How to use the iPhone’s ‘secret button’

There is a hidden button on your iPhone located on the back of it. Crazy, right?! The internet has dubbed it the “secret button.” All you need to do is tap it to make it work. Here’s how to use the iPhone’s secret button.

First, make sure your phone is updated to iOS 14 or later.

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Then navigate to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap.

This is the secret button, the Back Tap. You can choose between a double or triple tap to make it work. Or you can assign each one to something. So the double tap can open one thing and the triple tap can open another.

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A list of options will then appear for what you want the double tap to do, from turning on the camera or flashlight to making a GIF.

You can select from a range of options, here’s an example of some:

I set my double tap to be a flashlight and my triple tap to lock my screen.

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Now you know how to use the iPhone’s secret button!