Cant Open Control Center from Lock Screen on iPad or iPhone? Heres the Fix!

Cant Open Control Center from Lock Screen on iPad or iPhone? Heres the Fix!

The iOS Control Center is a great feature allowing iPhone and iPad users to quickly access screen brightness controls, volume controls, camera, wi-fi and bluetooth toggles, Do Not Disturb mode, and so much more thanks to the . But many iPad users, and some iPhone users too, may discover that Control Center is not working from the locked screen of their devices. Try as you might, swiping up from the bottom of the iPad or iPhone screen, Control Center just wont swipe up to show itself. Dont worry, its probably a simple fix. The reason most iPad and iPhone devices cant access the Control Center from the lock screen is usually a setting. While the swipe gesture to reveal Control Center from the Lock Screen is often enabled by default on the iPhone, for whatever reason on the iPad the lock screen Control Center access is often disabled by default at least on several newer iPad models I have encountered lately. So if you cant open Control Center on the lock screen of an iPad or iPhone, read on to enable the feature and check your settings for iOS. You can test this is working by locking the iPad or iPhone screen and then swiping to access Control Center, it should reveal itself as expected on the Lock Screen of the device. For all iPad models and most iPhone (except for iPhone X), to access Control Center you just swipe up from the very bottom of the screen. For iPhone X and presumably other future iPhones with the screen notch, you . Its not entirely clear if the Lock Screen Control Center feature is enabled or disabled by default on all devices, or just seemingly at random, but as mentioned before I have personally encountered several new iPad models with Control Center access from the locked screen to be disabled, apparently by default. Its always possible these users had previously and forgotten about it too, just as users often do to with swipe-based apps and games and so forth to prevent the screen from appearing when its not wanted. In any case, the result was that some people in similar situations think that Control Center is not working at all, when in fact its merely the locked screen access that has been disabled for the feature. The Control Center is a great feature for quickly accessing all sorts of settings toggles, features, and adjustments, and for best results users can . Did this fix your problems with accessing Control Center from the lock screen of an iPad or iPhone? Do you have another solution that worked for you to get Control Center working at the locked screen again? Share your experiences with us in the comments below!