How to quickly disable Face ID


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You may want to turn off Face ID in a hurry. Here’s how to turn it off quickly and safely:

Leaving biometrics on most personal devices can force malicious individuals to access your personal files. You can choose to temporarily disable these features if they are not secure or if it is unwise to keep these options open without compromising the convenience of daily authentication.

There are three ways to do this. And all of them will have Face ID re-enabled after the passcode is entered.

The first is to simply duplicate the power off procedure, such as when trying to power off the iPhone and iPad completely.

How to disable Face ID on the power off screen

  1. Press and hold both the side button and the volume button at the same time for 3 seconds.

  2. The power off slider is displayed.Tap Cancel..

  3. You will be prompted to enter your passcode, notifying you that Face ID has been temporarily disabled.

This locks the device and can only be unlocked with a passcode. If you enter the correct passcode, Face ID functionality will be returned.

The second way is to call the emergency features built into your iPhone. This is enhanced by the Emergency SOS settings specifically for the iPhone. To temporarily remove facial recognition, you need to enable one of the calling options from within the settings category.

How to Disable Face ID via Emergency SOS

  1. Start on iPhone setting..

  2. Tap Emergency SOS..

  3. Enable any of Calls on hold And that Press 5 times to make a call option.

  4. Press 5 times If the call is enabled, press the side button 5 times quickly. If you have a pending call enabled, press and hold both the side button and the volume button as you did to power off.

  5. strike Cancel As soon as the button appears.

  6. You will be prompted to enter your passcode, notifying you that Face ID has been temporarily disabled.

This locks the device and can only be unlocked with a passcode. If you enter the correct passcode, Face ID functionality will be returned.

And there is a way to turn off Face ID using Siri.

How to disable Face ID in Siri

  1. Boot on the device setting..

  2. Tap Search with Siri..

  3. Effectiveness Allow Siri when locked..

  4. Lock the device.

  5. Look away from your device to prevent it from being unlocked.Hold down the side button and listen “Who’s device is this?”

  6. Siri responds to the query and silently disables Face ID.

  7. You will be prompted to enter your passcode, notifying you that Face ID has been temporarily disabled.