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Are you prepare to stop streaming or mirroring your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to an AirPlay device? Disconnecting from an AirPlay speaker, Boob tube, or any other device is super easy, just the steps are a little unlike depending on whether you're mirroring your screen, playing audio, or streaming video through an app. This wikiHow article will teach you how to turn off AirPlay on whatsoever iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and show you lot how to prevent your iPhone or iPad from automatically connecting to AirPlay. We'll also show you how to stop incoming AirPlay connections on your Mac and Apple Television receiver.

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    Open the Control Center. If y'all're currently mirroring your iPhone or iPad's screen to another device (such as a Television receiver or a monitor) through AirPlay, you tin turn off AirPlay from the Control Center.

    • If your iPhone or iPad has Face ID, swipe downward from the top-right corner of the screen to open Control Center.
    • If your iPhone or iPad has a Home push button, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open up Control Center.
    • If you're mirroring through an app that has its own built-in AirPlay choice (such as the Apple Goggle box app), tap the AirPlay or Casting icon in the app y'all're streaming. The icon looks like a foursquare with a triangle at its bottom-center surface area or a triangle with circles emanating from the elevation, depending on the app. And so, tap Turn off AirPlay to cease mirroring the app to your AirPlay device.

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    Tap Screen Mirroring . You'll run into this tile on the Command Center. It'due south the tile that has two overlapping squares.

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    Tap Stop Mirroring . This ends the AirPlay session.

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    Open the Command Center. If y'all're playing audio through speakers or another AirPlay-enabled device from your iPhone or iPad, you tin can easily plough off AirPlay from the Command Center.

    • If your iPhone or iPad has Face ID, swipe downward from the superlative-right corner of the screen to open Control Center.
    • If your iPhone or iPad has a Habitation button, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open Command Center.

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    Tap the AirPlay icon on the music tile. This is the icon of a triangle with several circles at the top. Yous'll now meet a list of devices, including the i you're AirPlaying to at the moment.

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    Select your iPhone or iPad from the device list. For example, if you're using an iPhone, you'll tap iPhone. This switches the audio stream dorsum to your iPhone's (or iPad'south) built-in speaker.

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    Open your iPhone or iPad's Settings . You'll find this gear icon on the Home screen or in your app listing. If y'all keep accidentally activating AirPlay and want to prevent your iPhone or iPad from instantly connecting to AirPlay-enabled devices, you tin can make a quick change to your settings to disable automatic AirPlay.

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    Tap Full general . You'll see this atop the third group of settings.

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    Tap AirPlay & Handoff . This is in the second group of settings.

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    Tap Automatically AirPlay to TVs . Information technology's the outset setting in the list.

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    Tap Never . This disables automated AirPlay.

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    Click the Control Center icon on your Mac. It'southward the icon with two sliders in the bill of fare bar at the top-correct corner of the screen. If you're mirroring your Mac's screen to a second monitor or Apple TV, this method volition help you disconnect from that device.

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    Click Screen Mirroring . This opens a list of devices, including the one you lot're continued to currently.[1]

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    Select the device you're mirroring the screen to. This deselects the device, which stops mirroring your screen through AirPlay.[2]

    • If you're using AirPlay to connect your Mac to a second monitor, click Brandish Preferences on the Screen Mirroring bill of fare, click the "AirPlay Brandish" menu, and and then choose Off.

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    Click the Control Eye icon on your Mac. It's the icon with two sliders in the menu bar at the top-right corner of the screen. If you're playing sound through an AirPlay speaker, this method will assist you disconnect from the speaker then you lot tin mind on your Mac instead.

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    Click the AirPlay icon. Information technology'due south the triangle with circles at the acme under "Sound."

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    Select your Mac'due south congenital-in speaker. This disconnects from AirPlay and returns the sound to your internal speaker.[3]

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    Open your Mac'south System Preferences . You'll find this in the Apple bill of fare, which is at the elevation-left corner of the screen. If yous desire to plough off the feature that allows other devices to stream content to your Mac through AirPlay, this method will teach y'all how.[iv]

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    Click Sharing . It's the binder icon in your Arrangement Preferences panel.

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    Remove the checkmark from "AirPlay Receiver." If your Mac allows AirPlay from other devices, you'll see a checkmark side by side to "AirPlay Receiver" in the left panel. Removing this checkmark turns off your Mac'southward AirPlay Receiver.

    • If yous desire some devices to be able to AirPlay to your Mac, you tin exit the checkmark intact, and instead change the "Allow AirPlay for" option to Current user (for devices connected to your Apple ID only) or Anyone on the same network (to restrict AirPlay connections to those on your network).

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    Open your Apple tree Idiot box's Settings. Yous tin practice this by selecting the gear icon on your Apple TV's Dwelling house screen. If you don't want random people to be able to AirPlay content to your Apple Tv set, yous tin can restrict access to AirPlay from your Settings.[v]

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    Select AirPlay and HomeKit . Additional options will announced.

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    Select Allow Admission . This displays all of the AirPlay permissions you can cull from.

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    Choose who can AirPlay to your Apple Telly.

    • Select Everyone to allow anyone to AirPlay annihilation they wish.
    • Select Anyone on the Aforementioned Network to permit anyone continued to your home's Wi-Fi network to AirPlay.
    • Select Only People Sharing This Domicile if you've added certain users to Home Sharing and want to let only those people to stream to this Idiot box.
    • Select Crave password to create a countersign for your Apple tree TV—simply people with this countersign will exist able to AirPlay to this TV.
    • Select Also Allow Nearby to AirPlay to let anyone near your Apple TV to stream content.

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