How to Disable Face ID on iPhone X (Temporarily)

How to Disable Face ID on iPhone X (Temporarily)

Want to temporarily disable Face ID on iPhone X? If you want to quickly turn off Face ID on iPhone X so that it can not use facial recognition to unlock the device, you can disable the feature with a variety of different methods. Note this doesnt turn off Face ID permanently, it just disables Face ID temporarily, until the passcode has been entered properly, and then upon being locked again Face ID will automatically re-enable itself.

If you want to turn off Face ID completely youd need to do that through the system Settings in iOS. But thats not what were aiming for here, instead were focusing on temporarily disabling Face ID on iPhone X. there are actually many different ways for Face ID to temporarily become disabled, some methods can be intentionally initiated while others happen automatically under certain conditions. Perhaps the easiest way to temporarily disable Face ID is to use the button press technique: Once you see the screen to turn off the iPhone, you need to release the buttons. It usually takes one or two seconds for the power off screen to turn up, indicating Face ID will be temporarily turned off.

Be aware that button presses perform many other actions on iPhone X too, however, including , rebooting the iPhone, and triggering Emergency SOS calling. * : . Triggering Emergency SOS is fairly easy to initiate by holding a volume and power button too long, it is then not subtle, it makes a loud siren sound and counts down from 3 before making a call to local emergency services on your behalf. Yes, it will call 911 for you, so dont accidentally do that if youre just trying to disable Face ID.

There are various reports online of various people accidentally triggering Emergency SOS and then having emergency services show up at their house or location so dont do that! According to Apple, there are other ways that Face ID will temporarily disable itself, some of which you could also use to turn off Face ID yourself if need be, like failing to authenticate with Face ID repeatedly.

As mentioned earlier, you can also disable Face ID completely by going into the iOS Settings app on iPhone X, then going to Face ID and turning the feature off with a toggle switch. That may not be desirable for all users however. With Face ID completely turned off, users must enter a passcode successfully to unlock and access iPhone X, similar to how if you completely you would have to enter the passcode to access an iOS device.