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Table of Contents

  • Welcome
  • Supported models
  • What’s new in iPadOS 14
    • Turn on and set up
    • Set up cellular service
    • Connect to the internet
    • Apple ID and iCloud settings
    • Download or bookmark the user guide
    • Wake and unlock
      • Learn basic gestures
      • Learn advanced gestures
    • Adjust the volume
    • Change or turn off sounds
      • Find settings
      • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
      • Magnify the screen
      • Change the name of your iPad
      • Set the date and time
      • Set the language and region
      • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
    • Access features from the Lock Screen
    • Open apps on the Home Screen
    • Take a screenshot or screen recording
    • Change or lock the screen orientation
    • Change the wallpaper
    • Zoom an app to fill the screen
      • Switch between apps
      • Move and organize apps
      • Quit and reopen an app
      • Delete apps
      • Open two items in Split View
      • Open an app in Slide Over
      • View all of an app’s workspaces
      • Multitask with Picture in Picture
    • Drag and drop
      • Type with the onscreen keyboard
      • Dictate text
      • Select and edit text
      • Use predictive text
      • Use text replacements
      • Add or change keyboards
    • Search with iPad
    • Use AirDrop to send items
      • Draw in apps
      • Add typed text, shapes, and signatures
      • Zoom in or magnify in Markup
    • Perform quick actions
    • Use and customize Control Center
      • View and respond to notifications
      • Change notification settings
      • Set Do Not Disturb
    • Add widgets to the Home Screen
    • Charge and monitor the battery
    • Learn the meaning of the status icons
    • Travel with iPad
      • Get apps
      • Use App Clips
      • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
      • Play games
      • Install and manage fonts
      • Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
      • Find and buy books and audiobooks
      • Read books
      • Listen to audiobooks
      • Set reading goals
      • Organize books
      • Read PDFs
      • Create and edit events in Calendar
      • Send and receive invitations
      • Change how you view events
      • Search for events
      • Customize your calendar
      • Keep track of events
      • Use multiple calendars
      • Share iCloud calendars
      • Take photos
      • Take videos
      • Use Camera settings
      • Adjust HDR camera settings
      • View, share, and print photos
      • Scan a QR code
      • See the world clock
      • Set an alarm
      • Use the timer or stopwatch
      • Add and use contact information
      • Edit contacts
      • Add your contact info
      • Use other contact accounts
      • Hide duplicate contacts
      • Set up FaceTime
      • Make and receive calls
      • Take a Live Photo
      • Make a Group FaceTime call
      • Use other apps during a call
      • Add camera effects
      • Change the audio and video settings
      • Leave a call or switch to Messages
      • Block unwanted callers
      • Connect external devices or servers
      • View files and folders
      • Organize files and folders
      • Send files
      • Set up iCloud Drive
      • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
        • Share your location
        • Add or remove a friend
        • Locate a friend
        • Get notified when friends change their location
        • Notify a friend when your location changes
        • Add a device
        • Locate a device
        • Mark a device as lost
        • Erase a device
        • Remove a device
      • Adjust map settings
      • Intro to Home
      • Set up accessories
      • Control accessories
      • Add more homes
      • Configure HomePod
      • Configure cameras
      • Face Recognition
      • Configure a router
      • Create and use scenes
      • Control your home using Siri
      • Control your home remotely
      • Create an automation
      • Share controls with others
      • Get music, movies, and TV shows
      • Get ringtones
      • Manage purchases and settings
      • Write an email
      • Add attachments
      • Address and send email
      • View an email
      • Save an email draft
      • Flag and filter emails
      • Organize your email
      • Search for email
      • Delete and recover emails
      • Work with attachments
      • Print emails
      • View maps
        • Search for places
        • Find nearby attractions and services
        • Get information about places
        • Mark places
        • Share places
        • Save favorite places
        • Explore new places with Guides
        • Organize places in My Guides
        • Get traffic and weather info
        • Delete significant locations
        • Look around streets
        • Take Flyover tours in Maps
        • Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
        • Choose your preferred type of travel
        • Get driving directions
        • Get cycling directions
        • Find places to stop
        • Get walking directions
        • Get transit directions
        • See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
        • Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
        • Select other route options
        • Get directions between places other than your current location
        • Delete recently viewed directions
        • Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
      • Help improve Maps
      • Measure
      • View and save measurements
      • Measure a person’s height
      • Set up Messages
      • Send and receive messages
      • Send a message to a group or business
      • Send photos, videos, and audio
      • Animate messages
      • Use iMessage apps
      • Use Memoji
      • Send a Digital Touch effect
      • Send and receive money with Apple Pay
      • Change notifications
      • Block, filter, and report messages
      • Delete messages
      • Get music
      • View albums, playlists, and more
      • Play music
      • Queue up your music
      • Listen to broadcast radio
        • Subscribe to Apple Music
        • Find new music
        • Add music and listen offline
        • Get personalized recommendations
        • Listen to radio
        • Search for music
        • Create playlists
        • See what your friends are listening to
        • Use Siri to play music
      • Change the way music sounds
      • Get started with News
      • See News widgets
      • See news stories chosen just for you
      • Read stories
        • Subscribe to Apple News+
        • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
      • Search for news stories
      • Save news stories for later
      • Subscribe to news channels
      • Take notes
      • Draw or write
      • Add attachments
      • Search and organize notes
      • Share and collaborate
      • Lock notes
      • Change settings
      • Take photos
      • Delete, share, or copy a photo
      • View and edit photos in the Photos app
      • View photos and videos
      • Delete and hide photos and videos
      • Edit photos and videos
      • Edit Live Photos
      • Edit Portrait mode photos
      • Organize photos in albums
      • Search in Photos
      • Share photos and videos
      • View Memories
      • Find people in Photos
      • Browse photos by location
      • Use iCloud Photos
      • Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
      • Use My Photo Stream
      • Import photos and videos
      • Print photos
      • Find podcasts
      • Play podcasts
      • Manage your subscriptions and library
      • Set reminders
      • Organize reminders in lists
      • Share reminders and collaborate
      • Browse the web
      • Search for websites
      • Use tabs in Safari
      • Bookmark favorite webpages
      • Save pages to a reading list
      • Automatically fill in forms
      • Hide ads and distractions
      • Browse the web privately
    • Shortcuts
    • Stocks
    • Tips
      • Set up the Apple TV app
      • Find shows, movies, and more
      • Watch shows and movies
      • Make a recording
      • Play it back
      • Edit or delete a recording
      • Keep recordings up to date
      • Organize recordings
      • Search for or rename a recording
      • Share a recording
      • Duplicate a recording
    • Ask Siri
    • Find out what Siri can do
    • Tell Siri about yourself
    • Add Siri Shortcuts
    • About Siri Suggestions
    • Change Siri settings
    • Set up Family Sharing
    • Download family members’ purchases
    • Stop sharing purchases
    • Turn on Ask To Buy
    • Set up Apple Cash Family
    • Share subscriptions and iCloud storage
    • Share photos, a calendar, and more with family members
    • Locate a family member’s missing device
    • Set up Screen Time through Family Sharing
    • View your Screen Time summary
    • Set up Screen Time for yourself
    • Set up Screen Time for a family member
    • Get a report of your device use
    • Set up Apple Pay
    • Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
    • Use Apple Cash
    • Use Apple Card
    • Accessories included with iPad
      • Set up AirPods
      • Charge AirPods
      • Start and stop audio playback
      • Change the AirPods volume
      • Make and answer calls with AirPods
      • Switch AirPods between devices
      • Use Siri with AirPods
      • Listen and respond to messages
      • Share audio with AirPods and Beats products
      • Change noise control modes
      • Control spatial audio
      • Restart AirPods
      • Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
      • Use other Bluetooth headphones
      • Use EarPods
      • Check headphone and environmental sound levels
      • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
      • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (1st generation)
      • Enter text with Scribble
      • Draw with Apple Pencil
      • Take and mark up a screenshot with Apple Pencil
      • Draw and take notes with Apple Pencil from the Lock Screen
      • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
      • Connect to a display with a cable
    • HomePod and other wireless speakers
      • Apple external keyboards
      • Attach Magic Keyboard for iPad (with built-in trackpad)
      • Attach Smart Keyboard
      • Pair Magic Keyboard
      • Enter emoji
      • Switch to the onscreen keyboard or a different language keyboard
      • Dictate text
      • Keyboard shortcuts
      • Change typing options for an external keyboard
      • Connect Magic Trackpad
      • Trackpad gestures
      • Change trackpad settings
      • Connect a mouse
      • Mouse actions and gestures
      • Change mouse settings
    • Apple Watch with Fitness+
    • Cases and covers
    • Printers
    • Share your internet connection
    • Make and receive phone calls
    • Use iPad as a second display for Mac
    • Hand off tasks between iPad and Mac
    • Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
    • Connect iPad and your computer using USB
    • Sync iPad with your computer
    • Transfer files between iPad and your computer
    • Get started with accessibility features
        • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
        • Change your VoiceOver settings
        • Learn VoiceOver gestures
        • Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
        • Control VoiceOver using the rotor
        • Use the onscreen keyboard
        • Write with your finger
        • Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
        • Use a braille display
        • Type onscreen braille
        • Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
        • Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
        • Use VoiceOver in apps
      • Zoom
      • Magnifier
      • People detection
      • Display & Text Size
      • Motion
      • Spoken Content
      • Audio Descriptions
        • AssistiveTouch
        • Touch
      • Face ID & Attention
        • Set up Switch Control
        • Use Switch Control
      • Voice Control
      • Home or top button
      • Apple TV Remote
      • Pointer Control
      • Keyboards
      • AirPods Max and AirPods Pro
      • Apple Pencil
      • Hearing devices
      • Stream audio to hearing devices
      • Sound recognition
      • RTT
      • Audio & Visual
      • Subtitles & Captioning
      • Guided Access
      • Siri
      • Accessibility shortcuts
    • Use built-in security and privacy protections
      • Set a passcode
      • Set up Face ID
      • Set up Touch ID
      • Control access to information on the Lock Screen
      • Keep your Apple ID secure
      • Sign in with Apple
      • Automatically fill in strong passwords
      • Change a weak password
      • Share passwords securely with AirDrop
      • Make your passwords available on all your devices
      • Manage two-factor authentication
      • Control access to information in apps
      • Control access to hardware features
      • Control the location information you share
      • Use a private network address
      • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
    • Restart iPad
    • Update iPadOS
    • Back up iPad
    • Return iPad settings to their defaults
    • Restore all content from a backup
    • Restore purchased and deleted items
    • Sell or give away your iPad
    • Erase iPad
    • Install or remove configuration profiles
    • Important safety information
    • Important handling information
    • Get information about your iPad
    • View or change cellular settings
    • Find more resources for software and service
    • FCC compliance statement
    • ISED Canada compliance statement
    • Apple and the environment
    • Class 1 Laser information
    • Disposal and recycling information
    • ENERGY STAR compliance statement
  • Copyright

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