When all of the options for the Control Center are turned on, you can bring up the Control Center from within apps, or from the lock screen. But you might find that you are opening the Control Center by accident, or that you never try to use it while you have an app open. If that is the case, then you may wish to turn off the option that allows the Control Center to be opened from within an app. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting so that you can disable it.  

Disable the Control Center in Apps on the iPhone

The steps in this article were performed using an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 8.3. These same steps will work for other models of iPhones running this same operating system, as well as iPhones that use iOS versions of 8.0 or higher. Here is how to disable Control Center access from within apps:   For additional help, you can use the steps with images below –   Step 1: Tap the Settings icon.

    Step 2: Select the Control Center option.

    Step 3: Tap the button to the right of Access Within Apps to turn it off. You will know that the setting is disabled when there is no green shading around the button. For example, this setting is turned off in the image below.

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