Finished talking on your iPhone? You can end a call in one of these 11 ways. Note that they work for both standard carrier calls and FaceTime calls. Some of them will also work to hang up a call made through VoIP apps like WhatsApp, Viber, Skype, Zoom, Google Duo, etc.
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You can hang up by pressing the big red button on the call screen. If you’re not on the call screen, first tap on the green pill in the top left corner of your iPhone’s screen. On iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, tap the green phone icon on Dynamic Island.
For a short period of time (until you lock your iPhone or use the touch screen), you may also see a red button on the compact call banner that hangs from the top of the screen.
2. Tap and hold the dynamic island to end the call.
While on a call on iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max, touch and hold Dynamic Island to bring up a miniature call screen. From here, press the red button to end the call.
Note. As mentioned in the first method above, if you simply tap on the phone icon inside Dynamic Island, you will be returned to the main calling screen.
When you are on a call, press the side button once and the call will end.
You can’t turn off calls by pressing the iPhone’s side button if you’re on a call with AirPods, Bluetooth headphones, or an iPhone speaker. Pressing the side button to end the current call works when you’re using the iPhone’s top earbud.
When you’re on a phone call with AirPods, your device’s speaker, or any Bluetooth headphones, pressing the side button properly locks the screen, helping you conserve battery power.
Are you tired of accidentally ending a call by inadvertently pressing the side button? iOS 16 will help you.
You can prevent the iPhone side button from ending the current call by doing the following:
- Open the Settings app and tap Accessibility.
- Click “Touch”.
- Turn on the Prevent blocking switch to end the call.
After that, even when you are talking on your iPhone through the earpiece, pressing the side button one or more times will not end the call. If the screen is active during a call, pressing the side button will now turn off the screen.
4. Double tap or press AirPod
When you’re on a call on your iPhone with 1st and 2nd generation AirPods, double-tap the left or right AirPod to end the call.
If you’re using AirPods Pro 1st or 2nd generation, or AirPods 3rd generation, press either the left or right stick of the AirPods and the call will end. Finally, with AirPods Max, press the Digital Crown to end the current call.
While on a call or FaceTime, press the center button on your wired EarPods to end the call. This also works with most third party wired and wireless headphones with this button. In some situations, you may need to press the button twice to end the call.
6. Ask Siri or Voice Control to hang up.
In iOS 16, you can ask Siri to end a call by simply saying “Hey Siri, hang up.”However, in order to use this hands-free method, you need to enable the feature first. Also note that when you say “Hey Siri, hang up”, the person on the other end of the line will hear those words.
Follow these steps to enable Siri to end a phone call on an iPhone running iOS 16:
- Open the Settings app and tap Siri & Search.
- Tap End Call.
- Turn on the switch to end a call.
From now on, when you’re on a phone call or making a FaceTime call, say “Hey Siri, hang up”and your iPhone will end the call!
If you’re using voice control on your iPhone running iOS 16, just say “Hang up”and the call will end. The person you are talking to will hear a voice command to hang up.
7. End the call using your Apple Watch.
When you’re on a phone call on your iPhone, your Apple Watch might show a small green phone icon at the top of the watch face. Touch this phone icon and then touch the red button to end the call. If you don’t see the tiny phone icon on your watch face, open the Phone app on your Apple Watch and it will show you a banner for the current call. Touch this banner and use the red end call button to end the call.
8. Use HomePod to end an iPhone call
You can quickly transfer your current phone call from iPhone to HomePod. Your call will then continue through your HomePod’s microphone and speaker. When you’re done, tap the top of your HomePod to end the call.
In addition to tapping, you can also say “Hey Siri, hang up”and your HomePod will end the phone call.
9. End a call on your Mac or iPad
Just like with HomePod, you can transfer an ongoing call from iPhone to your Mac or iPad with the same Apple ID. When you are talking on your Mac or iPad, you can use the button to end the call. For example, on my MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, I can use the “Finish”button in the top right corner of the screen, or press “Exit”on the Touch Bar.
10. Enable Airplane Mode
During a call, open the iPhone Control Center and tap the airplane icon to turn on airplane mode. This disables cellular services (and other wireless protocols such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), ending the current call.
11. Turn off the Wi-Fi call to end the call.
Finally, while working on this post, I discovered how to hang up if you are using Wi-Fi calling on your iPhone. I do not recommend that you follow this unnecessary method. But it is useful to know some strange facts. So let’s go:
When you are on a mobile phone call with an iPhone connected to Wi-Fi, go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling (choose the SIM card if you are using dual SIM cards) and turn off Calling via Wi-Fi on this iPhone”. The moment you do this, the current phone call will end.
These were all ways to hang up or make a FaceTime call on your iPhone. Did you know all of these ways to end a conversation, or were some of them new to you?