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Your iPhone has a built-in selfie flash for illuminated pictures of your face. If you find yourself in a low-light area, but you absolutely must take a selfie photo, you can turn the flash on to snap a photo that isn’t too dark. Here’s how to turn the selfie flash on and off on your iPhone.
Why You'll Love This Tip:
- Quickly take selfies in low-light conditions.
- Easily capture selfies with better lighting.
How to Turn Selfie Flash On & Off on iPhone
System Requirements
This tip works on iPhones running iOS 15 or later. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.
If you've ever taken selfies in low-light conditions, you've probably noticed your iPhone either trying to take photos in Night Mode or it might flash the screen bright white. This is your iPhone's selfie flash. For more iPhone photography tips and tricks, sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter. Now, here's how to turn iPhone flash on when taking selfies:
- Open your iPhone Camera, and tap the camera switch icon in the lower right (it looks like two arrows spinning in a circle).
![iphone camera app with camera switcher button circled in red]()
- Swipe up from the center of your screen.
![iphone camera app with a red arrow point upwards from the middle of the screen, indicating to swipe up]()
- Tap the Flash icon.
![iphone camera app with flash icon circled in red]()
- Tap On to turn the Flash on.
![iphone camera app with expanded flash controls for auto, on, and off, with on circled in red]()
- When Flash is on, the corresponding icon in the upper left will be yellow. You can also tap this icon to quickly enable and disable Flash manually.
![iphone camera app with a red circle around flash, night mode, shared library icons in the top left. the flash icon is yellow, indicating that flash is enabled]()
Now, whenever you take a selfie, your iPhone screen will briefly turn all white to create a bright flash that illuminates your face. You can also set your selfie flash to Auto so that the camera decides when it should and shouldn’t be used. But if you find the auto setting isn’t always right, you can turn the selfie flash off by following the same steps above and simply selecting Off at step 4. Next, find out how take burst photos!
