Remove or switch the SIM card in your iPhone

Learn how to remove or transfer the SIM card in your iPhone.

Use only the SIM tray that came with your device. For example, a SIM tray from an iPhone 6s will not fit in an iPhone 7.

If you purchased an iPhone 14 model or later in the United States, your iPhone doesn't have a SIM tray. Learn 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 carrier or an Apple Store for help.

After you remove your SIM card from the tray, notice the notch in one corner of the new SIM card. Place the new SIM card into the tray — it will fit only 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 fits only one way.

Find the SIM tray on the left side

Image shows SIM on left side of iPhone

In China mainland, iPhone models do not support eSIM. In Hong Kong, and Macao, certain iPhone models feature Dual SIM with two nano-SIM cards.

* Except when purchased in the United States. An iPhone 14 model or later purchased in the United States is only activated with an eSIM.

Find the SIM tray on the right side

Image shows SIM on right side of iPhone

In China mainland, iPhone models do not support eSIM. In Hong Kong, and Macao, certain iPhone models feature Dual SIM with two nano-SIM cards.

Image shows SIM on right side of iPhone

Find the SIM tray on the top

Image shows SIM on top of iPhone

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