iOS emits a variety of unnecessary sound effects in response to user interaction, e.g.:
- Connect a power source.
- Take a photo.
- Capture a screenshot.
- Authorize an App Store purchase.
How do I disable them?
What I’ve tried:
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Since every other operating system I’ve used has a simple setting for this—
- macOS: System Preferences → Sound → Play user interface sound effects
- Windows: Control Panel → Sound → Sounds → No Sounds
- Ubuntu: System Settings → Sound → Sound Effects → Mute
- Android: Settings → Sound → Other sounds → …
—I expected that iOS would have one too. I looked around in Settings → Sounds & Haptics but couldn’t find it.
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Physically switching the iPhone’s ring/silent switch to silent does successfully mute sound effects, but this has the undesirable side effect of stopping my phone from ringing.
I have no problem with the phone making noise when it needs my attention; it’s the redundant, often skeuomorphic sounds that I’m asking about disabling.
Best Answer
I conclude that this is not possible in iOS.