three times. Doing so will disable the VoiceOver feature if you have the Home button triple-click shortcut set up.
    • You can perform this process from the lock screen.
    • When you hear "VoiceOver off," you’ll know that VoiceOver is disabled.
    • To turn VoiceOver back on, triple-click the Home button once more. You will hear “VoiceOver is on.”
    • If you have multiple options assigned to triple-click (such as Voice Over, Assistive Touch, etc.), you'll need to select which one you want to turn off. Simply triple-clicking the Home button won't automatically turn off Voice Over.
  2. Try using a different method. If you don't have an Use Accessibility Shortcuts on an iPhone set up, triple-clicking the Home button won't do anything, so you'll need to try a different method.

Using the Settings App

  1. Tap your iPhone's Settings once to select it and twice more to open it. It's the grey app with gears on it that you'll likely find on your iPhone's Home Screen.
  2. Tap General once to select it and then twice more to open it. This option is near the top of the "Settings" page.
    • If you're using an iPhone with a 4.7-inch screen, first scroll down to General using three fingers.
  3. Tap Accessibility once to select it and then twice more to open it. It's near the bottom of the screen.
    • If your iPhone has a 4.7-inch screen, you'll first have to scroll down using three fingers to view the Accessibility feature.
  4. Tap VoiceOver once to select it and then twice more to open it. This option is at the top of the "Accessibility" page.
  5. Tap the "VoiceOver" switch once to select it and then twice to slide it off. You will hear the message "VoiceOver off" and regular control will be returned to your iPhone.

Using Siri

  1. Hold down the Home button to activate Siri. This is the large round button at the bottom center area of the screen.
    • If you’re using an iPhone 6s or later, you won’t hear a chime when you start Siri unless you’re using headphones or a Bluetooth device.[1]
  2. Say "Turn off VoiceOver." You may have to wait a moment for Siri to process your command. When Siri says "OK, I turned off VoiceOver,” the feature has been disabled.
    • To turn VoiceOver back on, activate Siri again and say “Turn on VoiceOver.”

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204389
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