How to turn off Travel Mode on iPhone

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iPhone User Guide
Turn on airplane mode
Turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode
How do you turn off travel on iPhone?
How do I turn on my travel mode on my iPhone?
How do I turn off roaming when traveling?
How do I turn off roaming on my iPhone 11?

iPhone User Guide

Welcome
- Supported models
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone X
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone SE (1st generation)
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
What’s new in iOS 15
- Turn on and set up iPhone
- Wake and unlock
- Set up cellular service
- Connect to the internet
- - Apple ID settings
  - Turn iCloud features on or off
  - Subscribe to iCloud+
- Find settings
- Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- - Charge the battery
  - Show the battery percentage
  - Check battery health and usage
- Download or bookmark the user guide
- - Learn basic gestures
  - Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
- Adjust the volume
- - Open apps
  - Find your apps in App Library
  - Switch between open apps
  - Quit and reopen an app
- - Dictate text
  - Type with the onscreen keyboard
  - Select and edit text
  - Use predictive text
  - Use text replacements
  - Add or change keyboards
- Multitask with Picture in Picture
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- Perform quick actions
- Search with iPhone
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- - Draw in apps
  - Add text, shapes, and signatures
  - Zoom in or magnify in Markup
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular data settings
- Travel with iPhone
- Change sounds and vibrations
- Change the wallpaper
- Set a Live Photo as wallpaper
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Magnify the screen
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- - Organize your apps in folders
  - Add widgets
  - Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
  - Remove apps
- Use and customize Control Center
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- - View and respond to notifications
  - Change notification settings
  - Set up a Focus
  - Turn a Focus on or off
  - Stay focused while driving
- - Get apps
  - Play games
  - Subscribe to Apple Arcade
  - Use App Clips
  - Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
  - Install and manage fonts
- - Buy books and audiobooks
  - Read books
  - Listen to audiobooks
  - Set reading goals
  - Organize books
  - Read PDFs
- Calculator
- - Create and edit events
  - Send and receive invitations
  - Change how you view events
  - Search for events
  - Customize your calendar
  - Keep track of events
  - Use multiple calendars
  - Use the Holidays calendar
  - Share iCloud calendars
- - - Camera basics
    - Set up your shot
    - Apply Photographic Styles
    - Take Live Photos
    - Take Burst mode shots
    - Take a selfie
    - Take Portrait mode photos
    - Take Night mode photos
    - Take Apple ProRAW photos
  - Adjust the shutter volume
  - Adjust HDR camera settings
  - Record videos
  - Record ProRes videos
  - Change video recording settings
  - Save camera settings
  - Change advanced camera settings
  - View, share, and print photos
  - Use Live Text
  - Scan a QR code
- - See the world clock
  - Set an alarm
  - Use the timer or stopwatch
- Compass
- - Add and use contact information
  - Edit contacts
  - Add your contact info
  - Use other contact accounts
  - Use Contacts from the Phone app
  - Hide duplicate contacts
- - Set up FaceTime
  - Make and receive calls
  - Create a FaceTime link
  - Take a Live Photo
  - Use other apps during a call
  - Make a Group FaceTime call
  - View participants in a grid
  - Use SharePlay to watch and listen together
  - Share your screen
  - Change the video settings
  - Change the audio settings
  - Add camera effects
  - Leave a call or switch to Messages
  - Block unwanted callers
- - Connect external devices or servers
  - View and modify files and folders
  - Organize files and folders
  - Send files
  - Set up iCloud Drive
  - Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
- - - Share your location
    - Add or remove a friend
    - Locate a friend
    - Get notified when friends change their location
    - Notify a friend when your location changes
  - - Add your iPhone
    - Add your iPhone Leather Wallet
    - Get notified if you leave a device behind
    - Locate a device
    - Mark a device as lost
    - Erase a device
    - Remove a device
  - - Add an AirTag
    - Add a third-party item
    - Get notified if you leave an item behind
    - Locate an item
    - Mark an item as lost
    - Remove an item
  - Adjust map settings
- - Fill out your Health Details and Medical ID
  - - Automatically collect data
    - Manually add data
    - View your health data
    - Share your health data
    - View health data shared by others
  - - Download health records
    - Download verifiable COVID-19 records
    - View health records in Health on iPhone
  - Monitor your walking steadiness
  - Track your menstrual cycle
  - - Use headphone audio level features
    - Check your headphone levels
  - - Intro to sleep schedules
    - Set up your first sleep schedule
    - Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
    - Add or change sleep schedules
    - Use iPhone during your Sleep Focus
    - Quickly turn your Sleep Focus on or off
    - Change Sleep Focus and other options
    - View your sleep history
  - Register as an organ donor
  - Back up your Health data
- - Intro to Home
  - Set up accessories
  - Control accessories
  - Add more homes
  - Configure HomePod
  - Configure cameras
  - Face Recognition
  - Unlock your door with a home key
  - Configure a router
  - Create and use scenes
  - Control your home using Siri
  - Control your home remotely
  - Create an automation
  - Share controls with others
- - Get music, movies, and TV shows
  - Get ringtones
  - Manage purchases and settings
- - Magnify nearby objects
  - Change settings
  - Detect people around you
- - - Add and remove email accounts
    - Set up a custom email domain
  - Check your email
  - - Send email
    - Reply to and forward emails
    - Save an email draft
  - - Add email attachments
    - Download email attachments
    - Annotate email attachments
  - Set email notifications
  - Search for email
  - Organize email in mailboxes
  - Use Hide My Email
  - - Flag emails
    - Filter emails
  - Change email settings
  - Use Mail Privacy Protection
  - Delete and recover emails
  - Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
  - Print emails
- - View maps
  - - Search for places
    - Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
    - Get information about places
    - Mark places
    - Share places
    - Rate places
    - Save favorite places
    - Explore new places with Guides
    - Organize places in My Guides
    - Get traffic and weather info
    - Delete significant locations
    - Quickly find your Maps settings
  - - Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
    - Select other route options
    - Things you can do while following a route
    - Set up electric vehicle routing
    - Get driving directions
    - Get directions to your parked car
    - Report traffic incidents in Maps on iPhone
    - Get cycling directions
    - Get walking directions
    - Get transit directions
    - Delete recent directions
    - Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
  - - Look around streets
    - Take Flyover tours
  - Get rides
- - Measure
  - View and save measurements
  - Measure a person’s height
  - Use the level
- - Set up Messages
  - Send and receive messages
  - Send a message to a group
  - Send and receive photos, videos, and audio
  - Receive and share content
  - Animate messages
  - Use iMessage apps
  - Use Memoji
  - Send a Digital Touch effect
  - Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
  - Change notifications
  - Block, filter, and report messages
  - Delete messages
- - Get music
  - View albums, playlists, and more
  - Play music
  - Queue up your music
  - Listen to broadcast radio
  - - Subscribe to Apple Music
    - Listen to lossless music
    - Listen to Dolby Atmos music
    - Find new music
    - Add music and listen offline
    - Get personalized recommendations
    - Listen to radio
    - Search for music
    - Create playlists
    - See what your friends are listening to
    - Use Siri to play music
  - Listen to music with Apple Music Voice
  - Change the way music sounds
- - Get started with News
  - Use News widgets
  - See news stories chosen just for you
  - Read stories
  - Listen to Apple News Today
  - - Subscribe to Apple News+
    - Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
    - Download Apple News+ issues
    - Listen to audio stories
  - Search for news stories
  - Save news stories for later
  - Subscribe to news channels
- - Take notes
  - Draw or write
  - Scan text and documents
  - Add photos, videos, and more
  - Search and organize notes
  - Use tags and Smart Folders
  - Share and collaborate
  - Lock notes
  - Change settings
- - Make a call
  - Make emergency calls
  - Answer or decline incoming calls
  - While on a call
  - Check voicemail
  - Select ringtones and vibrations
  - Make calls using Wi-Fi
  - Set up call forwarding and call waiting
  - Avoid unwanted calls
- - View photos
  - Play videos and slideshows
  - Delete and hide photos and videos
  - Edit photos and videos
  - Trim video length and adjust slow motion
  - Edit Cinematic mode videos
  - Edit Live Photos
  - Edit Portrait mode photos
  - Make photo albums
  - Edit and organize albums
  - Filter and sort photos in an album
  - Search in Photos
  - Share photos and videos
  - View photos and videos shared with you
  - Interact with photos using Live Text and Visual Look Up
  - Watch memories
  - Personalize memories
  - Find people in Photos
  - Show a person or place less often
  - Browse photos by location
  - Use iCloud Photos
  - Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
  - Import photos and videos
  - Print photos
- - Find podcasts
  - Listen to podcasts
  - Follow your favorite podcasts
  - Organize your podcast library
  - Download, save, or share podcasts
  - Subscribe to podcasts
  - Change download settings
- - Add reminders
  - Organize lists
  - Use tags and Smart Lists
  - Set up accounts
  - Share and assign reminders
  - Print reminders
- - Browse the web
  - Customize your Safari settings
  - Change the layout
  - Search for websites
  - Use tabs in Safari
  - Bookmark favorite webpages
  - Save pages to a Reading List
  - View links shared with you
  - Automatically fill in forms
  - Get extensions
  - Hide ads and distractions
  - Browse the web privately
  - Clear your cache
  - Use Hide My Email
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- - Translate text, voice, and conversations
  - Translate text in apps and using the camera
- - Connect apps and add your TV provider
  - Subscribe to Apple TV+ and Apple TV channels
  - Get shows, movies, and more
  - Watch sports
  - Control playback
  - Watch together using SharePlay
  - Manage your library
  - Change the settings
- - Make a recording
  - Play it back
  - Edit or delete a recording
  - Keep recordings up to date
  - Organize recordings
  - Search for or rename a recording
  - Share a recording
  - Duplicate a recording
- - Keep cards and passes in Wallet
  - Set up Apple Pay
  - Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
  - Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
  - Use Apple Cash
  - Use Apple Card
  - Manage cards and activity
  - Pay for transit
  - Use digital keys
  - Use student ID cards
  - Use your driver’s license or state ID
  - Add and use passes
  - Manage passes
  - Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
- - Check the weather
  - View the weather icons
- Ask Siri
- Find out what Siri can do
- Tell Siri about yourself
- Have Siri announce calls and notifications
- Add Siri Shortcuts
- About Siri Suggestions
- Use Siri in your car
- Change Siri settings
- Set up Family Sharing
- Add or remove Family Sharing members
- Share subscriptions
- Download family members’ purchases
- Stop sharing purchases
- Share locations with family and locate lost devices
- Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
- Set up parental controls
- View your Screen Time summary
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Set up Screen Time for a family member
- Get a report of your device use
- Charging cable
- Power adapters
- MagSafe chargers and battery packs
- MagSafe cases and sleeves
- Qi-certified wireless chargers
- - Use AirPods
  - Use EarPods
- Apple Watch
- - Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
  - Connect to a display with a cable
- HomePod and AirPlay 2 speakers
- - Pair Magic Keyboard
  - Enter characters with diacritical marks
  - Switch between keyboards
  - Dictate text
  - Use shortcuts
  - Choose an alternative keyboard layout
  - Change typing assistance options
- External storage devices
- Bluetooth accessories
- Printers
- Share your internet connection
- Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
- Sync iPhone with your computer
- Transfer files between iPhone and your computer
- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
- Get started with accessibility features
- - - Turn on and practice VoiceOver
    - Change your VoiceOver settings
    - Learn VoiceOver gestures
    - Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
    - Control VoiceOver using the rotor
    - Use the onscreen keyboard
    - Write with your finger
    - Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
    - Use a braille display
    - Type onscreen braille
    - Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
    - Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
    - Use VoiceOver for images and videos
    - Use VoiceOver in apps
  - Zoom
  - Display & Text Size
  - Motion
  - Spoken Content
  - Audio Descriptions
- - AssistiveTouch
  - Touch accommodations
  - Back tap
  - Reachability
  - Call Audio Routing
  - Vibration
  - Face ID & Attention
  - - Set up Switch Control
    - Use Switch Control
  - Voice Control
  - Side or Home button
  - Apple TV Remote
  - Pointer Control
  - Keyboards
  - AirPods
- - Hearing devices
  - Live Listen
  - Sound recognition
  - RTT and TTY
  - Mono audio, balance, phone noise cancellation
  - LED flash for alerts
  - Headphone audio
  - Background sounds
  - Subtitles and captions
  - Transcriptions for Intercom messages
- - Guided Access
  - Siri
  - Accessibility shortcuts
  - Per-app settings
- Use built-in security and privacy protections
- - Set a passcode
  - Set up Face ID
  - Set up Touch ID
  - Control access to information on the Lock Screen
- - Keep your Apple ID secure
  - Sign in with Apple
  - Automatically fill in strong passwords
  - Change weak or compromised passwords
  - View your passwords and related information
  - Share passwords securely with AirDrop
  - Make your passwords available on all your devices
  - Automatically fill in verification codes
  - Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
  - Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
- - Control access to information in apps
  - Control access to hardware features
  - Control app tracking permissions on iPhone
  - Control the location information you share
  - Turn on iCloud Private Relay
  - Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
  - Use a private network address
  - Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
- Turn iPhone on or off
- Force restart iPhone
- Update iOS
- Back up iPhone
- Return iPhone settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPhone
- Erase iPhone
- Install or remove configuration profiles
- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
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When you travel with iPhone, choose settings that comply with airline requirements. Some airlines let you keep your iPhone turned on if you switch to airplane mode. By default, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are disabled in airplane mode—you can’t make calls, but you can listen to music, play games, watch videos, and use other apps that don’t require network or phone connections.

To choose settings that minimize cellular charges when you travel, see View or change cellular data settings on iPhone.

Turn on airplane mode

Open Control Center, then tap

You can also turn airplane mode on or off in Settings

. When airplane mode is on,

appears in the status bar.

Turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode

If your airline allows it, you can use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode.

Open Control Center, then turn on airplane mode.
Tap
to turn on Wi-Fi or
to turn on Bluetooth.
If you turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode, it may be on the next time you return to airplane mode. You can turn it off again in Control Center.

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How do you turn off travel on iPhone?

Turn off Data Roaming or prepare for a trip Turn off Cellular Data and Data Roaming. Open Settings and tap Cellular, or Cellular Data, or Mobile Data. Turn off Cellular Data, then tap Cellular Data Options and turn off Data Roaming.

How do I turn on my travel mode on my iPhone?

Turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode.

Open Control Center, then turn on airplane mode..

Tap to turn on Wi-Fi or. to turn on Bluetooth. If you turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode, it may be on the next time you return to airplane mode. You can turn it off again in Control Center..

How do I turn off roaming when traveling?

1 Swipe up on the home screen to access your apps..

2 Tap "Settings", then tap “Connections”..

3 Tap “Mobile Networks”..

4 Tap the switch to activate or deactivate “Data Roaming”. Please note: If the Data Roaming switch is greyed out, check that Mobile data is activated..