Control access to information on the iPhone Lock Screen
- June 7, 2024
- Apple
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Control access to information on the iPhone Lock Screen
You can easily access a few commonly used features (such as widgets, media playback controls, and Control Center) from the Lock Screen. (For security, USB connections aren’t allowed when iPhone is locked.) You can control access to these items when iPhone is locked.
If you turn off Lock Screen access to a feature, you prevent someone who has your iPhone from viewing any personal information that it might contain (such as an upcoming event in the Calendar widget). However, you also lose quick access to the information yourself.
Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode (on an iPhone with Face ID) or Touch ID & Passcode (on an iPhone with a Home button), then select your options.
You can turn access on or off to the following features while iPhone is locked:
- Widgets (see Add widgets on iPhone)
- Notification Center (see View and respond to notifications on iPhone)
- Control Center (see Use and customize Control Center on iPhone)
- Siri (see Ask Siri on iPhone)
- Replying to messages (see Send and receive text messages on iPhone)
- Home Control (see Intro to Home on iPhone)
- Wallet (see Add and manage passes in Wallet on iPhone)
- Returning missed calls (see Answer or decline incoming calls on iPhone)
- Connecting to a Mac, a Windows PC, or an accessory with USB (such as when you connect iPhone to your computer using USB)
Important: If you change the default setting and allow USB connections when iPhone is locked, you disable an important security feature of your iPhone.
You can also supply medical information and emergency contacts in a Medical ID that first responders and others can view on your iPhone when it’s locked. See Create and share your Medical ID in Health on iPhone.