This article will explain how to use and turn off your iPhone flashlight from the lock screen in iOS 7. Did you know that you can use your iPhone camera flash as a flashlight? Apple added a quick access feature in iOS 7 that allows you to turn the camera flash on and off and use it as a flashlight through Control Center. From your lock screen, simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access several toggles as well as shortcuts to the flashlight, timer/alarm clock, calculator, and camera apps. To turn the flashlight on just tap on the flashlight icon located at the bottom left of Control Center. You can now push the power button at the top of the your iPhone and use the flashlight with your screen off. To turn the flashlight off, open up Control Center by again swiping up from the bottom of the screen and then tapping the flashlight icon.

There is an easy shortcut that allows you to turn the flashlight off without going through Control Center. This eliminates one step. To turn off the flashlight without opening Control Center just activate your screen by pushing the home button or the on/off button. Then, simply tap the camera icon in the bottom right of your screen. This will immediately turn off the flashlight.

That’s it. Now you know how to use the flashlight feature in iOS 7 on your iPhone and how to turn off the flashlight with the lock screen shortcut by tapping the camera icon.