Resetting Control Center in iOS: A Fresh Start

In this episode, Thomas Domville will demonstrate how to reset the control center back to its factory default state.

In iOS 18.1 and later, Apple introduced a convenient feature that allows users to reset the Control Center to its default layout. This is particularly useful if you've customized the Control Center extensively and wish to return to the original setup without affecting other settings on your device.

How to Reset the Control Center to factory Defaults

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and double tap on Control Center.
3. At the bottom of the Control Center settings, double tap on Reset Control Center.
4. Confirm your choice by double tapping Reset Control Center again when prompted.

This action will restore the Control Center to its factory default layout, removing any customizations you've made.

⚠️ Important Notes

• iOS Version Requirement: This feature is available starting with iOS 18.1. If you're running an earlier version, you won't see the "Reset Control Center" option.
• No Data Loss: Resetting the Control Center does not affect your personal data, apps, or other settings on your iPhone.
• Manual Customization: After resetting, you can manually add or remove controls by tapping the + or − icons in the "Edit controls" interface.

This feature simplifies the process of reverting to the default Control Center layout, especially if you've made numerous customizations and wish to start fresh

Transcript

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Thomas, 00:00 Hello and welcome. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. In this podcast, I'm going to show you how you can reset the control center back to factory default. As you know, the control center is a great location to go to to obtain quick actions on certain things, such as turning, enabling, disabling airplane mode. Sometimes it got Bluetooth, you wanna select from different devices.

Thomas, 00:26 That's where you can find your lock orientation, your brightness, volume, and et cetera. There's so many controls within the control center that you are able to take advantage quickly and easily. However, one of the nice things that Apple has done in recent times is that it gives us way more customization to control of the control center. So we're able to rearrange things, add different controls to the control center to our liking.

Thomas, 00:54 But that being said, I have come across where I've got myself in a pickle because I just was experimenting with so much and I moved everything around and I just didn't like how I wanted it. Then I just thought to myself, how in the world am I going to get it back to the way it was? And so I found out there's a way to reset your control center. And thus far, it just resets it right back to factory default.

Thomas, 01:19 And then I could just leave it alone at that point, or I can just keep trying to figure out how to move things around the way I like. So if that is something that might interest you, well, I'm going to show you how to do this. And let's find that settings first. Settings, double tap to open. Let's go ahead and just do that. One finger double tap on settings. Settings. Now what we're looking for, we're looking for the control center button. So you're going to swipe to the right until you find the control center button.

VoiceOver, 01:48 Control center button.

Thomas, 01:50 Let's go ahead and do one finger double tap on this.

VoiceOver, 01:53 Customize Control Center.

Thomas, 01:54 All right, so this is where we need to be. So now what we're looking for is to reset the Control Center. Now, it's at the very bottom. You can swipe to the right if you want. There's a lot of swiping that you'll have to do. Otherwise, I'm going to do a shortcut. I'm going to do a four-finger tap on the bottom half of my phone, and that'll focus me right onto the last element at the very bottom of this section.

VoiceOver, 02:16 This will reset your Control Center layout to factory defaults.

Thomas, 02:19 Now I know we're in the right area because that is a description of the following button. So if you go left here once,

VoiceOver, 02:26 reset control center button.

Thomas, 02:28 Voila, here we are. Now before proceeding on, you need to make sure this is what you really want because anything you customize or moved around or add controls are going to disappear. So this will bring it back to factory default and you'll have to redo that if that's something you have done in the past. So I'm going to do one finger double tap here.

VoiceOver, 02:48 Alert, this will reset your control center layout to factory defaults.

Thomas, 02:52 So there's a confirmation of letting you know before you do this, this is what's gonna happen. Go to the right.

VoiceOver, 02:58 Reset control center button.

Thomas, 03:00 And there she is. So when you are ready, go ahead and do one finger double tap on this.

VoiceOver, 03:05 reset control center button.

Thomas, 03:07 And that is it. So once you have done that, you can go to your control center and you will see now it has come back to the regular factory default of the control center. When I found out about this, I was like, oh my gosh, this is great because I was getting annoyed because it can be cumbersome and it's like a big giant jigsaw puzzle if you've never tried it. to move things around and put things where you want it. But nonetheless, that made my day and it got me out of a tight spot.

Thomas, 03:34 So now I can just start over or just leave it as is. So that's how you reset your control center back to factory default. I hope this was helpful for you. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. Until next time, bye-bye.