Wake, unlock, and lock iPad

To wake iPad, do one of the following:

• Press the top button.

  

• Tap the screen (supported models).

  

If you have an iPad with Face ID, but you didn’t turn on Face ID during setup, see Set up Face ID. Then follow these steps:

1. Tap the screen, then glance at your iPad.

   The lock icon animates from closed to open to indicate that iPad is unlocked.

2. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

To lock iPad again, press the top button. iPad locks automatically if you don’t touch the screen for a minute or so. However, if Attention Aware Features is turned on in Settings  > Face ID & Passcode, iPad won’t dim or lock as long as it detects attention.

If you have an iPad with Touch ID, but you didn’t turn on Touch ID during setup, see Set up Touch ID. Then do one of the following:

• On an iPad with a Home button: Press the Home button using the finger you registered with Touch ID.

  

• On iPad (10th generation and later), iPad mini (6th generation), iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad Air (4th generation and later): Rest your finger on the top button (Touch ID) using the finger you registered with Touch ID.

  

To lock iPad again, press the top button. iPad locks automatically if you don’t touch the screen for a minute or so.

If you didn’t create a passcode when you set up iPad, see Set a passcode. Then follow these steps:

1. Press the Home button (on an iPad with a Home button) or swipe up from the bottom of the Lock Screen (on other iPad models).

2. Enter your passcode.

You can lock iPad and turn off the screen using the following methods:

• Manually: Press the top button.

• Automatically: iPad locks on its own if you don’t interact with it for a certain amount of time. See Change when iPad automatically locks.