Welcome
- Setup basics
- Make your iPhone your own
- Take great photos and videos
- Keep in touch with friends and family
- Share features with your family
- Use iPhone for your daily routines
- Expert advice from Apple Support
What’s new in iOS 27
- Turn on and set up iPhone
- Wake, unlock, and lock
- Set up cellular service
- View or change cellular data settings
- Use Dual SIM
- Set up iPhone Handoff on iPhone
- Connect to the internet
- Manage Wi-Fi settings
- Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the default apps
- Change your default search engine
- Find settings
- Learn the meaning of iPhone status icons
- Get information about your iPhone
- - Learn basic gestures
  - Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
- Adjust the volume
- Silence iPhone
- Turn the iPhone flashlight on or off
- Rotate your iPhone screen
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- View Live Activities in the Dynamic Island
- Perform quick actions
- Search on iPhone
- View and respond to notifications
- Change notification settings
- Manage storage on iPhone
- Travel with iPhone
- Change sounds and vibrations
- Use and customize the Action button
- Create a custom Lock Screen
- Change the wallpaper
- Use and customize Control Center
- Improve audio and record video calls
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPhone display on longer
- Use StandBy
- Adjust iPhone display and text settings
- Customize sharing options
- Add or change keyboards
- Add emoji, Memoji, and stickers
- - Draw and handwrite with Markup
  - 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
- Use the Camera Control
- Use the Camera Control to open another app
- Adjust the shutter volume
- Adjust HDR camera settings
- Record a video
- Take spatial photos and record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
- Change sound recording options
- Record ProRes video
- Record video in Cinematic mode
- Change video recording settings
- Save camera settings
- Customize the Main camera lens
- Change advanced camera settings
- View, share, and print photos
- Use Live Text
- Scan a QR code
- - Get apps
  - Use App Clips
  - Update apps
  - Install and manage fonts
  - Share and send apps
  - See your purchases and subscriptions
  - Change settings and restrictions
- - Buy books and audiobooks
  - Read books
  - Annotate books
  - Access books on other Apple devices
  - Listen to audiobooks
  - Set reading goals
  - Organize books
  - Read PDFs
- - 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
- - 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
  - Use the Holidays calendar
  - Share iCloud calendars
- - See the world clock
  - Set an alarm
  - Change your wake up alarm
  - Use the stopwatch
  - Set timers
- Compass
- - Add and use contact information
  - Edit contacts
  - Add your contact info
  - Add or remove accounts
  - Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info
  - Use contacts from the Phone app
  - Merge or hide duplicate contacts
  - Sync contacts across devices
  - Import contacts
  - Export contacts
- - Get started with FaceTime
  - Create a FaceTime link
  - Use FaceTime audio call tools
  - Take a Live Photo
  - 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 FaceTime
  - Use video conferencing features
  - Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
  - Use camera controls during a FaceTime call on iPhone
  - Change the FaceTime audio settings
  - Leave a call or switch to Messages
  - Block a FaceTime call and report it as spam
  - Screen and filter calls
- - Files basics
  - Modify files and folders
  - Find and view files and folders
  - Find your downloaded files on iPhone
  - Organize files and folders
  - Send files from the Files app
  - Set up iCloud Drive
  - Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
  - Transfer files from iPhone to a storage device, a server, or the cloud
- - Adjust map settings
  - Turn off Find My
- - Get started with Fitness
  - See your activity summary
  - Adjust your Activity ring goals
  - Sync a third-party workout app
  - Change Fitness settings
  - Share your activity
- - Get started with Freeform
  - Create a Freeform board
  - Organize your Freeform boards in folders
  - Search Freeform boards
  - Delete and recover boards and folders
  - Subscribe to Apple Creator Studio
  - Change Freeform settings
- - 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
- - Get started with Health
  - Fill out your Health Details
  - - Download health records
    - View health records
  - Monitor your walking steadiness
  - - Track your medications
    - Learn more about your medications
  - - Log your state of mind
    - Take a mental health assessment
  - - Check your headphone audio levels
    - Use hearing health features
  - Register as an organ donor
  - Back up your Health data
- - Intro to 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
  - Unlock your door with a home key on iPhone or Apple Watch
  - Configure a router
  - Invite others to control accessories
  - Add more homes
  - Use Apple Intelligence with Home cameras and notifications
- - Get music
  - Get ringtones
  - Manage purchases and settings
- - Get started
  - 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
- - Magnify or get information about things around you
  - Customize controls
- - - Add and remove email accounts
    - Set up a custom email domain
  - Check your email
  - Use categories
  - Automatically clean up iCloud Mail
  - Set email notifications
  - Search for email
  - Organize email in mailboxes
  - Use iCloud Mail rules to automatically apply actions to emails
  - - Flag or block emails
    - Filter emails
  - - 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
- - Get started with Maps
  - Set up Maps
  - Explore maps with immersive views
  - Report an issue with Maps
- - Measure dimensions
  - View and save measurements
  - Measure a person’s height
  - Use the level
- - Get started with Messages
  - - Format text and animate messages
    - Add backgrounds
- - Get started with Music
  - Get music
- - 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
  - Listen to Apple News Today
  - Search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes
  - Save stories
  - Clear your reading history
  - Subscribe to individual news channels
- - 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 passwords
  - 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 and share your Wi-Fi password
  - Share passwords securely with AirDrop
  - Make your passwords available on all your devices
  - Automatically fill in verification codes
  - Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
  - Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
  - Use two-factor authentication
  - Use security keys
  - See your Mac FileVault recovery key
  - - Import passwords
    - Export passwords
- - Make a call
  - Record and transcribe a call
  - Change your Phone settings
  - View and delete the call history
  - While on a call
  - See translations during phone calls
  - Share screens during a phone call
  - Request or give remote control in a Phone call
  - Have a conference or three-way call
  - Set up Voicemail
  - Check voicemail
  - Change voicemail greeting and settings
  - Answer or decline incoming calls
  - Select ringtones
  - Make calls using Wi-Fi
  - Set up call forwarding
  - Set up call waiting
  - Screen and block calls
- - Get started with Photos
  - Browse your photo library
  - Browse your photo collections
  - View photos and videos
  - View reference images
  - See photo and video information
  - Add keywords
  - Sort and filter the photo library
  - Apply star ratings
  - - 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
  - Delete or hide photos and videos
  - Search for photos and videos
  - Get wallpaper suggestions
  - - View your memories
    - Play memory movies
    - Share or delete memories
    - Personalize your memory movies
    - Make a slideshow
  - - Create and work with photo albums
    - Add, delete, and find photos and videos in albums
    - Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
  - - Share photos and videos
    - Share long videos
    - Create shared albums
    - Add and remove people in a shared album
    - Contribute to 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
    - Crop, rotate, flip, or straighten photos and videos
    - Undo and revert photo edits
    - Trim video length, adjust speed, and edit audio
    - Edit Cinematic mode videos
    - Edit Live Photos
    - Edit Portrait mode photos
  - Clean up, extend, and reframe photos
  - Save a video frame as a photo
  - Make stickers from your photos
  - Duplicate and copy photos and videos
  - Back up and sync your photos and videos with iCloud
  - Hide people, memories, and holidays
  - Import and export photos and videos
  - Merge duplicate photos and videos
  - Print photos
- - Get started with Podcasts on iPhone
  - Find podcasts
  - Play podcasts on iPhone
  - 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, and remove podcasts
  - Share podcasts
  - Subscribe to podcasts
  - Connect app subscriptions to Podcasts on iPhone
  - Change download settings
- - Get started with Preview on iPhone
  - - Open and view PDFs and images
    - Interact with text in an image
  - Edit an image
  - Reply to an email with a PDF attachment
  - Scan text and documents
  - Create an image
  - Share PDFs or images
  - Print PDFs or images
- - 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
- - Get started with Safari
  - Browse the web
  - Search for websites
  - Customize your Safari settings
  - Change the layout
  - Create multiple Safari profiles
  - - Open and close tabs
    - Organize your tabs
    - View your tabs from another Apple device
    - Share Tab Groups
  - Listen to a webpage
  - Bookmark a website
  - Open as Web App
  - 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 when browsing
    - Hide distractions when reading
    - Block pop-ups
  - Clear your cache and cookies
  - Enable cookies
  - - Hide recent searches
    - 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 browser data into Safari
    - Export Safari data to another browser
- Shortcuts
- - Check stocks
  - Manage watchlists
  - Read business news
  - Add earnings reports to your calendar
  - Use a Stocks widget
- Tips
- - Translate words and phrases
  - Translate with the camera
  - Translate in-person conversations
  - Change your Translate settings
- TV
- - Make a recording
  - View a transcription
  - Play it back
  - Add a second layer to a recording
  - 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
- - Set up cards and passes
  - Make purchases with Apple Pay
  - Create passes
  - Use passes, cards, and keys
  - Manage passes, cards, and keys
  - Fill in payment information
- - Check the weather
  - Check the weather in other locations
  - View weather maps
  - Manage weather notifications
  - Use Weather widgets
  - Learn the weather icons
- Get started with Siri AI
- Turn on and activate Siri
- Change Siri settings
- - Learn about what’s around you with Visual Intelligence
  - Learn about what’s on your iPhone screen with Visual Intelligence
- Use Writing Tools to write, improve, and summarize content
- Turn on ChatGPT
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features
- Contact emergency services
- Set up and view your Medical ID
- Use Emergency SOS via satellite
- Request Roadside Assistance via satellite
- Use Check In
- Manage Crash Detection
- Reset privacy and security settings in an emergency
- 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 Screen Time for yourself
- Set schedules and time allowances
- Block features or content with Screen Time
- Choose who you can communicate with at certain times
- Create, change, or remove a Screen Time passcode
- Charging cable
- Power adapters
- MagSafe chargers and battery packs
- Qi-certified wireless chargers
- - Use AirPods
  - Use EarPods
- Apple Watch
- - Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV 4K or a smart TV
  - Connect to a display with a cable
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- External storage devices
- Connect Bluetooth accessories
- Play audio from your iPhone on a Bluetooth accessory
- Printers
- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio from your iPhone
- Allow phone calls and text messages on your iPad and Mac
- Share your internet connection
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans on Mac
- Start SharePlay instantly
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
- Transfer files between devices
- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- View Live Activities
- Customize widgets
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming text messages
- Play videos with CarPlay
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
- 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
- - Overview of cognitive accessibility features
  - Lock iPhone to one app
- Control what you share
- Turn on Lock Screen features
- Block contacts
- Keep your Apple Account secure
- 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
- Use Stolen Device Protection
- Receive warnings about sensitive content
- Use Contact Key Verification
- Use Impersonation Risk Detection
- Turn iPhone on or off
- Force restart iPhone
- Update iOS
- Back up iPhone
- Reset iPhone settings
- Erase iPhone
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone
- Install or remove configuration profiles
- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Unauthorized modification of iOS
Copyright and trademarks

Search with Spotlight on iPhone

On iPhone, you can search for apps and contacts, content in apps like Mail and Messages, and even text in your photos using Live Text. You can check stock and currency information, and find and open webpages, apps, and images in your photo library, across your system, and on the web.

When you search for an app, app shortcuts for your most likely next action appear within the Top Hit—for example, a shortcut to the Favorites album appears when you search for Photos.

When you turn on Siri AI (Beta)* on supported iPhone models, Spotlight becomes where you start a conversation with Siri: ask for personal context, get broad world knowledge, or take actions across your app, all from the same place. See Get started with Siri AI on iPhone.

Note: Siri AI is available in beta on iOS 27 or later on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or iPhone 16 model or later with Siri and device language set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not initially be available in the EU on iOS. Usage limits may apply.

Search with iPhone

Tap on the Home Screen (on models with Face ID) or swipe down on the Home Screen or the Lock Screen.
Enter what you’re looking for in the search field, then do any of the following:
- Initiate your search: Tap .
- Open a suggested app or website: Tap the app or website.
- Take quick action: Start a timer, turn on a Focus, find the name of a song with Shazam, run any shortcut, and more. Search for an app’s name to see shortcuts available for the app, or create your own using the Shortcuts app.
- Check a suggested website: Tap it.
- Get more information about a search suggestion: Tap it, then tap one of the results to open it.
- Start a new search: Tap in the search field.
Note: Content from third-party apps appears in search results only if the app supports Spotlight indexing. If something you’re looking for doesn’t appear, the app may not support Spotlight search.

Choose which apps to include in Search

Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap Search, scroll down, then tap an app.
Turn Show App in Search on or off.

Turn off Location-Based Suggestions

When Location Services is on, Spotlight may use your location to refine suggestions. You can turn off Location-Based Suggestions.

Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap Privacy & Security, then tap Location Services.
Tap System Services, then turn off Suggestions & Search.

Search in apps

Many apps include a search field or a search button so you can find something within the app. For example, in the Maps app, you can search for a specific location.

In an app, tap the search field or .
If you don’t see a search field or button, swipe down from the top.
Type your search, then tap Search.

Add a dictionary

On iPhone, you can add dictionaries, which can be used in searches.

Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap General, then tap Dictionary.
Select a dictionary.

See alsoSearch for a setting

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