How to Turn Off CarPlay: 7 Step-by-Step Methods in 2024

Are you looking for ways to turn off CarPlay? We've gathered the most comprehensive step-by-step guide for you. It only takes 5 minutes to solve your problem.  

Reasons to Disable CarPlay

Use Built-in Infotainment System: Prefer using the car's original infotainment features.

Charging Without CarPlay: Charge your phone via the car's USB port without starting CarPlay.

Multiple Device Management: Choose a specific phone to connect among multiple previously connected devices.

Turning Off CarPlay on iPhone

 There are two ways to turn off carplay from your iphone.

Through iPhone Settings

1. Open Settings on iPhone.
2. Select "General" > "CarPlay".
3. Choose the car to disconnect.
4. Tap "Forget This Car" > Tap "Forget" to confirm.

This will forget the connection to the specific vehicle while maintaining connections to other synced vehicles.

Through iPhone Restrictions

1. Open Settings >"Screen Time".
2. Select and Enable "Content & Privacy Restrictions".
3. Go to "Allowed Apps".
4. Disable "CarPlay".

This will deactivate CarPlay connections on all vehicles for your iPhone.

Turning Off CarPlay from Car Settings

There are two ways to turn off CarPlay from the car settings. Additionally, you can alos easily switch CarPlay to the background and then use the original car's infotainment system.

Via Car Settings Menu

Some car brands allow you to disable CarPlay from carplay settings. The common steps are:

1. Access the Settings menu of CarPlay interface.
2. Select options like "Connection", "Auto-Launch", or similar.
3. Choose "Disable", "Turn Off", or "Do Not Connect".

This will keep CarPlay disabled on the car's screen until re-enabled.
Menu and settings vary by vehicle brand. Please refer to your owner's manual for detailed information.

Via Car's Phone List

1. Access the Settings menu.
2. Select "Connectivity".
3. Click "Smartphone Phone List".
4. Choose the phone to disconnect and select "No".

This will disconnect the specific smartphone from CarPlay. Please refer to the car owner's manual for specific steps.

Disable CarPlay by Disconnecting

In addition to using phone and car screen settings to turn off CarPlay, you can simply disconnect the USB or the wireless connection.

Disconnect from USB data port

If you want to charge without enabling CarPlay, use the car's charging port instead of the USB data port. Alternatively, you can connect a USB condom to the USB data port to enable charging only.

Turning Off Bluetooth or Wi-Fi

If your phone connects to CarPlay wirelessly, simply turning off Bluetooth or Wi-Fi on your iPhone will disconnect the connection.

Switching CarPlay to Infotainment System

Sometimes people just want to switch to the built-in infotainment system. Most car brands allow you to freely switch between the two systems, but note that this action doesn't disable CarPlay.

For example, in Toyota cars, you can switch to the multimedia system by selecting the Toyota app on the CarPlay home screen. To return to CarPlay, select the CarPlay icon in the top left corner. Many car head units offer similar options. Check your owner's manual for specific steps.

Removing CarPlay Apps or Disable Notifications

Maybe you don't want to completely turn off CarPlay, but just want to disable specific apps and message notifications? CarPlay provides you with settings options for that.

Removing Specific Apps from CarPlay

1. Open Settings > "General" > "CarPlay".
2. Tap on your car.
3. Select "Customize".
4. Remove unwanted apps by tapping the minus (-) button, or add apps by tapping the plus (+) button, and you can rearrange the app order by dragging.

Disabling CarPlay Notifications

1. Silencing Message Notifications
2. Open Settings.
3. Select "Driving Focus".
4. Enable "Activate with CarPlay".

Driving Focus mode automatically silences some alerts and notifications when CarPlay is enabled, but incoming calls are still notified.

Turning Off Siri Announcements

1. Open Settings.
2. Select "Announce Messages".
3. Turn off the toggle switch.
4. Siri will not announce and read new messages
5. Disable privacy display
6. Open Settings > Turn off "Suggestions in Dashboard"

This will prevent your personal schedule from appearing on the car's calendar screen, and Siri will not suggest places to go.

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