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How to lock your iPhone using voice commands.

iPhones now offer various voice settings to perform different actions, such as creating personalized voices or locking your iPhone using your voice. Voice lock is done via Voice Shortcuts; you select the action, and your iPhone remembers your voice to perform that action. Below are instructions on how to lock your iPhone using your voice or any other method.

 

How to lock your iPhone using voice commands.

Step 1:

Go to Settings on your iPhone, then tap Accessibility . Next, tap Voice Shortcuts to set it up.

 

Step 2:

The user then selects "Set up voice shortcuts ," and then presses "Continue ."

 

Step 3:

Then you will see a list of voice-activated tasks. Find the "Lock screen" task and select it, or you can choose another task. After that, enter a phrase related to the lock screen task .

Step 4:

Next, you need to clearly say that phrase to your iPhone so the device can recognize your voice and record it for the screen lock function to execute when you speak it.

 

After you've spoken three times, the task of controlling your iPhone with your voice is set up. You can tap Continue or perform another task. Apple will also ask if you want to share your voice data with Apple.

Step 5:

The voice-activated task is then saved. Tap Edit in the upper right corner and select delete if you wish.

Finally, when you want to lock your device, simply speak to your iPhone using the message you set up above.

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Samuel Daniel
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Update 24 January 2026