How to Turn Off Headphone Volume Limit Warning on iPhone

iPhone has a speaker volume limit setting to control the sound on iPhone. If iPhone detects that the volume exceeds the sound level you have set, it will display a notification recommending to reduce the volume. However, in some situations, you need to increase the volume level on iPhone to be able to hear the content. The following article will guide you to turn off the iPhone headphone volume limit warning.

How to turn off iPhone headphone volume limit warning

Step 1:

You click on Settings then select Sound and Touch to adjust. Switch to the new interface, the user clicks on Headphone Safety to adjust.

Step 2:

Go to the headphone safety warning adjustment interface on iPhone. In the Headphone Notification option , slide the round button to the left to turn off this setting .

Step 3:

Next, turn off the Reduce Loud Sounds setting so that the iPhone does not automatically lower the volume when it detects a sound level exceeding a safe threshold.

This feature works with all types of headphones, from AirPods models like AirPods Pro 2, AirPods 4, AirPods Max.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 19 August 2025