Welcome
Introducing iPad
- iPad models
- Setup basics
- Make your iPad your own
- Streamline your workflow on iPad
- Do more with Apple Pencil
- Customize iPad for your child
Whats new in iPadOS 26
Set up and get started
- Turn on and set up iPad
- Wake, unlock, and lock
- Set up cellular service
- Connect to the internet
- View or change cellular data settings
- Apple Account and iCloud
- Find settings
- Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Charge and monitor the battery
Basics
- Learn gestures for iPad
  - Learn basic gestures
  - Learn advanced gestures
- Adjust the volume
- Turn the iPad flashlight on or off
- Use your apps
- Drag and drop
- Use multiple apps simultaneously
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- Perform quick actions
- Search with Spotlight
- Get information about your iPad
- Manage storage on iPad
- Travel with iPad
Personalize your iPad
- Change or turn off sounds
- Create a custom Lock Screen
- Customize your Home Screen
- Change the wallpaper
- Use and customize Control Center
- Record audio and video
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPad display on longer
- Adjust iPad display and text settings
- Change the name of your iPad
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Change the default apps
- Change your default search engine on iPad
- Rotate your iPad screen
- Set up Focus, notifications, and Do Not Disturb
- Customize sharing options
Work with text and graphics
- Enter, select, and revise text
- Add or change keyboards
- Add emoji, Memoji, and stickers
- Capture and record the iPad screen
- Use Markup tools
  - Write and draw in documents
  - Add text, shapes, stickers, and more
- Fill out forms, sign documents, and create signatures
- Interact with content in a photo or video
- Identify objects in your photos and videos
- Lift a subject from the photo background
Camera
- Take photos
- Take Live Photos
- Take a selfie
- Take a Portrait mode selfie
- Record a video
- Change advanced camera settings
- Adjust HDR camera settings
- View, share, and print photos
- Use Live Text
- Scan a QR code
- Scan documents
Apps
- App Store
  - Get apps
  - Use App Clips
  - Update apps
  - Install and manage fonts
  - Share and send apps
  - See your purchases and subscriptions
  - Change settings and restrictions
- 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
  - Get started with Calendar
  - Create and edit events in Calendar
  - Send invitations
  - Reply to invitations
  - Change how you view events
  - Search for events
  - Change Calendar settings
  - Schedule or display events in a different time zone
  - Keep track of events
  - Use multiple calendars
  - Use reminders in Calendar
  - Use the Holidays calendar
  - Share iCloud calendars
- Calculator
  - Get started with Calculator
  - Use the basic calculator
  - Use the scientific calculator
  - Solve math with Math Notes
  - Work with graphs in Math Notes
  - Convert units or currency
  - See previous calculations
- Clock
  - See the world clock
  - Set an alarm
  - Use the stopwatch
  - Set timers
- Contacts
  - Get started with Contacts
  - Add and use contact information
  - Edit contacts
  - Add your contact info
  - Share contacts on iPad
  - Add or remove accounts
  - Hide duplicate contacts
  - Sync contacts across devices
  - Import contacts
  - Export contacts
- FaceTime
  - Get started with FaceTime
  - Make and receive FaceTime calls
    - Set up FaceTime
    - Make FaceTime calls
    - Receive FaceTime calls
  - Create a FaceTime link
  - Take a Live Photo
  - Use FaceTime audio call tools
  - Use Live Captions and Live Translation
  - Use other apps during a call
  - Make a Group FaceTime call
  - Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
  - Share your screen in a FaceTime call
  - Request or give remote control in a FaceTime call
  - Collaborate on a document in a FaceTime call
  - Use video conferencing features
  - Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
  - Change the FaceTime video settings
  - Change the FaceTime audio settings
  - Change your appearance
  - Leave a call or switch to Messages
  - Screen and filter calls
  - Block a FaceTime call and report it as spam
- Files
  - Files basics
  - Modify files and folders
  - Find and view files and folders
  - Find your downloaded files on iPad
  - Organize files and folders
  - Send files from the Files app
  - Set up iCloud Drive
  - Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
  - Transfer files from iPad to a storage device, a server, or the cloud
- Find My
  - Get started with Find My
  - Find people
  - Find devices
  - Find items
  - Adjust map settings
  - Turn off Find My
- Freeform
  - Get started with Freeform
  - Create a Freeform board
  - Add content to a board
  - Share or present a board
  - Search Freeform boards
  - Delete and recover boards
  - Subscribe to Apple Creator Studio
  - Use keyboard shortcuts
  - Change Freeform settings
- Games
  - Get started with the Apple Games app
  - Set up your Game Center profile
  - Find and download games
  - Subscribe to Apple Arcade
  - Connect with friends in the Apple Games app
  - Play with friends in the Apple Games app
  - Manage your game library
  - Connect a game controller
  - Change game-related settings
  - Report a problem with a game
- Health
  - Get started with Health
  - Fill out your Health Details
  - View and share health data
  - View health records
  - Track your menstrual cycle
  - Manage your medications
    - Track your medications
    - Learn more about your medications
  - Track your mental wellbeing
    - Log your state of mind
    - Take a mental health assessment
  - Prioritize your sleep
    - Use a Sleep Focus
    - View your sleep history
  - Use headphone hearing safeguards
    - Check your headphone audio levels
    - Use hearing health features
  - Back up your Health data
- Home
  - Get started with Home
  - Intro to Home
  - Upgrade to the new version of Apple Home
  - Set up accessories
  - Control accessories
  - Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
  - View electricity usage and rates
  - Adaptive Temperature and Clean Energy Guidance
  - Set up HomePod
  - Control your home remotely
  - Create and use scenes
  - Use automations
  - Set up security cameras
  - Use Face Recognition
  - Configure a router
  - Invite others to control accessories
  - Add more homes
- iTunes Store
  - Get music
  - Get ringtones
  - Manage purchases and settings
- Journal
  - Get started with Journal
  - Write in your journal
  - Edit or delete an entry
  - Add formatting, photos, and more
  - Journal for your wellbeing
  - Build a journaling habit
  - View and search journal entries
  - Print and export entries
  - Protect your journal entries
  - Change Journal settings
- Magnifier
  - Magnify or describe things around you
  - Customize controls
  - Detection Mode
- Mail
  - Get started with Mail
  - Add or remove email accounts
    - Add and remove email accounts
    - Set up a custom email domain
  - Check your email
  - Use categories
  - Automatically clean up iCloud Mail
  - Write and send email
  - Work with attachments
  - Set email notifications
  - Search for email
  - Organize your email in mailboxes
  - Use iCloud Mail rules to automatically apply actions to emails
  - Flag and filter email
    - Flag or block emails
    - Filter emails
  - Mail privacy and security
    - Use Hide My Email
    - Use Mail Privacy Protection
  - Change Mail settings
  - Delete and recover emails
  - Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
  - Print emails
  - Use keyboard shortcuts
- Maps
  - Get started with Maps
  - Set your location and map view
  - Explore maps with immersive views
    - Explore 3D maps
    - Look around places
  - Navigate
  - Customize your experience
  - Find places
  - Clear location history
  - Delete recent directions
  - Report an issue with Maps
- Measure
  - Measure dimensions
  - View and save measurements
  - Measure a persons height
- Messages
  - Get started with Messages
  - Set up Messages
  - About iMessage
  - Send and reply to messages
  - Schedule a text message to send later
  - Unsend and edit messages
  - Keep track of messages
  - Search
  - Forward and share messages
  - Group conversations
  - Share screens
  - Collaborate on projects
  - Add backgrounds
  - Use iMessage apps
  - Poll people in a conversation
  - Take and edit photos or videos
  - Share photos, links, and more
  - Send stickers
  - Create and send Memoji
  - React with Tapbacks
  - Format text and animate messages
  - Draw and handwrite messages
  - Send and save GIFs
  - Send and receive audio messages
  - Share your location
  - Turn read receipts on or off
  - Stop, mute, and change notifications
  - Screen and filter texts
  - Report spam and block senders
  - Delete messages and attachments
  - Recover deleted messages
- Music
  - Get started with Music
  - Get music
  - Customize Music
  - Apple Music
    - Subscribe to Apple Music
    - Transfer music from other music services
    - Get personalized recommendations
    - Mark items as favorites
    - Add music and listen offline
    - Pin music
    - Create a profile to share
  - Find and play music
    - Find music
    - Play music
  - Organize songs in playlists
    - Intro to playlists
    - Create, edit, and delete playlists
    - Collaborate on playlists
    - Organize playlists in folders
- News
  - Get started with News
  - Get News notifications and newsletters
  - Use News widgets
  - See news stories chosen just for you
  - Read and share stories
  - Read local news
  - Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
  - Apple News+
  - Search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes
  - Save stories
  - Clear your reading history
  - Customize the tab bar
  - Subscribe to individual news channels
- Notes
  - Get started with Notes
  - Create and format notes
  - Use Quick Notes
  - Add drawings and handwriting
  - Enter formulas and equations
  - Add photos, video, and more
  - Record and transcribe audio
  - Scan text and documents
  - Work with PDFs
  - Add links
  - Search notes
  - Organize in folders
  - Organize with tags
  - Use Smart Folders
  - Share and collaborate
  - Export or print notes
  - Lock notes
  - Delete and recover notes
  - Add or remove accounts
  - Change the Notes view
  - Change Notes settings
  - Use keyboard shortcuts
- Passwords
  - Use passwords on iPad
  - Find your password for a website or app
  - Change the password for a website or app
  - Remove a password
  - Recover a deleted password
  - Create a password for a website or app
  - Show passwords in large text
  - Use passkeys to sign in to websites and apps
  - Sign in with Apple
  - Share passwords
  - Automatically fill in strong passwords
  - See websites excluded from AutoFill
  - Change weak or compromised passwords
  - View your passwords and related information
  - View password history
  - Find your Wi-Fi password
  - Share passwords securely with AirDrop
  - Make your passwords available on all your devices
  - Automatically fill in verification codes
  - Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
  - Use two-factor authentication
  - Use security keys
  - See your Mac FileVault recovery key
  - Import and export
    - Import passwords
    - Export passwords
- Phone
  - Make a call
  - Record and transcribe a call
  - Change your Phone settings
  - View and delete the call history
  - Answer or decline incoming calls
  - While on a call
  - Have a conference or three-way call
  - Set up Voicemail
  - Check voicemail
  - Change voicemail greeting and settings
  - Select ringtones
  - Make calls using Wi-Fi
  - Set up call forwarding
  - Set up call waiting
  - Screen and block calls
- Photo Booth
  - Take photos
  - Delete, share, or copy a photo
  - View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
- Photos
  - Get started with Photos
  - Browse your photo library
  - Browse your photo collections
  - View photos and videos
  - See photo and video information
  - Find your photos and videos
    - Find photos and videos by date
    - Find and name people and pets
    - Find group photos and videos
    - Browse photos and videos by location
    - Find recently saved photos and videos
    - Find your travel photos and videos
    - Find receipts, QR codes, recently edited photos, and more
    - Locate photos and videos by media type
  - Sort and filter the photo library
  - Back up and sync your photos and videos with iCloud
  - Delete or hide photos and videos
  - Search for photos and videos
  - Get wallpaper suggestions
  - Watch and personalize memories
    - View your memories
    - Play memory movies
    - Share or delete memories
    - Personalize your memory movies
    - Make slideshows
  - Use photo albums
    - Create and work with photo albums
    - Add, delete, and find photos and video in albums
    - Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
  - Share photos and videos
    - Share photos and videos
    - Share long videos
    - Create shared albums
    - Add and remove people in a shared album
    - Add and delete photos and videos in a shared album
    - Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
    - Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
    - Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
  - Edit photos and videos
    - Edit photos and videos
    - Crop, rotate, flip, or straighten photos and videos
    - Undo and revert photo edits
    - Trim video length, adjust speed, and edit audio
    - Edit Cinematic videos
    - Edit Live Photos
    - Edit Portrait mode photos
  - Make stickers from your photos
  - Hide people, memories, or holidays
  - Duplicate and copy photos and videos
  - Merge duplicate photos
  - Import and export photos and videos
  - Print photos
- Podcasts
  - Get started with Podcasts
  - Find podcasts
  - Watch and listen to podcasts
  - View podcast transcripts
  - Follow your favorite podcasts
  - Rate or review podcasts
  - Use the Podcasts widget
  - Select your favorite Podcasts categories and channels
  - Organize your podcast library
  - Download, save, remove, and share podcasts
  - Subscribe to podcasts
  - Listen to subscriber-only content
  - Change download settings
- Preview
  - Get started with Preview
  - View PDFs and images
    - Open and view PDFs and images
    - Interact with text in an image
  - Edit PDFs
  - Edit images
    - Edit an image
    - Remove the background from an image
  - Manage PDFs or images
  - Reply to an email with a PDF attachment
  - Scan text and documents
  - Create an image
  - Share PDFs or images
  - Print PDFs or images
  - Customize the toolbar
- Reminders
  - Get started with Reminders
  - Create reminders
  - Make a grocery list
  - Add details
  - Complete items
  - Delete and recover reminders
  - Edit and organize a list
  - Search your lists
  - Organize multiple lists
  - Tag items
  - Use Smart Lists
  - Share and collaborate
  - Print a list
  - Work with templates
  - Add or remove accounts
  - Change Reminders settings
  - Use keyboard shortcuts
- Safari
  - Get started with Safari
  - Browse the web
  - Search for websites
  - See highlights
  - Customize your Safari settings
  - Change the layout
  - Create multiple Safari profiles
  - Use Tab Groups
    - Open and close tabs
    - Work with multiple tabs in the sidebar
    - Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
    - View your tabs from another Apple device
    - Share Tab Groups
  - Listen to a webpage
  - Mute audio in tabs
  - Bookmark a website
  - Open as Web App
  - Bookmark a website as a favorite
  - Save pages to a Reading List
  - Find links shared with you
  - Download a PDF
  - Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
  - Fill in forms
  - Get extensions
  - Hide distractions
    - Hide distractions when browsing
    - Hide distractions when reading
    - Block pop-ups
  - Clear your cache and cookies
  - Enable cookies
  - Privacy and security
    - Browse the web privately
    - Sign in with passkeys in Safari
    - Use Hide My Email
    - Get HTTP website warnings
    - Digital certificates and encrypted websites
    - Verify website encryption
  - Import and export
    - Import browser data into Safari
    - Export Safari data to another browser
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
  - Check stocks
  - Manage multiple watchlists
  - Read business news
  - Add earnings reports to your calendar
  - Use a Stocks widget
- Tips
- Translate
  - Translate text, voice, and conversations
  - Translate text in apps
  - Translate with the camera view
  - Change your Translate settings
- TV
  - Get started with the Apple TV app
  - Subscribe to Apple TV or a channel
  - Start watching and control playback
  - Find shows, movies, and more
  - Personalize the Home tab
  - Buy, rent, or pre-order items
  - Watch sports
  - Manage your library
  - Add your TV provider
  - Change the settings
- Voice Memos
  - Get started with Voice Memos
  - Make a recording
  - View a transcription
  - Play it back
  - Work with layered recordings
  - Export a recording to Files
  - Edit or delete a recording
  - Keep recordings up to date
  - Organize recordings
  - Search for or rename a recording
  - Share a recording
  - Duplicate a recording
- Weather
  - Check the weather
  - Check the weather in other locations
  - View weather maps
  - Manage weather notifications
  - Use Weather widgets
  - Learn the weather icons
Siri
- How to use Siri
- Find out what Siri can do
- Turn on and activate Siri
- Customize Siri
Apple Intelligence
- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Image Wand with Apple Intelligence
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use Apple Intelligence with apps
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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 childs device
- Share age ranges with apps
Screen Time
- Get started with Screen Time
- Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
- Create, manage, and keep track of a Screen Time passcode
- Set schedules with Screen Time
- Block apps, app downloads, websites, and purchases
- Block calls and messages with Screen Time
- Check for sensitive images and videos
- Set up Screen Time for a child
- Respond to a Screen Time request
Wallet & Apple Pay
- Set up Apple Pay
- Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
- Use Apple Cash
- Use Apple Card
- Remove payment cards
- Fill in payment information
- Change Wallet & Apple Pay settings
Accessories
- Power adapter and charge cable
- AirPods and EarPods
  - Use AirPods
  - Use EarPods
- Use headphone audio-level features
- Apple Pencil
- Apple TV 4K, smart TVs, and video displays
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- Keyboards
- Trackpads
- Mouse devices
- External storage devices
- Connect Bluetooth accessories
- Play audio from your iPad on a Bluetooth accessory from your iPad
- Apple Watch with Fitness+
- Printers
- Polishing cloth
Use iPad with iPhone, Mac, and Windows devices
- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPad
- Allow phone calls and text messages on your iPad
- Share your internet connection with Personal Hotspot
- Use your iPad as a webcam for Apple TV 4K
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans on Mac
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
- Transfer files between devices
Accessibility
- Get started with accessibility features
- Use accessibility features during setup
- Change Siri accessibility settings
- Quickly turn accessibility features on or off
- Share your Accessibility settings with another device
- Vision
- VoiceOver
- Mobility
- Hearing
- Speech
- Cognitive
  - Overview of cognitive accessibility features
  - Lock iPad to one app
Privacy and security
- Control what you share
- Protect access to your iPad
- Turn on Lock Screen features
- Block contacts
- Keep your Apple Account secure
- Manage what you share with apps
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Use Lockdown Mode
- Install Background Security Improvements
- Receive warnings about sensitive content
- Use Contact Key Verification
Restart, update, reset, and restore
- Turn iPad on or off
- Force restart iPad
- Update iPadOS
- Back up iPad
- Reset iPad settings
- Erase iPad
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell, give away, or trade in your 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 and trademarks

Start watching and control playback in the Apple TV app on iPad

In the Apple TV app, you can stream TV shows, movies, sports, and more. You can also download movies and episodes or a full season of a TV show.

Content from AppleTV and AppleTV channels plays in the AppleTV app, while content from other providers plays in their video app. Use the playback controls to play or pause what youre watching, skip backward or forward, and more.

When you watch with your friends using SharePlay, the playback controls are shared by everyone on the FaceTime call. To learn more about using SharePlay in the Apple TV app, see Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together in FaceTime.

Play a TV show or movie

[The Home tab showing a featured Apple Original in the center, above the Continue Watching row. At the top of the screen, from left to right, are the Home, Apple TV, MLS, Store, Recent Purchases, and Search tabs.]Stream The Buccaneers on the Apple TV app with a subscription

Go to the Apple TV app [] on your iPad.
Do any of the following:
- Swipe left or right at the top of the screen to browse featured items, then tap the Play button (if available).
- Tap Home, then tap an item in the Continue Watching row to immediately pick up where you left off.
- Scroll down to view more rows, then tap an item you want to watch. When the page for that item opens, tap the Play button (if available) or tap a specific episode or trailer you want to watch.
  Tip: Tap a row title to view all items in a category or view more information about a collection.

Download content

In the Apple TV app, you can download movies and episodes of a TV show. You can also download a full season of a TV show.

Go to the Apple TV app [] on your iPad.
Tap an item to see its details.
Do any of the following (not all options are available for all titles):
- Download movies: Tap [the Download button] in the top-right corner.
- Download an episode of a TV show: Tap [the Download button] in the top-right corner, tap a season, then tap [the Download button] next to the episode you want to download.
- Download a full season of a TV show: Tap [the Download button] in the top-right corner, tap a season, then tap the season button above the list of episodes.

You can find the downloaded item in your library and watch it even when iPad isnt connected to the internet.

Use the playback controls

During playback, tap the screen to show the controls.

[A TV show playing, with controls visible. The Close, Picture in Picture, AirPlay, and Share buttons are at the top left. The volume slider is at the top right. At the center are buttons to skip 10 seconds backward, pause, and skip 10 seconds forward. Across the bottom center is a slider that you can drag to adjust the video position; the elapsed time and time remaining appear on either side of the slider. At the bottom left are the Info, InSight, and Continue Watching buttons.]Stream Hijack on the Apple TV app with a subscription

Control		Description
[The Play button]		Play
[The Pause button]		Pause
[The Go Backward 10 Seconds button]		Skip backward 10 seconds; touch and hold to rewind
[The Go Forward 10 Seconds button]		Skip forward 10 seconds; touch and hold to fast-forward
[The Playback Speed button]		Change the playback speed
[The Audio Track button]		Change the audio track and enhance dialogue
[The Legible Options button]		Display subtitles and closed captions
[The Share button]		Share an episode, movie, trailer, or sporting event
[The AirPlay button]		Stream the video to other devices
[The Picture in Picture button]		Start Picture in Pictureyou can continue to watch the video while you use another app
[The Close button]		Stop playback

When the audio is muted, subtitles automatically appear. And if you skip backward 10 seconds, subtitles appear. To turn off subtitles, tap [the Legible Options button], then tap Off.

Change audio options during playback

During playback, tap the screen to show the playback controls.
Tap [the Audio Track button], then tap Enhance Dialogue.
Tap one of the following:
- Enhance More: Makes dialogue very prominent in the mix.
- Enhance: Makes dialogue more prominent in the mix.
- Off: Turns Enhance Dialogue off.

Get information about shows, characters, actors, and music

During playback, you can get more information about the movie or TV show youre watching or go directly to Continue Watching.

With InSight, you can get information in real time about actors, characters, and music currently onscreen while youre watching an Apple TV movie or TV show (Apple TV subscription required). You can tap an actor to view their background and filmography page, or quickly view a song thats playing in the background and add it to an Apple Music playlist (Apple Music subscription required).

During playback, tap the screen to show the playback controls.
Tap any of the following options:
- Info: See more information about what youre watching.
- InSight: Tap an actor or character to see more info. If music information appears, tap the song to add it to a playlist in the Music app [] (Apple TV and Apple Music subscriptions required).
- Continue Watching: Go directly to Continue Watching, then tap an item to resume or start watching it.
- Live Sports: View live and upcoming sports events.

Subscription required for Apple TV, which in some countries and regions may include some or all of the following: Friday Night Baseball, Major League Soccer (MLS), and Formula 1. Not all features and content are available in all countries or regions. Apple TV subscription does not include third-party branded subscription services or content available for rental or purchase in the Apple TV app.

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