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The Accessibility features on the iPhone are designed to make life easier for those with disabilities. If you have visual issues or motor impairments your iPhone can accommodate you. An easy way to turn these features on or off or switch between them is to use the triple-click shortcut on the iPhone's Side button.
Why You'll Love This Tip:
- Quickly enable or disable accessibility features at any time.
- Set certain accessibility features to a triple-click of the Side button.
How to Set Up the Accessibility Shortcut on iPhone
System Requirements
This tip works on iPhones running iOS 16 or later. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.
You can assign one or multiple accessibility settings to the Accessibility Shortcut on your iPhone. This shortcut works by clicking the iPhone's Side button three times. For more hidden iPhone tips and tricks, like how to use Assistive Touch on iPhone, check out our free Tip of the Day newsletter. Now, here's how to set up triple-click on iPhone:
- Open the Settings app, and tap Accessibility.
![iphone settings with a red box around accessibility]()
- Scroll down and tap Accessibility Shortcut.
![iphone accessibility settings with a red box around accessibility shortcut]()
- On this screen, you'll see a list of accessibility features to choose from. You can tap and drag the hamburger button (three horizontal lines) to rearrange the list of accessibility options.
![iphone accessibility shortcut settings with a red box around hamburger icon and a red arrow pointing upward, indicating to tap and hold the icon and then drag it upward]()
- You can tap one or multiple accessibility features to assign them to the shortcut.
![iphone accessibility shortcut settings with red boxes around live speech, assistive touch, and detection mode]()
- Click the Side button three times, and the Accessibility Shortcut menu will appear if you selected multiple options in the previous step. Tap any of the options to enable that particular accessibility feature. If you select only one accessibility feature in step 4, triple-clicking the Side button will simply activate that feature instead of opening a menu.
![iphone settings displaying accessibility shortcut menu after the user has triple clicked the side button, with a red box around the menu options for live speech, assistive touch, and detection mode]()
To deactivate an accessibility feature, just triple-click the Side button again. If you have multiple options, the menu will reappear, and you can tap the feature from the list to disable it. Next, find out how to create a Personal Voice on iPhone.
