How to change the lock screen time on iphone

The screen timeout setting on iPhone determines how long it takes it to lock automatically. And it’s set at 30 seconds by default. This may not be an issue as you can unlock it whenever you please. But when someone else uses your iPhone, they’ll be handing it back to you over and again to unlock it.

That can be frustrating! Thankfully, you can extend this up to 5 minutes. It only requires a few tapping around your iPhone or iPad.

How to increase or decrease screen timeout on your iPhone or iPad

1. Open Settings → Display & Brightness.
2. Tap Auto-Lock.
3. Choose any of the time limits on the screen:
   Select Never to keep your device’s screen awake the whole time someone else uses it.
4. Finally, tap Back at the top left.
   

That’s it! You can tweak these timeout settings any time you want to either extend or decrease auto-lock timing on your iPhone.

Note: The above settings only affect auto-lock on iPhone. Your device will still lock up when you press the side button.

Can a longer timeout drain the iPhone battery?

While I’ve shown you how to adjust the screen timeout on your iPhone or iPad, leaving your device’s screen on for a long time can affect its battery life significantly. So I don’t recommend screen timeout longer than 2 minutes, not if you have a reason to do so. Besides, longer timeouts sometimes pose a privacy threat.

But as I said, you can always reduce or extend it as you like. Ideally, it’s always better to adjust the screen timeout as the use dictates. That said, many other factors may reduce battery life on your iPhone. Thankfully, there are also many ways around resolving battery drain issues on the iPhone.

The screen timeout feature comes in handy whenever you share your iPhone with your kid or any other person. For kids, it keeps them busy. And for friends, it doesn’t kill the fun of using your iPhone.

Do you find it easy tweaking your timeout setting every time? And how often do you do so? Let me know in the comment section below.

Read more:

• How to reset Screen Time Passcode on iPhone
• How to Set Communication Limits for Your Child on iPhone or iPad

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Everything you need to know (I think) : First, the OP is about whether it’s possible to extend the amount of time the lock screen stays lit, not how long it takes before the unlocked device’s lock screen kicks in.

In doing some experimentation with an IPhone 6 and IPad Pro (2nd gen) both using iOS 12.4, Apple has set 2 timers for the lock screen and 1 timer for the widget screen (accessed by swiping to the right). None of the timers are adjustable in Settings

Without a notification present, the main lock screen will remain lit for 5 seconds before going black. With a notification present, the lock screen remains lit for 10 seconds before going black.

The Widget screen will stay lit for 10 seconds before dimming and then 5 seconds later will go black.

Things you CAN’T do to keep the lock screen lit:

• use the sleep/lock button. This does nothing but turn off the lock screen prematurely. Once the lock screen goes black, pressing it again will bring back the lock screen and reset the 5 or 10 second timer. As suggested in other posts, there doesn’t appear to be any tricks to use the sleep/lock button to increase the length of the timer.

• Pressing the Home button. Pressing it brings up the login screen. Once the lock screen goes black, pressing it will bring back the lock screen and reset the 5 or 10 second timer.

Things you CAN do to keep the lock screen lit:

• pressing one of the volume buttons (up or down) every 3-4 seconds will reset the timer and keep the login screen lit.

• keeping a finger on the screen within the notification display area (near or on the actual notifications) AND moving the screen slightly up and down or physically sliding your finger side-to-side every few seconds will keep the screen lit.

• keeping a finger on the screen near the left or right edges of the lighted screen AND moving the screen slightly side-to-side every few seconds will keep the screen lit. Physically moving your finger up and down or tapping the screen in this area will not work.

Bottom line : the best solutions to keep the screen lit in order to read notifications appear to be to press the volume buttons or use a finger near the left or right edge of the screen as described above. For me personally, placing my right thumb in the bottom right part of the screen and slightly moving the screen side-to-side keeps the screen lit while I use my left thumb to scroll through the notifications.

Hope this helps:)

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