# No player controls

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-player-controls/941514>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** ios\
**Created:** [August 10, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-player-controls/941514 "2026-08-10T01:28:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![febamj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@febamj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/febamj)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-player-controls/941514/1 "2026-08-10T01:28:49Z")

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iPhone 14 Pro

Version: 2026.15.0

This version has no player controls when watching videos.

Note- it’s fine on my iPad.

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**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-player-controls/941514/2 "2026-08-10T01:57:15Z")

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> [@iOS App 2026.14.0 has no on-screen controls](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-app-2026-14-0-has-no-on-screen-controls/941187/55):
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> Just saw this posted by @BigWheel in another thread and tested on mine by enabling it. Worth checking on yours I had on-screen controls before, but toggled on Accessibility \> Motion \> Reduce Motion in the iOS settings and restarted the Plex app and my on screen controls were gone. I quit Plex, disabled that option, started Plex back up, and the on screen controls came back.

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**Author:** ![berli3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@berli3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/berli3)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-player-controls/941514/3 "2026-08-11T14:29:05Z")

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I have the same issues, but also on my iPad

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**Author:** ![ruzla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@ruzla](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ruzla)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-player-controls/941514/4 "2026-08-12T12:12:04Z")

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Same here I also have this issue on iPad, this has worked fine for years and now makes it hard work watching anything, is anyone at Plex looking into this issue?

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**Author:** ![danpirro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@danpirro](https://forums.plex.tv/u/danpirro)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-player-controls/941514/5 "2026-08-12T18:09:12Z")

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I have the same issue. I can no longer make any video not full screen, no matter what. everything plays full screen and all i can do is exit the app on my iphone