Remove or switch the SIM card in your iPhone
Find out how to remove or transfer the SIM card in your iPhone.
Only use the SIM tray that came with your device. For example, a SIM tray from an iPhone 6s device will not fit in your iPhone 7.
If you purchased an iPhone 14 model or later in the United States, your iPhone doesn’t have a SIM tray. Find out how to set up an eSIM instead.
Find your model below to locate the SIM tray. To pop open the SIM tray, insert a paper clip or a SIM-eject tool into the hole beside the tray. Push in, towards your iPhone, but don’t force it. If you're having difficulty ejecting the SIM tray, take your device to your service provider or an Apple Store for help.
After you remove your SIM card from the tray, look for the notch in one corner of the new SIM card. Place the new SIM card into the tray — it will only fit one way because of the notch. Then insert the tray into the device completely and in the same orientation that you removed it. The tray also only fits one way.
Find the SIM tray on the left-hand side
iPhone 16 Pro Max*
iPhone 16 Pro*
iPhone 16 Plus*
iPhone 16*
iPhone 15 Pro Max*
iPhone 15 Pro*
iPhone 15 Plus*
iPhone 15*
iPhone 14 Pro Max*
iPhone 14 Pro*
iPhone 14 Plus*
iPhone 14*
iPhone 13 Pro Max
iPhone 13 Pro
iPhone 13
iPhone 13 mini
iPhone 12 Pro Max
iPhone 12 Pro
iPhone 12
iPhone 12 mini
In China mainland, the SIM tray on iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 can hold two nano-SIM cards.
*Except when purchased in the United States. An iPhone 14 model or later purchased in the United States doesn’t have a SIM card.
Find the SIM tray on the right-hand side
iPhone 11 Pro Max
iPhone 11 Pro
iPhone 11
iPhone XS Max
iPhone XS
iPhone XR
iPhone X
In China mainland, the SIM tray on iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR can hold two nano-SIM cards.
iPhone SE (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation)
iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone 8
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 5s
iPhone 5c
iPhone 5
iPhone 4s
iPhone 4 (GSM model)
Find the SIM tray on the top
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 3G
Original iPhone
Learn more
Find out how to remove or switch the SIM card in your iPad.
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Find out which SIM card your device uses.
