How to Access AirDrop on iOS 11 Control Center

How to Access AirDrop on iOS 11 Control Center

You might be wondering where AirDrop went in iOS 11 Control Center, and youre probably not alone. AirDrop allows for rapid wireless transfer of pictures and files between iOS devices or Macs, and is one of the more convenient features available on the Apple platforms.

Many users quickly enable and access AirDrop through Control Center on their iPhone or iPad, but with iOS 11 you may have noticed that AirDrop is no longer in Control Center at least initially. While it may be hidden now, enabling AirDrop is still possible from Control Center for iOS 11 on iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 7, and all other iPhone models, as well as cellular iPad devices.

Once you learn how to access it youll discover toggling AirDrop from Control Center is otherwise just as easy to enable or disable as before. Note that while AirDrop is hidden in Control Center on iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 11, AirDrop is always visible in the Control Center of non-cellular iPad with iOS 11. This has led some users to think AirDrop is no longer supported or possible on their iPhone models, but it it is, its just hidden behind another setting now.

Why is AirDrop hidden? Most likely that is because of space constraints on the smaller iPhone screen. Thus, this tip applies mostly to iPhone, cellular iPad models, and iPod Touch users, since AirDrop is easier to find on iPad Control Center. For iPhone, cellular iPad, and iPod Touch, heres how you can access and enable or disable AirDrop from Control Center: * The 3D Touch is necessary for iPhone models that support the pressure sensitive touching on screen, whereas models without 3D Touch will require a long press to access the networking Control Center options instead. Thats it, now you can use AirDrop as you normally would.

There are many ways to use AirDrop to send and receive files, in between iOS devices, , and . Its probably the easiest way to send and receive files between other users on an Apple device. The above approach applies to iPad cellular models as well, but note that with non-cellular iPad devices the AirDrop setting is always visible because the cellular toggle isnt there in Control Center.

If using 3D Touch or a long press on the networking section of Control Center is too cumbersome, then recall that you can always enable or disable AirDrop from the Settings app of iOS as well, and this applies to all devices, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Whether you toggle AirDrop from Settings or Control Center does not matter, the end result is the same and its either enabled or disabled. That should help to answer some of the questions out there about using and accessing AirDrop in iOS 11.

Perhaps in future versions of iOS users will have a choice to have a dedicated AirDrop toggle immediately available in Control Center, like it used to be in prior versions of the system software. In the meantime, just remember to hard-press the networking square of Control Center to find AirDrop settings. AirDrop is a great feature for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, you can if interested.