Using the control panel, you can quickly enable or disable various functions and even open apps. If desired, you can adjust the control panel to your personal wishes, you can read how to do this here.
We are regularly asked why the control panel cannot be opened from an app or the lock screen. However, that is an incorrect thought, it is indeed possible, but is stopped by an option. Fortunately, you can easily adjust this and remove the blockage.
Open control panel from apps
- Open ‘Settings’
- Navigate to ‘Control Panel’
- Enable the ‘Access from apps’ option
Open Control Center from Lock screen
- Open ‘Settings’
- Navigate to ‘Touch ID/Face ID and passcode’
- Scroll to ‘Access when locked’
- Enable the ‘Control Panel’ option
From then on, you can open Control Center again from the Lock screen and from apps. Of course, you can also disable the options if you prefer that the control panel cannot be opened from the lock screen or from apps. In some cases that is a smart choice.
Restrict against abuse
Before you fully allow the control panel on the lock screen, it is good to realize that this can also be abused. Using Find My iPhone it is possible to look up the location of your iPhone if, for example, it has been lost or stolen. It is important that the iPhone remains connected to the internet.
It is possible to directly switch off Bluetooth, WiFi and network facilities via the control panel, also from the lock screen. Not really useful if your iPhone is stolen. This way you can also control your Home and HomeKit devices, use widgets and possibly Siri commands. So you can better prevent others from changing important settings from the lock screen using the tip below.