How To Turn Off Camera Sound Iphone

Turning off the camera sound on your iPhone is something you probably want to do at times. That sound doesn't really add anything valuable, and it's loud when taking a picture at night.

If you're wondering how to turn off the camera shutter sound on your iPhone, you've come to the right place. We'll show you several methods, most of which also allow you to turn off the screenshot sound effect on your phone.

1. Turn Off the Screenshot Sound by Flipping Your iPhone's Silent Switch

The easiest way to turn off the camera sound on your iPhone 12, 11, X, 8, 7, 6, SE, or any other model is to flip the mute switch on the side of your device. Every iPhone model has a ring/silent switch on its left side, at the top.

In silent mode, your iPhone will only vibrate, not ring, for calls and other alerts. Having your iPhone in silent mode also prevents the camera and screenshot sounds from playing.

When the switch is closer to the screen, ring mode is enabled, so your device will play sounds as normal. When it's in the silent position, you'll see orange underneath the switch. Simply move the switch to the silent position and you can take as many silent screenshots and pictures as you like.

2. Turn On Live Photos to Mute the Shutter Sound

On the iPhone 6s and later, you can capture Live Photos. These "moving pictures" include a few seconds of video and sound from before and after you took the photo. And if you enable Live Photos, your iPhone won't play the camera sound—it would be audible in the Live Photo and ruin it.

To toggle Live Photos in the Camera app, simply tap the Live Photos icon, which looks like a circle with several rings around it. The icon appears at the top-right of the screen in modern iOS versions. When it doesn't have a slash through the icon, you've enabled Live Photos and won't hear a shutter noise.

This allows you to turn off the camera sound on your iPhone without muting. Unfortunately, this method won't disable the sound effect for taking screenshots.

3. Manually Lower Your iPhone's Volume to Disable the Camera Sound

Your iPhone's camera sound won't play if you've manually lowered the volume on your device. Normally, you can use the iPhone's Volume buttons on the left side of your phone to adjust this. However, if you press them while using the camera, it will take a picture instead.

Thus, before you open the Camera app, simply press and hold the Volume down button until the sound is all the way down, or at least as quiet as you desire. If you prefer, you can also lower the volume using Control Center.

On an iPhone without a Home button, swipe down from the top-right to open Control Center. On iPhone models with a Home button, swipe up from the bottom of the screen instead. Here, find the Volume slider and lower it all the way.

This will mute the camera sound effect, as well as the screenshot sound on your iPhone.

Now You Know How to Turn Off the Screenshot Sound on iPhone

It's not hard to disable the camera and screenshot sounds on your iPhone. As long as you think ahead before you do it, you won't have to deal with the potentially embarrassing or annoying sound effect of taking a picture.

Note that if you live in Japan or Korea, these tips won't work for you. This is because phones sold in those regions have a hard-coded camera sound that you cannot disable. This is to prevent people from taking inappropriate pictures of others without their knowledge. Thus, the only way to disable those sounds is through jailbreak methods, which is beyond the scope of this guide.

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