How to Turn Off Night Mode on iPhone (2024)

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Updated on January 26, 2022

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What to Know

Temporarily disable: Tap the Night Mode icon and then slide it to the left to Off.
Disable Night Mode: Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings > Night Mode and toggle on the button.
In the Camera app, you can turn off Night Mode, and the app will remember the last setting of Night Mode.

This article provides instructions for turning Night Mode off on an iPhone camera, temporarily for individual pictures and permanently for all images until you decide to enable it again.

How Do I Turn On the iPhone Camera's Night Mode?

By default, the iPhone camera has a Night Mode that is automatically enabled. That's great until it's not. So, if you would like to temporarily or permanently disable Night Mode on your iPhone camera, you can do that as of iOS 15.

Before iOS 15, you could temporarily disable Night Mode on your iPhone camera, but it would reset automatically each time you opened your camera app. The iOS 15 release, however, includes the ability to turn Night Mode off entirely until you decide to re-enable it.

Here's how to permanently turn Night Mode off on your iPhone camera.

The option for Preserve Settings for Night Mode did not exist before iOS 15, so if you have an older iOS version, you'll need to disable Night Mode each time you want to turn it off.

Go to Settings.
Tap Camera.
Tap Preserve Settings.
Tap Night Mode to ensure that it's toggled On (it will be green).

It's a bit confusing at first since it seems like you are turning on Night Mode, but in this case, you are turning on the ability for the camera app to remember the last Night Mode setting.
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Now go back to the Camera app and tap the Night Mode icon.
Slide the adjustment slider to the left to turn Night Mode Off.

Now you can close your camera, and when you open it again, Night Mode will remain in the last state you left it, which, in this case, is Off. However, if you turn it back on again and then close the camera, it will be On when you open the Camera app the next time.

How to Temporarily Disable Night Mode on the iPhone Camera

If you want to turn the Night Mode camera off for one image, you can do that by going into the Camera app, tapping the Night Mode icon, and moving the adjustment slider to the Off position (far left). However, if you have followed the instructions above, you will preserve the settings for the Night Mode camera, and you'll need to turn it back on either before you close the camera app or the next time you open the camera app.

You can, however, go back into Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings and toggle the Night Mode option back to the Off position so that Night Mode will set to On/Automatic each time you open the Camera app if you choose.

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FAQ

How do you use Night Mode on Android?

Many Android phones have a feature called Night Light, which is a blue-light filter that aims to reduce eye strain and interfere less with sleep. To use Night Light on Android, go to Settings > Display > Night Light. On the Night Light screen, you can enable or disable this feature or create a schedule and adjust settings.
How do you turn on Night Mode on a Mac?

On a Mac, Dark Mode is a feature that helps many users deal with eyestrain. To turn on Mac Dark Mode, go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences > General. Next to Appearance, select Dark to turn on Dark Mode. (Select Light to return to Light Mode.)
How do you get Night Mode on Snapchat?

While Snapchat doesn't have a low-light option, there's a workaround: Take a picture using the iPhone camera in Night Mode, and then post from your camera roll instead of the Snapchat app. Snapchat also has a feature called Dark Mode that alters the app's color scheme to a darker motif, making it easier to use the app at night without straining your eyes. To get Dark Mode on Snapchat for iOS, tap the profile icon at the top left, press Settings (gear icon) at the top, and then tap App Appearance and choose Always Dark. On Android, turning on system-wide dark mode might work, but there's no specific Dark Mode for the Android Snapchat app.

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