iOS 18 sports a revamped Control Center. It offers quick access to useful controls—including Airplane Mode, Do Not Disturb, flashlight, volume, screen brightness, and more.
To open Control Center, do one of the following:
- On an iPhone with Face ID: Swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen. You can jump to specific groups of controls by swiping down through the icons on the right edge of the screen. Swipe up through the icons to go back to the first group.
- To close Control Center, swipe up from the bottom center of the screen. On an iPhone with a Home button: Swipe up from the bottom. If you continue swiping up, you see more groups of controls. To close Control Center, press the Home button.
Access more controls in Control Center
Many controls offer additional options. To see available options, touch and hold a control. For example, you can do the following in Control Center:
- Touch and hold the top-left group of controls, then tap the AirDrop button to open the AirDrop options.
- Touch and hold the Photos icon to take a selfie, record a video, or take a photo.
Customize controls
You can rearrange, add, and remove controls in Control Center.
° Open Control Center.
° Tap the “+” sign at the top left of Control Center to begin editing the controls.
° Do any of the following:
- Rearrange controls: Drag a control to a new position.
- Remove a control or a set of controls: Tap the “-“ sign at the upper left of the control.
- Resize a control: Drag the handle at the lower right of the control.
- Add more controls: Tap Add a Control at the bottom of the screen to open the controls gallery, then tap a control to add it to Control Center.
When you finish customizing, close Control Center by swiping up from the bottom center of the screen.
Add a custom group of controls
You can add a new group of controls to Control Center.
Open Control Center.
° Tap the “+” icon at the top left of the screen.
° Tap the bottommost icon (the little circle) along the right edge of the screen.
° Tap Add a Control at the bottom of the screen to open the controls gallery.
° Tap a control in the controls gallery to add it to the group.
° To further customize the new group of controls, do any of the following:
- Rearrange controls: Drag a control to a new position.
- Remove a control or a set of controls: Tap the “-“ icon at the upper left of the control.
- Resize a control: Drag the handle at the lower right of the control.
- Add more controls: Tap Add a Control at the bottom of Control Center to open the controls gallery, then tap another control to add it to the group.
When you finish customizing, close Control Center by swiping up from the bottom center of the screen.
(This how-to is based on my experiences and info on Apple’s support pages.)
