iPad User Guide

• Welcome
• Introduction to iPad
  • Setup basics
  • Make your iPad your own
  • Keep in touch with friends and family
  • Customize your workspace
• Your iPad
  • Supported models
  • iPad mini (5th generation)
  • iPad mini (6th generation)
  • iPad (5th generation)
  • iPad (6th generation)
  • iPad (7th generation)
  • iPad (8th generation)
  • iPad (9th generation)
  • iPad (10th generation)
  • iPad Air (3rd generation)
  • iPad Air (4th generation)
  • iPad Air (5th generation)
  • iPad Pro 9.7-inch
  • iPad Pro 10.5-inch
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
• What’s new in iPadOS 16
• Set up and get started
  • Turn on and set up iPad
  • Wake and unlock
  • Set up cellular service
  • Connect to the internet
  • Apple ID and iCloud
    • Apple ID settings
    • Turn iCloud features on or off
    • Subscribe to iCloud+
  • Find settings
  • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
  • Learn the meaning of the status icons
  • Charge and monitor the battery
    • Charge the battery
    • Show the battery percentage
    • Check battery usage
  • Download or bookmark the user guide
• Basics
  • Learn gestures for iPad
    • Learn basic gestures
    • Learn advanced gestures
  • Adjust the volume
  • Use your apps
    • Open apps
    • Find your apps in App Library
    • Switch between apps
    • Zoom an app to fill the screen
    • Quit and reopen an app
  • Enter, select, and revise text
    • Dictate text
    • Type with the onscreen keyboard
    • Use a split keyboard
    • Select and edit text
    • Use predictive text
    • Use text replacements
    • Add or change keyboards
  • Drag and drop
  • Use multiple apps simultaneously
    • Open two items in Split View
    • Switch an app window to Slide Over
    • View an app’s windows and workspaces
    • Multitask with Picture in Picture
    • Move, resize, and organize windows
  • Access features from the Lock Screen
  • Perform quick actions
  • Search with iPad
  • Use AirDrop to send items
  • Take a screenshot or screen recording
  • Mark up files and photos
    • Draw in apps
    • Add a description, a signature, and more to an image
    • Zoom in or magnify in Markup
  • Get information about your iPad
  • View or change cellular data settings
  • Travel with iPad
• Personalize your iPad
  • Change or turn off sounds
  • Change the wallpaper
  • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
  • Magnify the screen
  • Change the name of your iPad
  • Change the date and time
  • Change the language and region
  • Customize the Home Screen
    • Organize your apps in folders
    • Add widgets
    • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
    • Remove apps
  • Use and customize Control Center
  • Change or lock the screen orientation
  • Set up Focus, notifications, and Do Not Disturb
    • View and respond to notifications
    • Change notification settings
    • Set up a focus
    • Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
    • Turn a Focus on or off
• Apps
  • App Store
    • Get apps
    • Play games
      • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
      • Get games
      • Play with friends in Game Center
      • Connect a game controller
    • Use App Clips
    • Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
    • Install and manage fonts
  • Books
    • Buy books and audiobooks
    • Read books
    • Annotate books
    • Access books on other Apple devices
    • Listen to audiobooks
    • Set reading goals
    • Organize books
    • Read PDFs
  • Calendar
    • Create and edit events in Calendar
    • Send invitations
    • Reply to invitations
    • Change how you view events
    • Search for events
    • Customize your calendar
    • Keep track of events
    • Use multiple calendars
    • Use the Holidays calendar
    • Share iCloud calendars
  • Camera
    • Take photos
    • Take a selfie
    • Take a Portrait mode selfie
    • Take videos
    • Change advanced camera settings
    • Adjust HDR camera settings
    • View, share, and print photos
    • Use Live Text
    • Scan a QR code
  • Clock
    • See the world clock
    • Set an alarm
    • Use the timer or stopwatch
  • Contacts
    • Add and use contact information
    • Edit contacts
    • Add your contact info
    • Use other contact accounts
    • Hide duplicate contacts
  • FaceTime
    • Set up FaceTime
    • Create a FaceTime link
    • Make and receive calls
    • Take a Live Photo
    • Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
    • Use other apps during a call
    • Make a Group FaceTime call
    • View participants in a grid
    • Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
    • Share your screen
    • Hand off a FaceTime call to another device
    • Change the video settings
    • Change the audio settings
    • Add camera effects
    • Leave a call or switch to Messages
    • Block unwanted callers
  • Files
    • Connect external devices or servers
    • View and modify files and folders
    • Organize files and folders
    • Send files
    • Set up iCloud Drive
    • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
  • Find My
    • Find people
      • Share your location
      • Add or remove a friend
      • Locate a friend
      • Get notified when friends change their location
      • Notify a friend when your location changes
    • Find devices
      • Add your iPad
      • Get notified if you leave a device behind
      • Locate a device
      • Mark a device as lost
      • Erase a device
      • Remove a device
    • Find items
      • Add an AirTag
      • Add a third-party item
      • Get notified if you leave an item behind
      • Locate an item
      • Mark an item as lost
      • Remove an item
    • Adjust map settings
  • Freeform
    • Get started with Freeform
    • Create a Freeform board
    • Access boards on other devices
    • Add images, text, files, and more
      • Drawings
      • Lines and shapes
      • Sticky notes
      • Text boxes
      • Photos and videos
      • Scans, links, and other files
      • Accessible descriptions
      • Apply consistent styles
    • Position items on a board
    • Search Freeform boards
    • Share and collaborate
    • Delete boards
  • Home
    • Intro to Home
    • Upgrade to the new Home architecture
    • Set up accessories
    • Control accessories
    • Control your home using Siri
    • Configure HomePod
    • Control your home remotely
    • Create and use scenes
    • Create an automation
    • Configure cameras
    • Face Recognition
    • Configure a router
    • Share controls with others
    • Add more homes
  • iTunes Store
    • Get music, movies, and TV shows
    • Get ringtones
    • Manage purchases and settings
  • Magnifier
    • Magnify nearby objects
    • Create activities
    • Change settings
    • Detection Mode
      • Detect people around you
      • Detect doors around you
      • Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
      • Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
  • Mail
    • Add or remove email accounts
      • Add and remove email accounts
      • Set up a custom email domain
    • Check your email
    • Write and send email
      • Send email
      • Unsend email with Undo send
      • Reply to and forward emails
      • Save an email draft
    • Work with attachments
      • Add email attachments
      • Download email attachments
      • Annotate email attachments
    • Set email notifications
    • Search for email
    • Organize your email in mailboxes
    • Flag and filter email
      • Flag emails
      • Filter emails
    • Privacy and security
      • Use Hide My Email
      • Use Mail Privacy Protection
    • Change email settings
    • Delete and recover emails
    • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
    • Print emails
    • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Maps
    • View maps
    • Find places
      • Search for places
      • Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
      • Get information about places
      • Mark places
      • Share places
      • Rate places
      • Save favorite places
      • Explore new places with Guides
      • Organize places in My Guides
      • Get traffic and weather info
      • Delete significant locations
      • Find your Maps settings
    • Get directions
      • Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
      • Select other route options
      • Things you can do while following a route
        • Share your ETA
        • Find stops along your route
        • View a route overview or a list of turns
        • Change settings for spoken directions
      • Get driving directions
      • Report traffic incidents
      • Get cycling directions
      • Get walking directions
      • Get transit directions
      • Delete recent directions
    • Take tours
      • Look around places
      • Take Flyover tours in Maps
  • Measure
    • Measure
    • View and save measurements
    • Measure a person’s height
  • Messages
    • Set up Messages
    • Send and reply to messages
    • Unsend and edit messages
    • Keep track of messages and conversations
    • Forward and share messages
    • Set up a group conversation
    • Add photos and video
    • Send and receive content
    • Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
    • Collaborate on projects
    • Animate messages
    • Use iMessage apps
    • Use Memoji
    • Send a Digital Touch effect
    • Send recorded audio messages
    • Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
    • Change notifications
    • Block, filter, and report messages
    • Delete messages
    • Recover deleted messages
  • Music
    • Get music
    • View albums, playlists, and more
    • Play music
    • Queue up your music
    • Listen to broadcast radio
    • Apple Music
      • Subscribe to Apple Music
      • Listen to lossless music
      • Listen to Dolby Atmos music
      • Apple Music Sing
      • Find new music
      • Add music and listen offline
      • Get personalized recommendations
      • Listen to radio
      • Search for music
      • Create playlists
      • See what your friends are listening to
      • Use Siri to play music
    • Listen to music with Apple Music Voice
    • Change the way music sounds
  • News
    • Get started with News
    • Use News widgets
    • See news stories chosen just for you
    • Read stories
    • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
    • Apple News+
      • Subscribe to Apple News+
      • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
    • Download Apple News+ issues
    • Search for news stories
    • Save news stories for later
    • Subscribe to news channels
  • Notes
    • Add or remove accounts
    • Create and format notes
    • Draw or write
    • Scan text and documents
    • Add photos, videos, and more
    • Create Quick Notes
    • Search notes
    • Organize in folders
    • Organize with tags
    • Use Smart Folders
    • Share and collaborate
    • Lock notes
    • Change Notes settings
    • Use keyboard shortcuts
  • Photo Booth
    • Take photos
    • Delete, share, or copy a photo
    • View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
  • Photos
    • View photos and videos
    • Play videos and slideshows
    • Delete or hide photos and videos
    • Edit photos and videos
    • Trim video length and adjust slow motion
    • Edit Live Photos
    • Edit Cinematic videos
    • Edit Portrait mode photos
    • Use photo albums
    • Edit and organize albums
    • Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
    • Duplicate and copy photos and videos
    • Merge duplicate photos
    • Search in Photos
    • Find and identify people in Photos
    • Browse photos by location
    • Share photos and videos
    • Share long videos
    • View photos and videos shared with you
    • Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
    • Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos
    • Lift a subject from the photo background
    • Watch memories
    • Personalize your memories
    • Manage memories and featured photos
    • Use iCloud Photos features
      • Use iCloud Photos
      • Use iCloud Shared Albums
      • Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
      • Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
      • Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
    • Import photos and videos
    • Print photos
  • Podcasts
    • Find podcasts
    • Listen to podcasts
    • Follow your favorite podcasts
    • Organize your podcast library
    • Download, save, and share podcasts
    • Subscribe to podcasts
    • Change download settings
  • Reminders
    • Set up accounts
    • Add items to a list
    • Edit and manage a list
    • Search and organize lists
    • Work with templates
    • Use tags
    • Use Smart Lists
    • Change Reminders settings
    • Share and collaborate
    • Print reminders
    • Use keyboard shortcuts
  • Safari
    • Browse the web
    • Customize your Safari settings
    • Change the layout
    • Search for websites
    • Use Tab Groups
      • Open and close tabs
      • Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
      • View your tabs from another device
      • Share Tab Groups
    • Bookmark favorite webpages
    • Save pages to a Reading List
    • Find links shared with you
    • Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
    • Automatically fill in forms
    • Get extensions
    • Hide ads and distractions
    • Clear your cache
    • Privacy and security
      • Browse the web privately
      • Use passkeys in Safari
      • Use Hide My Email
  • Shortcuts
  • Stocks
    • Check stocks
    • Manage multiple watchlists
    • Read business news
    • Add earnings reports to your calendar
    • Add a Stocks widget to your Home Screen
  • Tips
  • Translate
    • Translate text, voice, and conversations
    • Translate text in apps
    • Translate with the camera view
  • TV
    • Connect apps and add your TV provider
    • Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, and Apple TV channels
    • Get shows, movies, and more
    • Watch sports
      • Watch sports
      • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
      • Watch Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass
    • Control playback
    • Watch together using SharePlay
    • Manage your library
    • Change the settings
  • Voice Memos
    • Make a recording
    • Play it back
    • Edit or delete a recording
    • Keep recordings up to date
    • Organize recordings
    • Search for or rename a recording
    • Share recordings
    • Duplicate a recording
  • Weather
    • Check the weather
    • Check the weather in other locations
    • View weather maps
    • Manage weather notifications
    • Add a Weather widget to your Home Screen
    • Learn the weather icons
• Siri
  • Use Siri
  • Find out what Siri can do
  • Tell Siri about yourself
  • Have Siri announce calls and notifications
  • Add Siri Shortcuts
  • About Siri Suggestions
  • Change Siri settings
• Family Sharing
  • Set up Family Sharing
  • Add Family Sharing members
  • Remove Family Sharing members
  • Share subscriptions
  • Share purchases
  • Share locations with family and locate lost devices
  • Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
  • Set up parental controls
  • Set up a child’s device
• Screen Time
  • View your Screen Time summary
  • Set up Screen Time for yourself
  • Set up Screen Time for a family member
  • Get a report of your device use
• Apple Pay
  • Set up Apple Pay
  • Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
  • Use Apple Cash
  • Use Apple Card
  • Manage payment cards and activity
• Accessories
  • Power adapter and charge cable
  • AirPods and EarPods
    • Use AirPods
    • Use EarPods
  • Use headphone audio-level features
  • Apple Pencil
    • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
    • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (1st generation)
    • Enter text with Scribble
    • Draw with Apple Pencil
    • Take and mark up a screenshot with Apple Pencil
    • Quickly write notes
    • Preview tools and controls with Apple Pencil hover
  • Apple TV, smart TVs, and video displays
    • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
    • Connect to a display with a cable
  • HomePod and other wireless speakers
  • Keyboards
    • iPad keyboards
    • Switch between keyboards
    • Enter characters with diacritical marks
    • Dictate text
    • Use shortcuts
    • Choose an alternative keyboard layout
    • Change typing assistance options
  • Trackpads
    • Connect Magic Trackpad
    • Trackpad gestures
    • Change trackpad settings
  • Mouse devices
    • Connect a mouse
    • Mouse actions and gestures
    • Change mouse settings
  • External storage devices
  • Bluetooth accessories
  • Apple Watch with Fitness+
  • Printers
• Use iPad with iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC
  • Share your internet connection
  • Make and receive phone calls
  • Use iPad as a second display for Mac
  • Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
  • Hand off tasks between devices
  • Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
  • Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
  • Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
  • Transfer files between your iPad and computer
    • Transfer files between devices
    • Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
    • Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
    • Transfer files with an external storage device
    • Use a file server to share files between your iPad and computer
    • Share files with a cloud storage service
    • Sync content or transfer files with the Finder or iTunes
• Accessibility
  • Get started with accessibility features
  • Vision
    • VoiceOver
      • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
      • Change your VoiceOver settings
      • Learn VoiceOver gestures
      • Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
      • Control VoiceOver using the rotor
      • Use the onscreen keyboard
      • Write with your finger
      • Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
      • Use a braille display
      • Type onscreen braille
      • Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
      • Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
      • Use VoiceOver for images and videos
      • Use VoiceOver in apps
    • Zoom
    • Hover Text
    • Display & Text Size
    • Motion
    • Spoken Content
    • Audio Descriptions
  • Physical and Motor
    • AssistiveTouch
    • Eye-tracking device
    • Touch accommodations
    • Call Audio Routing
    • Face ID & Attention
    • Switch Control
      • Intro to Switch Control
      • Set up and turn on Switch Control
      • Use Switch Control
    • Voice Control
    • Home or top button
    • Apple TV Remote
    • Pointer Control
    • Keyboards
    • AirPods
    • Apple Pencil
  • Hearing
    • Hearing devices
    • Live Listen
    • Sound recognition
    • RTT
    • Mono audio and balance
    • LED flash for alerts
    • Headphone audio
    • Background sounds
    • Subtitles and captions
    • Transcriptions for Intercom messages
    • Live Captions (beta)
  • General
    • Guided Access
    • Siri
    • Accessibility shortcuts
    • Per-app settings
• Privacy and security
  • Use built-in privacy and security protections
  • Protect access to your iPad
    • Set a passcode
    • Set up Face ID
    • Set up Touch ID
    • Control access to information on the Lock Screen
  • Keep your Apple ID secure
  • Make sign-ins safer and easier
    • Sign in with passkeys
    • Sign in with Apple
    • Automatically fill in strong passwords
    • Change weak or compromised passwords
    • View your passwords and related information
    • Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
    • Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
    • Automatically fill in verification codes
    • Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges on iPad
    • Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
    • Use security keys
  • Manage what you share with apps
    • Control app tracking permissions
    • Control the location information you share
    • Control access to information in apps
    • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
    • Control access to hardware features
  • Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
  • Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
  • Use a private network address
  • Use Advanced Data Protection
  • Lockdown Mode
• Restart, update, reset, and restore
  • Turn iPad on or off
  • Force restart iPad
  • Update iPadOS
  • Back up iPad
  • Return iPad settings to their defaults
  • Restore all content from a backup
  • Restore purchased and deleted items
  • Sell, give away, or trade in your iPad
  • Erase iPad
  • Install or remove configuration profiles
• Safety, handling, and support
  • Important safety information
  • Important handling information
  • Find more resources for software and service
  • FCC compliance statement
  • ISED Canada compliance statement
  • Apple and the environment
  • Class 1 Laser information
  • Disposal and recycling information
  • Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
  • ENERGY STAR compliance statement
• Copyright