How do you change your lock screen wallpaper on iPhone? We’ll show you how to customize your lock screen to show a picture you want and how to limit access to information on your lock screen.
You can set a different lock screen wallpaper from your home screen and also turn off the little gesture on the lock screen if it bothers you. We will also walk you through all the ways you can customize the iPhone lock screen.
The iPhone lock screen is simple, but lets you set a custom photo as a background, check notifications, launch a flashlight or camera, and open Notification center.
This works on all iPhones running iOS 8, iOS 9, iOS 10 and iOS 11, which includes older devices from iPhone 4 to iPhone X.
How to Change iPhone Lock Screen
Apple offers a number of wallpaper options for your lock screen, but you can also use your own photo.
Unlike the main screen, which takes up most of the photo, you can use the lock screen to show a photo of your pets, kids or your favorite vacation. It’s a great place to put a calming or happy photo, especially since you’ll be seeing it 100 times a day.
Once you know where to look, you can replace your iPhone lock screen in less than a minute. Here is where you will tap your iPhone.
To change your iPhone wallpaper, go to settings.
To go to a photo library where you can select the iPhone lock screen, go to.
You can choose from Apple’s seven options with animated backgrounds, or choose from more than two dozen built-in high-resolution photos that you can lock your iPhone with.
You can also browse Live Photos that move when you 3D Touch.
If you want to use your own photo as iPhone lock screen, you can make a lower album or other album in the menus.
Choose your iPhone lock screen options.
Wherever you go, you will need to find the photo you want to use as your iPhone lock screen and then tap on it. If it’s your own photo, you can move and scale it to fit. Move the photo around your screen with one finger and use pinch to zoom in or out.
Choose Live Photo, Perspective, or Still. Perspective shows some movement as you move the iPhone. Still photo is a normal photo and with Live Photo you can 3D Touch to show motion.
Tap Set. Then tap on Set Lock Screen. This only allows you to change iPhone lock screen.
Many users prefer a pattern or a simple color for their iPhone home screen to make it easier to see app icons and names but a photo on the lock screen.
How to Change iPhone Auto-Lock Time
Change iPhone autolock time in settings.
If iPhone locks too quickly for you, it’s easy to change the iPhone lock time so you don’t have to re-enter your passcode or use Touch ID or Face ID to unlock.
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- Up to 5 minutes or Never.
After choosing your time, tap Display & Brightness in the upper left corner to go back to settings and save time.
How to Change iPhone Lock Screen Shortcuts
Turn off or customize Control Center on iPhone lock screen.
iPhone lock screen also includes quick access to Control Center. This lets you quickly launch apps like flashlight, calculator, and clock, control music playback, change iPhone settings, and more. This should be on by default, but some users may have turned this feature off to prevent someone from changing their iPhone settings.
Git This will close the Control Center, but you can still open it if it’s not already open.
You can edit Control Center shortcuts to customize Control Center in iOS 11 and later.
There is no way to easily disable the camera shortcut on the iPhone lock screen without completely disabling the camera.
How to Change iPhone Lock Screen Widgets
There is no support whatsoever for iPhone lock screen widgets as Google offers on Android, but if you are using Notification Center widgets, you can still use the widgets while the iPhone is locked.
You can change iPhone lock screen widgets.
When iPhone is locked. Here you will see various widgets and at the bottom of this screen there is a .
Many apps include widgets that you can install on your iPhone or iPad as part of customizing your access to information. In iOS 10 and iOS 11, the lock screen includes swiping right to use the lock screen widgets.
How to Turn Off Notifications on Lock Screen
If you don’t want people to see your notifications, you can turn off Notifications on the lock screen. There’s a new setting on iPhone X that won’t show content until you verify that you’re looking at the iPhone using Face ID, but for other iPhones, this may keep your information safe.
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How to turn off notifications on iPhone lock screen?
You will need to do this for each of the apps you don’t want to appear on your lock screen.
How to Turn Off Recent Notifications on Lock Screen
You can also turn off Recent Notifications on the lock screen in iOS 11 and later. To do this,
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Turn off Recent Notifications on your iPhone lock screen.
This prevents you from seeing recent notifications on the Lock Screen. To see them again, turn them back on.
How to Turn Off Today View on Lock Screen
If you don’t want to see Today view on the lock screen with widgets and calendar information, you can turn it off.
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How to turn off Today view and widgets on iPhone lock screen.
Reverse these steps to turn Today View on Lock Screen back on.
How to Turn Off Siri on Lock Screen
If you don’t want someone to be able to use Siri features when your iPhone is locked, you can disable Siri from the Lock Screen.
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Turn off Siri on your iPhone lock screen.
This will also prevent you from using Siri when your iPhone is locked. You can flip the on/off switch to reverse this.
How to Turn Off Reply with Message from Lock Screen
If you don’t want anyone to reply to a message when your iPhone is locked, you can turn off the text reply feature from the lock screen.
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Turn off the option to reply to a message from the lock screen.
Turn the toggle back on to allow this feature.
Turn off Missed Calls from the Lock Screen
By default, someone can return a missed call without unlocking your iPhone. You can disable this if you want to lock the phone further.
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Turn off callback a missed call from the lock screen.
Reverse this in settings to enable this feature.
How To Turn Off Smart Home Control From Lock Screen
You can control your smart home devices from the lock screen if they are part of the Home app on your iPhone. If you don’t like this security level, you can turn it off.
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Turn off smart home controls from your iPhone lock screen.
If you want to enable this feature later, go back to settings and turn it On.
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