iPhone šŸ“² user? Take advantage of the ā€œBack-Tapā€ settings

Every little time-saver helpsā€¦and this is a good one!

Don Tomoff
2 min readFeb 28, 2021
Accessibility >> Touch Settings

With the introduction of iOS 14, Apple introduced a new accessibility feature. You can enable certain actions to occur when you double-tap or triple-tap the back of the iPhone. šŸ˜³šŸ”„

I had not activated this option since I use a case on my phone. This makes no difference (thanks for the heads up Jonathan Mattson ).

Hereā€™s how itā€™s done:

šŸ‘‰ Open Settings >> Accessibility >> Touch

šŸ‘‰ Scroll to the bottom and activate Back-Tap to On (the default setting is Off)

šŸ‘‰ Choose Double Tap and select an action (there are many choices ā€” choose the action that you do most frequently)

šŸ‘‰ Optional ā€” Choose Triple Tap and select another action. Thatā€™s it. šŸ‘šŸ‘

Then practice your tapping. In 30 seconds you will have a new way of doing 2 actions!

What did I choose?

  • Double Tap >> App Switcher
  • Triple Tap >> activate my ā€œKeep Me On Taskā€ iOS shortcut command.

Let me know your choices in the comments below. šŸ‘‡ Are you going to use the Back Tap feature?

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