How to Disable VoiceOver on iPhone

Use the Home shortcut

Quickly press the Home button three times in quick succession. This will turn off the VoiceOver feature if you have set up a shortcut for triple-tapping the Home button.

You can do this on the lock screen.

When the "VoiceOver off" message sounds, the VoiceOver feature is turned off.

To turn VoiceOver back on, triple-tap the Home button again. You will hear the message 'VoiceOver is on.'

If you've assigned multiple options for triple-tapping (such as Voice Over, Assistive Touch, and so on), select the feature you want to disable. Otherwise, when you press the Home button three times, Voice Over will not turn itself off.

Try another method. If you haven't set up Accessibility Shortcut, nothing will happen when you triple-click the Home button. In this case, you need to apply another method.

Using the Settings app

Tap the Settings app to select it, and then quickly tap it twice again to open it. The Settings app has a gray gear icon, which you'll find on your iPhone's Home screen.

Tap the General item once to select it, and then quickly tap it twice again to open it. This section is located near the top of the "Settings" page.

On a 4.7-inch iPhone, you need to scroll down to General with three fingers first.

Tap Accessibility to select it, and tap twice again to open it. This option is near the bottom of the screen.

On a 4.7-inch iPhone, you'll first need to scroll down with three fingers to see the Accessibility section.

Tap VoiceOver to select it, and tap it twice to open it. This option is at the top of the "Accessibility" page.

Tap the "VoiceOver" switch to select it, and press it twice to turn it off. You'll hear "VoiceOver off" and the usual controls will be reset on your iPhone.

Using Siri

Hold down the Home button to activate Siri. This is the big round button in the middle, at the bottom of the screen.

If you're using an iPhone 6s or later, you won't hear a chime when you activate Siri (unless you're using a headset or Bluetooth device).

Speak the "Turn off VoiceOver" voice command. You may need to wait a bit for Siri to execute the command. When Siri says, "OK, I turned off VoiceOver," the command has been executed.

To turn VoiceOver back on, activate Siri and say 'Turn on VoiceOver.'

David Pac

Update 21 February 2022