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- Control Center: Swipe down from top-right of screen > tap and hold Brightness control icon > Night Shift.
- Settings: Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift > Scheduled or Manually Enable Until Tomorrow.
- Adjust amount of blue light filtered with the Color Temperature slider.
Are you interested in learning how to turn off blue light on your iPhone? While there’s no complete off switch, here’s how you can block out most of it within Night Shift settings.
How Do I Turn Off Blue Light on iPhone?
Apple’s Night Shift mode automatically changes your iPhone’s screen colors to a warmer temperature.
To access Night Shift, you can turn it on and adjust it in two ways:
- Control Center on the iPhone: This method will default to turning Night Shift on from sunset to sunrise.
- Display & Brightness tab in Settings: To set a custom schedule, access Night Shift through the Settings menu.
To use Night Shift mode, you must have an iPhone 5S or later. It’s also available on iPad (5th generation or later), iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 or later, iPad Pro, and iPod Touch (6th generation or later).
How to Turn Night Shift on With Control Center
The quickest method for turning off blue light on iPhone is from the Brightness panel in Control Center.
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Open Control Center by swiping down from the top-right corner of your screen.
To open Control Center on iPhone 8 and earlier, iPhone SE, and iPod Touch, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen.
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Tap and hold the Brightness control icon.
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Tap the Night Shift icon to turn the setting on.
How to Turn Night Shift on in Settings
To adjust blue light on your iPhone based a schedule, open Night Shift options from Settings.
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Open Settings.
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Scroll down to Display & Brightness.
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Tap Night Shift.
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Tap Manually Enable Until Tomorrow to turn off blue light until sunrise tomorrow.
Alternatively, tap the toggle next to Scheduled and tap the From/To tab to set custom start and end times.
Does Night Shift Get Rid of Blue Light?
Night Shift lets you adjust your screen’s color temperature. That said, this feature only reduces the amount of blue light you see; it doesn’t eliminate it altogether.
If you’d like to reduce blue light as much as possible, adjust the Night Shift color temperature slider to More Warm.
You can find this slider under Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift > Color Temperature.
FAQ
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What are blue light glasses?
Blue light glasses aim to filter out radiation from devices that don’t have a feature like Night Shift. Newer versions have clear lenses to avoid the yellow tint from built-in options.
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How do I turn off blue light on a Mac?
Macs running macOS Sierra (10.12.4) and later also have a Night Shift mode. Access it by going to System Settings or Preferences > Displays > Night Shift. Just like on iPhone, you can turn it on manually or set up a schedule.
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