Switch control locked me out of my iPhone 16 max pro

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Switch control locked me out of my iPhone 16 max pro

I setup a switch control in accessibility settings. It is misconfigured and will not turn off. I had siri restart my iphone assuming apple developers would have an iphone starting up with automatically starting switch control. This is not the case. I am literally dying from these apple developers being really bad at iphone. I am seriously considering getting a job so I can help your company fix these issues. For the moment, I am locked completely out of my iphone because this feature will not turn off.

iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 4, 2025 7:38 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 4, 2025 7:50 PM in response to kjameskelly

First of all, no one here will hire you. Why? Because this is a user to user only forum and you're not addressing anyone from Apple at all here. Love the sarcasm though.

Have you tried a simple triple tap of your side power button, which is the easiest way to turn off Switch Control? You can also ask Siri to turn off Switch Control, by simply saying......."Hey Siri, turn off Switch Control. Or you can continue with sarcasm, but that won't get you anywhere around these parts.

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TheLittles

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Dec 4, 2025 8:00 PM in response to kjameskelly

"Switch control locked me out of my iPhone 16 max pro: I setup a switch control in accessibility settings. It is misconfigured and will not turn off. I had siri restart my iphone assuming apple developers would have an iphone starting up with automatically starting switch control. This is not the case. I am literally dying from these apple developers being really bad at iphone. I am seriously considering getting a job so I can help your company fix these issues. For the moment, I am locked completely out of my iphone because this feature will not turn off."

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kjameskelly Author

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Dec 4, 2025 7:57 PM in response to kjameskelly

Ah, if anyone sees this I figured it out. When the screen pop-up occurs for triple pressing the side button to deactivate the switch control that has taken over your screen. That is your only chance to triple click the right side button. If you do that, it will turn off the feature. Terrible programming to have it start every time the phone restarts. I am sure there are some niche cases where someone needs it active all the time, but they probably set up the feature better than I tried on my first attempt. When the phone restarts, it should automatically be turned off. Incomplete instructions and bad programming means I wont ever use this feature until I can have someone train me how to use it. It locks up the phone too often for me to figure it out on my own.

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