How to turn Android flight mode on and off

With flight mode you separate your mobile device from the digital world. Convenient: in Android, you can turn the function on and off in a jiffy. Our guide shows you how it works and what advantages flight mode has.

With Android flight mode, you can mute your smartphone without turning it off.

Flight mode is not only practical on an airplane. Whether you're at church, in the hospital, at the movies, or next to your bed at night, flight mode will help you out in any situation where you need complete silence or want to silence your smartphone for social reasons.

How to enable flight mode in Android

Because of its popularity, flight mode is easy to find in Android:

1. Pull down the Notification Bar.
2. Tap the icon with the three rectangles and the two arrows in the upper right corner to see more DeepL access options.
3. Tap the icon with the airplane - this is the flight mode, but it is now called offline mode.
4. About the settings, the activation of the flight mode is also possible. To do this, tap the "gear icon" in the app overview to open the settings.
5. Then navigate to "Wireless & Networks" and move the switch next to the entry "Flight Mode" to the right.

Immediately after that, your smartphone cuts all connections, so the mobile Internet as well as access to the phone network. In the same way, you can also deactivate the flight mode again.The flight mode, by the way, can also be found in older Android versions, there usually even under this designation. If you use your mobile device with English language, Flight Mode is the right name.