How to Fix WiFi Icon Grayed Out on iPhone iOS 15 or 16

On your iPhone when you are trying to turn on wifi and you notice that your iPhone wifi icon has been grayed out and you are unable to tap on it or turn on wifi from notification or control center on your iPhone, then you can easily fix this issue of wifi icon grayed out on iPhone. So, let’s see in detail below.

Many Users experiencing this issue of wifi icon grayed out and they are unable to turn on wifi from control center or cant turn on wifi from their wifi settings as well  and it can be your iphone 12 wifi grayed out or iPhone 13, 11, x, XR or 13 Pro iPhone mobiles and due to content and privacy restriction settings as well or if not due to hardware or software related issues

Fix WiFi Icon Grayed Out on iOS 15 or 16

Below iPhone troubleshooting methods will help you fix wifi icon greyed out on iPhone and get back your wifi icon working properly as before.

Turn on Airplane Mode and Turn it OFF

Step 1: Swipe from top to bottom and access control center

Step 2: Now, tap on Airplane mode and turn it on.

Step 3: Wait for 20 to 30 seconds and then turn off airplane mode.

Now, go ahead and check with your wifi icon greyed out options back or not and if there is any minor software glitches then your issue will be resolved by just turning on and turning off airplane mode.

Turn OFF Restrictions

Step 1: Open Settings

Step 2: Tap on Screen time

Step 3: Tap on Content and Privacy Restrictions

Step 4: Now, turn off content and privacy restriction by toggle the button next to it.

Sometimes, due to this content and privacy restrictions, you will get to see the wifi icon getting grayed out as well and once you disable or turn off content and privacy restrictions then try to enable wifi.

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Disable Do Not Disturb Mode

If you have enabled and turned on DND Do not disturb mode then you can experience this issue of wifi icon geryed out on iPhone and turn off dnd mode on iPhone

Reset Network Settings

Step 1: Open Settings -> General -> Tap on Transfer or Reset

Step 2: Select Reset network settings and enter your passcode and confirm reset network settings.

Once you reset network settings then all your network related issues on your iPhone will be fixed like wifi not connecting on iphone 12 or not connecting to wifi after iOS update or any other wifi related issues on your iPhone can be fixed easily.

Reset All Settings

Step 1: Open settings on iPhone.

Step 2: Scroll down anda tap on General -> Tap on Transfer or Reset iPhone

Step 3: Tap on Reset All Settings in Popup and enter passcode and confirm reset all settings.

Wait for your iPhone to reset all settings and your wifi icon greyed out will be resolved successfully if you reset all settings or resetting network setting on your iPhone and other simple  methods explained above.

What Causes iPhone WIFI to Grayed out

This can happen due to minor software glitches and by simply restarting or force restarting your iPhone or updating your iPhone to latest versions can fix this issue of wifi icon greyed out on your iPhone and if there are any restrictions set on your iPhone.

Why is my Wi-Fi and Bluetooth not working on my iPhone?

This can happen due to system software are getting malfunctioned due to hardware changes or software changes and restart your iPhone can fix most of the possible errors and  you can get up and running with both bluetooth and wifi working again on your iPhone.

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