If your ceiling fan has wiring already in place where you have a separate switch for fan control then you can have the separate controls wired to independent switches.
Can you put a ceiling fan on a dimmer switch.
A broken ceiling fan motor and a house fire are obviously not ideal outcomes however there is some good news.
In this circumstance the light kit could be connected to a dimmer switch and the fan motor connected to a toggle switch.
The wall dimmer switch reduces power flow and interferes with the fan control.
You cannot use a dimmer switch on a fan motor but you can find fan speed controllers.
A dimmer switch as the name suggests lets you control the intensity of the light produced from the light to which it is connected such as a ceiling fan with a built in lighting fixture.
The new switch does require an additional electrical wire.
An example of this is that the motor in your fan could be damaged and rendered useless.
Replace the wall dimmer switch with an on off switch.