Add and edit drawings in Numbers on iPhone
You can use your finger to create and edit a drawing in your spreadsheet, then move or resize it.
Add a drawing
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet.Tap
in the toolbar, tap 
, tap Drawing, then tap one of the drawing tools (pen, pencil, crayon or fill tool) in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.As you draw, you can do any of the following:
Switch drawing tools: Tap the pen, pencil, crayon or fill tool in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.
Adjust the stroke size (line thickness): Tap the pen, pencil, crayon or eraser, tap it again, then tap a stroke size.
Adjust the colour’s opacity: Tap the pen, pencil, crayon or fill tool, tap it again, then drag the slider.
Change the colour for the selected tool: For iOS 14, tap the colour wheel, then tap a preset colour or use the controls to choose a custom colour. Use the controls to mix your own colour, then tap
to save the colour as a favourite. To remove a favourite, touch and hold its colour dot then tap Delete. For iOS 13, tap the colour well, then either tap a colour in the grid or swipe left and create a custom colour.Fill an area with colour: Tap the fill tool, then tap the area. To draw a shape already filled with colour, tap the fill tool, then draw the shape.
Erase a stroke: Tap the eraser tool, tap it again, then tap Object Eraser. Tap the stroke or object fill you want to erase.
Erase pixels: Tap the eraser tool, tap it again, tap Pixel Eraser, then tap the dot you want to erase. For finer control or to erase smaller dots, zoom the screen. You can drag across your drawing to erase segments of lines and fills, creating separate strokes and fills.
Scroll the spreadsheet: Swipe with two fingers.
Show or hide the toolbar: Tap
at the top of the screen.
When you’re finished drawing, tap Done.
Move a drawing
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with a drawing.Do one of the following:
If the drawing toolbar isn’t on the screen: Tap the drawing, then drag it with your finger.
If the drawing toolbar is on the screen: Tap the selection tool, drag around the part of the drawing you want to move, then drag the selection with your finger.
Resize a drawing
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with a drawing.Do one of the following:
If the drawing toolbar isn’t on the screen: Tap the drawing, then drag any blue dot with your finger.
If the drawing toolbar is on the screen: Tap the selection tool, drag around the part of the drawing you want to resize, tap Resize, then drag any blue dot.
Edit a drawing
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with a drawing.Do one of the following:
Double tap the drawing, then make your changes.
Merge drawings
You can merge drawings so that they stay together as a single object. This makes it easier to move and resize the drawing as a whole.
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with more than one drawing on a page.Touch and hold one drawing, then tap the other drawings with another finger.
Tap Merge.
Separate a drawing into parts
You can separate a drawing into individual objects that you can move, resize or delete individually.
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with a drawing.Double tap the drawing.
Tap the selection tool, then drag around the part of the drawing you want to separate.
Tap Separate (you may need to tap
to see it).
You can repeat this process to separate a drawing into multiple objects.
Animate a drawing
You can animate a drawing so that it appears in your spreadsheet as if it’s being drawn.
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with a drawing.Tap to select the drawing you want to animate.
Tap
, tap Drawing, then turn on Animate Drawing.Do any of the following:
Adjust how long the animation plays: Drag the Duration slider.
Repeat the animation in a loop: Turn on Loop.
Preview the animation: Tap Play (you may need to scroll to see it).
To play the animation in your spreadsheet, select the drawing, then tap Play Drawing.
Add a drawing description
You can add a description to any drawing in your spreadsheet. Drawing descriptions are read by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver) when someone uses that technology to access your spreadsheet. Drawing descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your spreadsheet.
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with a drawing.Tap the drawing to select it, tap
, then tap Drawing.Tap Description, then tap in the text box and enter your text.
If you export your spreadsheet as a PDF, drawing descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to other file formats in Numbers on iPhone.
To add descriptions to an image or video, see Add an image description or Add a video description.
Share or save a drawing
You can share or save any drawing as an image and you can also save an animated drawing as a video.
Go to the Numbers app
on your iPhone, then open a spreadsheet with a drawing.In the spreadsheet, tap the drawing, then tap Share (you may need to tap
to see it).If the drawing is animated, tap Share as Image to share or save it as an image or tap Share as Movie to share or save it as a video.
Do one of the following:
Share: Tap a method for sending the drawing.
Save: To save to Photos, tap Save Image or Save Video (if you want to save an animated drawing as a video). To save to Files, tap Save to Files.