How to check battery health and history on your iPad

Find out how to check battery health, the date of manufacturing and first use, and the cycle count of the battery in your iPad.

What you need

You can check battery health and history with these iPad models:

• iPad Pro (M4)

• iPad Air (M2 and M3)

• iPad mini (A17 Pro)

• iPad (A16)

Not sure which iPad you have? Get help identifying your iPad model.

Check battery health and battery history

All rechargeable batteries are consumables and have a limited lifespan. Eventually their capacity and performance decline, and they need to be replaced.

To find out more about battery health, when your battery was manufactured, when it was first used, and the cycle count on your iPad, go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health.

Learn more

• When you use your iPad, its battery goes through charge cycles. You complete one charge cycle when you’ve used an amount that represents 100 percent of your battery’s capacity.*

• Find out more about the charge cycles of lithium-ion batteries.

• Learn about charging and maintaining your iPad battery.

• Learn more about battery servicing and recycling.

* A complete charge cycle is normalized between 80 percent and 100 percent of original capacity to account for expected diminishing battery capacity over time.