I’ll also show you two ways of preventing the flashlight from accidentally being turned on.

If your flashlight is on, the flashlight icon will be highlighted in white.

Long-press the icon until you feel the haptic feedback.

Two states of the iPhone’s lock screen. The one of the left shows a highlighted flashlight that is turned on. The one of the right shows the flashlight turned off.

That means the flashlight is off, and you could stop pressing the screen.

If the icon is no longer highlighted white, the flashlight is off.

In this use, the flash doesn’t turn off until you turn it off.

Use Control Center

Another quick means to enter the flashlight control is fromControl Center.

On older models, swipe up from the bottom).

If your flashlight is on, the icon will be highlighted in white.

Tap the icon so that it’s not highlighted and the flashlight will be off.