14 Sep 2026
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Guide

How To Rotate an iPhone Screen

By James, Mozillion Team•

Here's how to rotate the screen on your iPhone.


Follow these simple steps or watch our helpful video below.

  1. 1Swipe down from the top right of the screen to enter control centre.
  2. 2There you'll see a small lock icon with a circular arrow around it.
  3. 3If this lock icon is highlighted it means your rotation lock is currently set to on so you phone's display won't auto rotate when you turn your phone on it's side.
  4. 4To turn it rotation lock off simply tap it once.
  5. 5To rotate your screen, swipe up from the bottom to go to the home screen and then head into an app that's supports rotation such as Safari or YouTube.
  6. 6Once you're in the app, simply rotate your phone to the left or right rotate and the display will auto rotate.

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