46 iPhone Settings You Need To TURN OFF Now [2023]

[@PayetteForward]

Have any tips we didn't mention in this video? Let us know in the comments below!

[@rkthecrickey89]

IMO.. you have covered everything one could imagine.

[@imjustagerl261]

Slow down perhaps.

[@Bucheria]

@@imjustagerl261 💀

[@andihoetama9337]

At number 46 - Bonus Wi-fi setting, is the server number applicable for us who live outside your country? I live in indonesia by the way. Thanks in advance for your reply @payette Forward... 🙏

[@Nova2032-]

Can you go faster! Lol such arrogance.

[@frettystories]

I can NOT live without you guys! Holy crap! Why do these manufacturers give us so many unnecessary settings and crap!? Ughhh!!! Really. Thank you guys for existing!

[@donnamckinley8166]

YOU GUYS TALK REAL FAST SO I REDUCE THE SPEED AND THEN I CAN FOLLOW YOU! THANK YOU FOR HELPING ALL OF US.

[@micheledevenny]

Thanks!

[@jacksonnp2029]

best tutorial I have ever had and enjoyed! thanks yeap you're fast but educational and funny... thanks

[@s.annehancock730]

If you haven’t already, could you do a video of what to switch on when you’re travelling out of the country? Thank you and great job!

[@tinny77]

19:54 Location-based alerts are needed by calendar to get a notification when to leave based on traffic, better leave it on if you use this feature

[@marcodimario9918]

Thanks

[@troydakilla]

I always come to this channel when I buy a new iPhone to see what settings I need to turn on and off so that I can always get the VERY BEST battery life. Even if it’s only 1% extra.

[@Darkosa1234]

It's always fun to explore iPhone settings with you guys, I would've never done this with some boring manual or article. Thanks for your effort!

[@katsika84a]

I had an iphone 13 as my first phone and i had never botherd with tweaking settings as i had the impression that this is an advantage of iphones over android phones, that supposedly they come preconfigired. But boy i was wrong. I switched to a 16 pro model,and i am glad i found you guys, i feel that my phone is now a lot more optimized than it used to be before.

[@Ann-nu5ej]

Thanks! Im am learning so much!

[@Omega57-n2r]

You two deserve the Medal of iPhone Safety. This video is the bomb. It totally sucks to have your content rewritten, I'm so sorry that happened 😩 Yeah, this video has helped me out in an immense way. Thank you two so, so much and keep up the great work!!!

[@PayetteForward]

We greatly appreciate the honor! On the internet it is unfortunately a common occurrence! We believe imitation is the most sincere form of flattery so we don't mind too much!

[@fredfosdick4093]

@@PayetteForward I just got a new iphone Se. I'm really liking it, thank you for helping me set it up. Apple wants us to PAY them for a manual on how to use my new phone

[@pkstiever]

@@fredfosdick4093 And Apple won't have your best interests in mind either! The manual most likely will have very few, if any, hacks that would benefit you instead of them.

[@stephentaylor9366]

Well, I love your videos and they really help. HOWEVER-You guys seem to be in a real HURRY to tell us what to change. Most of the time, I personally CANNOT keep up with the changes recommended, and must watch the video (backing up a-lot to keep up!) many many many times to get all the information. So, what I’d like to suggest is: SLOW DOWN!!!! Many here, myself included may be physically handicapped and we cannot change from one place to another as fast as you want us to. Thank-you for reading my text!

[@royalerath3971]

Reduce the Playback speed

[@christinehoughton8591]

BB Thanks for that tip,never gave doing that a thought.

[@hairdresserspa]

@@royalerath3971 so how!

[@bermudez7488]

@@hairdresserspa search "how to change playback speed" will explain it step by step it's very easy and fast.

[@bethleath4497]

@@hairdresserspa Click on the little gear & click on the .75 speed

[@sandrawood7852]

sensitive to loud sounds like when trying to talk over the TV or loud people on TV or turbo-talking talking heads esp ones with high pitched tones, sirens, loud car engines revving BUT not to Haptic sounds. I actually like those. I love you guys! Your tutorials are great and I'm not sensitive to your voices because you have good tone to your voices. You've been a Big help with iPhone settings I would have never otherwise been the wiser. Thanks to both of you.

[@HKYMOM8]

Great video! Thank you. For those who think it goes too fast just hit the pause button. I was able to do that and follow every tip.

[@LindyFerris]

Great presentation - took me hours to go through because I kept pausing (yes it goes too fast) but would love to receive the PDFs you mention. Also just bought an iPhone 14, first one was a lemon, but replaced and now navigating through all the different features (last had an SE 2nd generation so very different). One thing I would love to know how to get rid of is Focus, specifically Do Not Disturb that likes to turn on by itself, I got no calls for days because this app changed my schedule to daytime instead of nighttime, any suggestions??? Thank you for taking the time to put this video together. Cheers

[@vancedyer755]

Yeah, me too. PLay a little, hit pause, change settings, hit play, hit pause, change a setting……LOL🤣

[@robinnetto6794]

Me too I could not keep up and would loose my place start over find the item and would not be able to turn it off.😵‍💫

[@michaelchandler490]

Thanks guys. About once a year, I go through my phone with one of your videos. The last tip on speeding up wifi really helped

[@unify9481]

Great information.🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿.

[@Legendsvideos1]

This helped me save battery alot as it seems i get More hours out of my charge! Thanks guys

[@narcissist11]

I adjusted most of your recommended setting and it saves battery power a ton but something I’ve noticed is my takes twice as long to charge!

[@HDLAngelo]

Like 👍 thank you.. from Germany.. battery’s more Life ,. is there more? I think yes and why media library I want to be able to switch off the ugly ( Mediathek ) Home Screen I don't want to have it and also don't want to see it please help me how can I turn it off? best regards

[@mojeslunce256]

Thank you! I just subscribed :)

[@frettystories]

But no. Seriously. I've been REALLY struggling with anxiety and my ptsd lately and I've been wondering how to get my phone to give me LESS anxiety. You guys helped me with this. Thank you 1000x!

[@frederickmartin6998]

Under 'System Services' you suggested turning off 'Network and Wireless', my iPhone 11 says that 'may affect Bluetooth and Wi-Fi'. Is that true? To what extent?

[@Truthhurts10]

First video I saw and subscribed!

[@kevinmwanza254]

Great tips, my data usage was always so high and i couldn't figure what was happening, thank you

[@romerorioseco]

I’m trying to work out what apps would need ‘background app refresh’ to function properly… and which I should turn off and leave on. Do social media apps need or benefit from background app refresh?

[@mariamccaffrey149]

So helpful thank you where do I find the pdf please?

[@benji5976]

good to see these fellas still going at it

[@Corina235]

I just got my first iPhone ever being always a Samsung Galaxy user. Point by point I checked my phone's settings with you guys and changed a lot of settings as you said. But, there is a big but here, my 14 Pro Max has problems staying connected to the wifi so I might need to keep it mostly on the network for a while until this issue gets solved somehow. As you can understand, some of the settings you suggest will not work for me now cause my phone needs to use cellular data to function at all times. But all in all, great video! Thanks!

[@giao2380]

Yeah when you start messing with settings suddenly your other apps and stuff conveniently stop working.

[@vegetalno]

@@giao2380 they aren't if you know what you're doing and not just blindly following the video

[@zidliym9702]

I cant thank you enough. I went from years using android switching to iphone 12 pro max. I have used like 85% of the recommendations in your video. Big 👍.

[@andrewvillavicencio8496]

Great info, thanks. For some strange reason when I turn WiFi off on my AW 9 it turns back on in several hours. How can I keep it off to conserve battery?

[@anceledusstorm7534]

I am a bit late but within the messages setting menu there's no longer an option for text message forwarding. Have they hod this setting somewhere else in any recent IOS updates? How do we find it to get rid of this option?

[@GeoffreyXplores]

Great tips, keep it up. Im watching from Ghana 📌

[@chrissuptegrove2526]

I have been watching for several years. One of your tracking settings may have stopped apple workouts cycling from recording speed and distance. I resolved by going back to factory. I followed all suggestions here and will try my cycling app again when I return from vacation. Thanks. Chris

[@disguisepower]

Thanks for the DNS tips it is really faster 😉

[@ritagraham6703]

Always look forward to your iPhone recommendations. Happy 2023 to you both.

[@Deanriley]

Thank you so much; this non-tech person with a new iphone 15 couldn’t do all this without you.

[@arnoldonea]

I just done all of them 1 by 1 . Great content .

[@xtrapickles]

Is the DNS worth changing? I changed it and now I don’t know if i should have. Also didn’t say if i should put it back on automatic or leave it on manual???

[@Ramitty]

22:29 does the configure DNS setting you mentioned work all over the world or a just specific area? Was wondering if I should do it but then I’m worried that I would mess my phone up. Thank you!

[@blueoutrider]

DNS is all over the world, the only exceptions might be places like China that have a firewall that blocks certain actions. Ultimately, you are telling your phone a direct address rather than a common name. Think of it as GPS coordinates compared to local directions.

[@victorgil7565]

I changed the DNS in my router. It does work! There is a tool to check which server is best depending on your physical location. I use Cloudflare and Google's.

[@marottamonster]

Great video as always when it comes to turning off things that aren't all that necessary, however I think there's something that perhaps you might need to investigate, as I have found with my former 12Max that doesn't seem to work the way that you think. Item #13 Block Sender Options. I have noticed over the last year or two an abundance of junk mail showing up in one of my accounts "junk" folders. So of course I took your advice in a previous video and enabled that setting to move the blocked mail to the trash, but I have to tell you I am constantly finding junk mail form the exact same blocked senders showing up in said junk folder and NOT my trash. Any chance you can start investigating whether this is broken still. I had searched online and several people on Apples forum had stated that they also have never seen it work on their iPhone, and I believe one individual stated that it was an exclusive feature for iMacs, and NOT meant for the iPhone's [even though it is within the settings screen].

[@dian277]

could you please explain the DNS server thing, it's new for me. I did look it up, and it does say it's not 100% secure and some internet service provider may not be compatible with it. So I wonder how it is compared to the default server my wifi came with, on security, data collection and etc. I get that yall are trying to help, but I'm reluctant to do something if I don't understand how it works and what it might do, aside from the purpose you already mentioned. Thank you.

[@hasanatif4082]

Me too :(( somebody?

[@blueoutrider]

This and the private relay tells me they are more worried about clicks/views and whatever they can about speed. I wouldn't do it, not from a speed or privacy stand point, but rather it's not going to be noticeable to 99% of people. To be clear, cloudflare isn't inheritly dangerous, just that you are modifying a setting to a third party.

[@cnev4397]

This is fabulous. Great tips and super presentation. Really appreciate the information!

[@dougstroudphotography]

Thanks guys! I have two things to run by you- 1) When watching KZbin videos if I set my phone down or even make the motion to set it down KZbin advances to the next video. Is there a way to prevent this? 2) What is the Lock Camera feature on the iPhone 14?

[@loisannstumbaugh7928]

How can you love the cursor to a certain area when you are using notes or messaging someone? I know you can hold down the space key but I’m not seeing an easy way to move the cursor to a certain spot. Thanks.

[@shanehaslett1535]

Good stuff gents! My mother and Aunt appreciates it!

[@syedahmad5875]

This video helps a lot of iPhone user TQ for sharing this nice tips

[@mikemc7170]

Brand new iPhone SE 3rd Gen. Before following these tips, I had created a Note that appeared on my Home Screen in the LARGER format. After using most, not all of the Tips, it has disappeared and now there are TWO Weather in the larger format but Large note is missing. Looked for the PDF file but couldn't find it. What setting (settings) might I have changed that made these problems occur? BTW, the DL of this video is in Spanish!

[@3RW1N.M]

Ty so much for showing how to turn off all the annoying sounds, I am pretty sensitive to sounds so the only sounds I actually have on are notifications and keyboard press sounds

[@scj00380]

Many thanks. I went through all my settings in accordance with your suggestions.

[@joeydossantos8999]

Thanks guys I’m speechless how great you guys are

[@bulletblacktop]

from the Philippines, this is so helpful!

[@sunod7093]

Satellite connection? Is this similar to having an EPIRB? Please advise and which version of iphone?

[@alex18057]

Good information, How I can to prevent my second iPhone with the same iCloud ID connect to my first iPhone when are close?

[@marymatthisen1363]

Thanks so much for this posting. This question is in regards to the very helpful DSN servers. I did it for my phone, terrific! Now the question is, can I do the same for my iPad? Please answer, so I can change that also. Thanks again. Mary

[@nsquared8643]

I was wondering the exact same thing 🎯

[@bronxbomber9616]

You guys are awesome keep up the great work!

[@niklaslinnemann9671]

Guys great video! Would you recommend to keep auto-brightness turned on or off?

[@angelr7052]

Hey guys, great video, In my iPhone 14 p m I didn't see the system services.

[@rickyt3961]

Thank you so much for the DNS advice! 👍🏾😉

[@rajramlugun6470]

Thanks for all the precious tips. Keep up the good work.

[@sarashepard7504]

What about experimental webkit features? What do we turn off or leave on?

[@ILM2219]

Just a question. I have 5 SE and really don't want to change...however, I also am not eligible to the 2 security keys. Hmmm. The question is I have the yellow light in the upper right corner of the phone... It is off and on. What can I do? Thanks NJ

[@FN-rr6mk]

Which system services do u recommend leaving on if I’m a pilot and travel constantly.? Thank u

[@ronwidom]

I have a iPad air three that is very slow to respond to the touch. I’ve cleaned the screen several times I only have 100 gigs of 256 I have the latest operating system. Can you offer any help with this please?

[@chandrasekherchavali266]

good suggestions to improve battery life & thanks to both of u

[@whatifitnt]

So EASY to follow... especially with my computer and it's space bar to stop and start 💖

[@deliaappleby1208]

Thank you , how do you get the PDF for this amazing info?

[@stepitup5409]

Guys this is probably the best video Ive ever seen on these tips. I made all the changes!

[@svetavick3512]

Thank you very much for the instructions!!! It’s really helpful but you’re talking to fast and it’s pretty hard to follow… I have to go back many times to change something on the settings

[@SuperJffry]

Subscribed!! Everything was perfect even the speed as I was able to do all settings while watching you split screen Thx

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Ohhh I gotta make an appointment with my own phone. Thank you!

[@toma3974]

THANKS , GOOD TEACHING

[@dhill3769]

How about a video that tells us to turn off every setting on the phone and you tell us which one to turn on. Seems it would be quicker.

[@Ceranik]

Keep the raw setting on. It only shoots at 48MP if you choose to shoot in raw. With raw mode enabled you still have to manually enable raw mode every time the camera app is closed and reopened. By turning off raw mode in settings all you're doing is removing that option from the camera app. Also, it's 2023, having the max compatibility setting selected is just taking up more space with lower quality but larger jpeg files. Almost everything can read Apple's HEIC format at this point. It would be worth it to shoot in HEIC and convert to jpeg in the rare case it's needed. Just my two cents as someone who uses his iPhone as camera frequently.

[@PayetteForward]

100%. We’re all about HEIF. And turning off ProRAW is entirely optional. But with great power comes great responsibility. And that’s why we created a shortcut that converts 48 MP RAW photos to jpegs!

[@rb0042]

@@PayetteForward could you send the link for that video please? I’d love to have that shortcut. Also does it reduce the file size of the RAW image when converting it to JPEG?

[@uuuultra]

@@rb0042 find it yourself bro

[@noelsalisbury7448]

Hi. Do you the equivalent for ANDROID users ?

[@jenniferwitt5326]

Thanks for the advice at the end. My internet IS actually faster now!

[@pointbreak9101]

Videos are the same all over again but not getting bored watching it

[@sdrs95a]

What should the setting be for "Personal Hotspot", then "Allow others to Join" on or off? Does this mean if I am in a store (Panera) someone could just connect to my Hotspot without my permission?

[@JJFlores197]

They would only be able to connect if you have the hotspot enabled AND if they know the password.

[@lawrenceel5321]

Gentlemen, I do not see an address to ask this more privately but as of 9/16/23 and concerning iOS 17, I am asking: - Do you have or plan to have a list of items to turn ON or OFF in order to save battery - How about a similar listing to improve performance ? Thanks for your channel :)

[@lahaza6515]

Does the same apply if you have a Pro Max 11 with 16.1?

[@samhendersonn]

Thank you so much for all the settings

[@siddharthsonawala491]

Hey guys! Please advise the best free option for Documents app or Files for iPhone app- paid

[@carmenq-m3149]

Can you do a review on webkit feature flags can rfeally help settings

[@antiquesrestoration3874]

What a terrifically comprehensive and informative video. You gentlemen have helped me enjoy and optimize my iPhone beyond belief. Many thanks!

[@Bisayakodong]

After watching this video i have decided to completely just shut off my phone. Best thing i have done.

[@BarbieAtTheLake]

Your expert advise super helpful. I'm inexperienced so I playback at .75 speed and am able to follow long quite well. I'm learning so much. Thank you! Still having some message image sending failures. Retry many times w/ eventual success.

[@Captainfun1245]

just watched thanks for the video much appreciated

[@jeanettevandiver945]

Is this video just for iPhone? Do you have vid for android? Thanks!

[@corarice4188]

Thank you...I just got my first Iphone after using Samsung phones for years. This was really a big help in getting my phone setup. I will be re-watching the video a number of times.

[@javaharali3802]

Hi hello Dark mode will save battery r?

[@Th0mas1337]

yes a little bit

[@timsn4346]

Thank you gentlemen. Well appreciated.

[@phosgene2]

i know the video is already long enough, so maybe this could go in the .pdf supplement: my fear is that many of the settings suggested for turning off will compromise usability in ways that i don't fully appreciate as a new user. if a setting turnoff comes with a significant trade-off, please mention in the video or supplemental documentation.

[@gussmaa4430]

Thank you for your teaching

[@Mdogbrown]

I used to get so mad when I would mow my lawn and my Powerbeats were never loud enough. I thought the Powerbeats sucked. Come to find out, the setting for hearing protection was enabled automatically on my iPhone. After disabling, I had amazing bass pounding music in my ears again!

[@f.d.p.6313]

great video thank you guys. did not know about the DNS...excellent tips yes a little fast for little old me but i paused a lot to make sure i was getting all of the details :)

[@blancasalinas368]

On my Photos, Amazon, Chrome and YOUKU have private access to my photos and I can’t change it. What do I do, short of deleting them?

[@KONDi84]

Can I ask for pdf for these settings to go through with it carefully?