Add places and notes to your library in Maps on iPad
You can find pins, places, guides, and routes in one place: your library in the Maps app. Add your own personal notes—visible only to you—to saved places, or pin your most frequently visited places for easier access.
Save a place to your library
Go to the Maps app
on your iPad.
While looking at a place card, do one of the following:
Tap
. It turns to
.
Tap
, then tap Add to Library.
Add notes to a place
You can read the notes you add to a place at any time, but they aren’t visible to others if you share the place.
Go to the Maps app
on your iPad.
While looking at a place card, tap
, then tap Add a Note.
Write something, then tap Done.
Adding a note to a place saves the place to your library.
Add a pin to your library
You can pin frequently visited places for easier access in Maps and CarPlay. They appear as icons in your library and also under Pinned.
![The Maps app showing a map of an area. The search field is in the top left, and below it are Siri Suggestions, pinned places in the library, recent searches, and recommended guides.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/2277d51b7cb859b983aa795866f09b6c.png)
Go to the Maps app
on your iPad.
Below Library, tap
(you may have to swipe left), then search for or tap a suggestion. You can also drop a pin.
If the pins are for your Home, Work, or School, you can do any of the following:
Assign it to a type: Select Home, Work, or School.
Sync to My Card: Tap Add to Contact Card.
See Edit a pin.
Remove a place from your library
Go to the Maps app
on your iPad.
Below Library, tap
, then tap Places.
Tap
, then tap Delete From Library.
If you’re in the place card, tap . It returns to
.
Removing a place from your library deletes any personal notes you added to it.