Display
Settings Guide

Customize your iPhone's screen experience. From brightness to Night Shift, learn how to make your display look perfect in any lighting condition.

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SETUP GUIDES

Display Settings Guide

Step-by-step instructions for customizing your iPhone display

Brightness

Adjust screen brightness or enable Auto-Brightness.

How to Adjust:

  1. 1 Swipe down from top-right for Control Center
  2. 2 Drag the Brightness slider up or down
  3. 3 Or go to SettingsDisplay & Brightness

Night Shift

Reduce blue light for better sleep at night.

How to Enable:

  1. 1 Go to SettingsDisplay & BrightnessNight Shift
  2. 2 Toggle Manually Enable Until Tomorrow
  3. 3 Set Scheduled for automatic on/off times

True Tone

Automatically adjust display to ambient lighting.

How to Enable:

  1. 1 Navigate to SettingsDisplay & Brightness
  2. 2 Toggle True Tone ON or OFF
  3. 3 Display colors adjust automatically to surroundings

Auto-Lock

Set how quickly your iPhone locks automatically.

How to Set:

  1. 1 Go to SettingsDisplay & BrightnessAuto-Lock
  2. 2 Choose duration: 30 Sec, 1 Min, 2 Min, 5 Min, Never
  3. 3 Shorter times help save battery
MORE OPTIONS

Additional Display Features

Explore more display settings to customize your experience

Dark Mode

Enable dark appearance for OLED battery savings.

Appearance

Text Size

Adjust the size of text across apps and system.

Accessibility

Bold Text

Make all text bolder for improved readability.

Accessibility

Reachability

Lower screen for one-handed use by swiping down.

One-Handed

Screen Time

Track and manage your daily screen usage.

Wellness

Always On Display

Keep screen on with time and notifications (Pro models).

Pro Models
PRO TIPS

Display Tips & Tricks

Get the best viewing experience from your iPhone display

Auto-Brightness

Enable Auto-Brightness in Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size to let your iPhone adjust brightness based on ambient light.

Scheduled Night Shift

Set Night Shift to turn on automatically at sunset and off at sunrise for better sleep. Find this in Settings → Display & Brightness → Night Shift.

Dark Mode for Battery

On OLED iPhones, Dark Mode can significantly save battery. Enable it at sunset using Scheduled or control center shortcut.

Reachability Mode

Double-tap (don't press) the Home indicator to pull down the top half of the screen for one-handed use on larger iPhones.

Dynamic Type

Go to Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Larger Text to scale text size across all apps that support Dynamic Type.

Reduce White Point

Lower intensity of bright colors in Accessibility settings to reduce eye strain and save battery in bright conditions.

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Perfect Your
Display Experience

Customize your iPhone's screen to look stunning in any lighting. From Night Shift to Dark Mode, create the perfect viewing experience for you.