iPad User Guide
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Welcome
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Supported models
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What’s new in iPadOS 14
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Wake and unlock
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Adjust the volume
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Change or turn off sounds
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Access features from the Lock Screen
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Open apps on the Home Screen
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Take a screenshot or screen recording
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Change or lock the screen orientation
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Change the wallpaper
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Zoom an app to fill the screen
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Drag and drop
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Search with iPad
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Use AirDrop to send items
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Perform quick actions
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Use and customize Control Center
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Add widgets to the Home Screen
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Charge and monitor the battery
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Learn the meaning of the status icons
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Travel with iPad
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View maps
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Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
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Choose your preferred type of travel
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Get driving directions
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Get cycling directions
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Find places to stop
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Get walking directions
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Get transit directions
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See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
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Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
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Select other route options
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Get directions between places other than your current location
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Delete recently viewed directions
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Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
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Help improve Maps
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View photos and videos
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Delete and hide photos and videos
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Edit photos and videos
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Edit Live Photos
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Edit Portrait mode photos
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Organize photos in albums
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Search in Photos
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Share photos and videos
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View Memories
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Find people in Photos
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Browse photos by location
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Use iCloud Photos
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Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
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Use My Photo Stream
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Import photos and videos
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Print photos
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Shortcuts
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Stocks
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Tips
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Accessories included with iPad
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Set up AirPods
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Charge AirPods
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Start and stop audio playback
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Change the AirPods volume
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Make and answer calls with AirPods
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Switch AirPods between devices
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Use Siri with AirPods
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Listen and respond to messages
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Share audio with AirPods and Beats products
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Change noise control modes
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Control spatial audio
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Restart AirPods
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Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
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Use other Bluetooth headphones
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Use EarPods
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Check headphone and environmental sound levels
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HomePod and other wireless speakers
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Apple Watch with Fitness+
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Cases and covers
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Printers
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Share your internet connection
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Make and receive phone calls
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Use iPad as a second display for Mac
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Hand off tasks between iPad and Mac
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Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
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Connect iPad and your computer using USB
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Sync iPad with your computer
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Transfer files between iPad and your computer
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Get started with accessibility features
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Turn on and practice VoiceOver
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Change your VoiceOver settings
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Learn VoiceOver gestures
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Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
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Control VoiceOver using the rotor
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Use the onscreen keyboard
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Write with your finger
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Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
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Use a braille display
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Type onscreen braille
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Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
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Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
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Use VoiceOver in apps
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Zoom
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Magnifier
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People detection
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Display & Text Size
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Motion
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Spoken Content
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Audio Descriptions
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Important safety information
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Important handling information
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Get information about your iPad
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View or change cellular settings
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Find more resources for software and service
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FCC compliance statement
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ISED Canada compliance statement
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Apple and the environment
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Class 1 Laser information
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Disposal and recycling information
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ENERGY STAR compliance statement
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Copyright
View or change cellular settings on iPad
Activate cellular data service on iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular models), turn cellular use on or off, and set which apps and services use cellular data. With some carriers, you can also change your data plan.
Note: For help with cellular network services and billing, contact your wireless service provider.
If iPad is connected to the internet via the cellular data network, an icon identifying the cellular network appears in the status bar.
If Cellular Data is off, all data services will use only Wi-Fi—including email, web browsing, push notifications, and other services. If Cellular Data is on, carrier charges may be incurred. For example, using certain features and services that transfer data, such as Messages, could result in charges to your data plan.
Turn Cellular Data on or off
Go to Settings > Cellular Data, then turn Cellular Data on or off. The following options may also be available:
Monitor and manage your cellular data network usage: You can see which apps use cellular data and turn off the option, if you want.
Turn LTE on or off: Turning on LTE loads data faster.
Turn Data Roaming on or off: Turning off Data Roaming avoids carrier charges when using a network provided by a different carrier.
Set up Personal Hotspot: Personal Hotspot shares the internet connection on iPad with computers and iPhone and iPod touch. See Share your internet connection from iPad (Wi-Fi + cellular).
Turn Wi-Fi Assist on or off: Wi-Fi Assist is on by default. If Wi-Fi connectivity is poor, Wi-Fi Assist automatically switches to cellular data to boost the signal. Because you stay connected to the internet over cellular when you have a poor Wi-Fi connection, you might use more cellular data, which may incur additional charges depending on your data plan. For more information, see the Apple Support article About Wi-Fi Assist.
Set whether cellular data is used for apps and services
Go to Settings > Cellular Data, then turn Cellular Data on or off for any app that can use cellular data.
If a setting is off, iPad uses only Wi-Fi for that service.
Activate, view, or change your cellular data account
Go to Settings > Cellular Data, then tap Manage Account [account name] or Carrier Services.
Lock your SIM card
If your device uses a SIM card for cellular data, you can lock the card with a personal identification number (PIN) to prevent others from using the card. Then, every time you restart your device or remove the SIM card, your card locks automatically, and you’re required to enter your PIN. See Use a SIM PIN for your iPhone or iPad.