How to use the iOS 17/iPadOS Control Center to turn Airplane Mode on or off

The iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 Control Centers give you an easy way to turn Airplane Mode on or off.

To Turn on Airplane mode:

• Open Control Center on your iPhone or iPod touch, or on your iPad, then tap the Airplane Mode button (it looks like, well, an airplane).
• On your Apple Watch, touch and hold the bottom of the screen until you see Control Center, then swipe up, and tap the Airplane Mode button .
• You can set your iPhone and Apple Watch to mirror the Airplane Mode setting of the other device. Go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, then tap General > Airplane Mode > Mirror iPhone.
• Turning on Airplane Mode, turns off all radios except for Bluetooth. If you turn off Bluetooth while you’re in Airplane Mode, your device will remember that and will turn off Bluetooth the next time that you turn on AirPlane Mode.

To disable Airplane Mode

• Open Control Center on your iPhone or iPod touch, or on your iPad, then tap the Airplane Mode button.
• (This how-to is based on my experiences and info on Apple’s support pages.)