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    Table of Contents

    • Welcome
      • Setup basics
      • Make your iPad your own
      • Keep in touch with friends and family
      • Customize your workspace
      • Supported models
      • iPad mini (5th generation)
      • iPad mini (6th generation)
      • iPad (5th generation)
      • iPad (6th generation)
      • iPad (7th generation)
      • iPad (8th generation)
      • iPad (9th generation)
      • iPad (10th generation)
      • iPad Air (3rd generation)
      • iPad Air (4th generation)
      • iPad Air (5th generation)
      • iPad Pro 9.7-inch
      • iPad Pro 10.5-inch
      • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
      • iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
      • iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
      • iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
      • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)
      • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
      • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
      • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
      • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
      • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
    • What’s new in iPadOS 16
      • Turn on and set up iPad
      • Wake and unlock
      • Set up cellular service
      • Connect to the internet
        • Apple ID settings
        • Turn iCloud features on or off
        • Subscribe to iCloud+
      • Find settings
      • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
      • Learn the meaning of the status icons
        • Charge the battery
        • Show the battery percentage
        • Check battery usage
      • Download or bookmark the user guide
        • Learn basic gestures
        • Learn advanced gestures
      • Adjust the volume
        • Open apps
        • Find your apps in App Library
        • Switch between apps
        • Zoom an app to fill the screen
        • Quit and reopen an app
        • Dictate text
        • Type with the onscreen keyboard
        • Use a split keyboard
        • Select and edit text
        • Use predictive text
        • Use text replacements
        • Add or change keyboards
      • Drag and drop
        • Open two items in Split View
        • Switch an app window to Slide Over
        • View an app’s windows and workspaces
        • Multitask with Picture in Picture
        • Move, resize, and organize windows
      • Access features from the Lock Screen
      • Perform quick actions
      • Search with iPad
      • Use AirDrop to send items
      • Take a screenshot or screen recording
        • Draw in apps
        • Add a description, a signature, and more to an image
        • Zoom in or magnify in Markup
      • Get information about your iPad
      • View or change cellular data settings
      • Travel with iPad
      • Change or turn off sounds
      • Change the wallpaper
      • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
      • Magnify the screen
      • Change the name of your iPad
      • Change the date and time
      • Change the language and region
        • Organize your apps in folders
        • Add widgets
        • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
        • Remove apps
      • Use and customize Control Center
      • Change or lock the screen orientation
        • View and respond to notifications
        • Change notification settings
        • Set up a focus
        • Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
        • Turn a Focus on or off
        • Get apps
          • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
          • Get games
          • Play with friends in Game Center
          • Connect a game controller
        • Use App Clips
        • Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
        • Install and manage fonts
        • Buy books and audiobooks
        • Read books
        • Annotate books
        • Access books on other Apple devices
        • Listen to audiobooks
        • Set reading goals
        • Organize books
        • Read PDFs
        • Create and edit events in Calendar
        • Send invitations
        • Reply to invitations
        • Change how you view events
        • Search for events
        • Customize your calendar
        • Keep track of events
        • Use multiple calendars
        • Use the Holidays calendar
        • Share iCloud calendars
        • Take photos
        • Take a selfie
        • Take a Portrait mode selfie
        • Take videos
        • Change advanced camera settings
        • Adjust HDR camera settings
        • View, share, and print photos
        • Use Live Text
        • 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
        • Create a FaceTime link
        • Make and receive calls
        • Take a Live Photo
        • Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
        • Use other apps during a call
        • Make a Group FaceTime call
        • View participants in a grid
        • Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
        • Share your screen
        • Hand off a FaceTime call to another device
        • Change the video settings
        • Change the audio settings
        • Add camera effects
        • Leave a call or switch to Messages
        • Block unwanted callers
        • Connect external devices or servers
        • View and modify 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 your iPad
          • Get notified if you leave a device behind
          • Locate a device
          • Mark a device as lost
          • Erase a device
          • Remove a device
          • Add an AirTag
          • Add a third-party item
          • Get notified if you leave an item behind
          • Locate an item
          • Mark an item as lost
          • Remove an item
        • Adjust map settings
        • Get started with Freeform
        • Create a Freeform board
        • Access boards on other devices
          • Drawings
          • Lines and shapes
          • Sticky notes
          • Text boxes
          • Photos and videos
          • Scans, links, and other files
          • Accessible descriptions
          • Apply consistent styles
        • Position items on a board
        • Search Freeform boards
        • Share and collaborate
        • Delete boards
        • Intro to Home
        • Upgrade to the new Home architecture
        • Set up accessories
        • Control accessories
        • Control your home using Siri
        • Configure HomePod
        • Control your home remotely
        • Create and use scenes
        • Create an automation
        • Configure cameras
        • Face Recognition
        • Configure a router
        • Share controls with others
        • Add more homes
        • Get music, movies, and TV shows
        • Get ringtones
        • Manage purchases and settings
        • Magnify nearby objects
        • Create activities
        • Change settings
          • Detect people around you
          • Detect doors around you
          • Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
          • Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
          • Add and remove email accounts
          • Set up a custom email domain
        • Check your email
          • Send email
          • Unsend email with Undo send
          • Reply to and forward emails
          • Save an email draft
          • Add email attachments
          • Download email attachments
          • Annotate email attachments
        • Set email notifications
        • Search for email
        • Organize your email in mailboxes
          • Flag emails
          • Filter emails
          • Use Hide My Email
          • Use Mail Privacy Protection
        • Change email settings
        • Delete and recover emails
        • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
        • Print emails
        • Keyboard shortcuts
        • View maps
          • Search for places
          • Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
          • Get information about places
          • Mark places
          • Share places
          • Rate places
          • Save favorite places
          • Explore new places with Guides
          • Organize places in My Guides
          • Get traffic and weather info
          • Delete significant locations
          • Find your Maps settings
          • Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
          • Select other route options
            • Share your ETA
            • Find stops along your route
            • View a route overview or a list of turns
            • Change settings for spoken directions
          • Get driving directions
          • Report traffic incidents
          • Get cycling directions
          • Get walking directions
          • Get transit directions
          • Delete recent directions
          • Look around places
          • Take Flyover tours in Maps
        • Measure
        • View and save measurements
        • Measure a person’s height
        • Set up Messages
        • Send and reply to messages
        • Unsend and edit messages
        • Keep track of messages and conversations
        • Forward and share messages
        • Set up a group conversation
        • Add photos and video
        • Send and receive content
        • Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
        • Collaborate on projects
        • Animate messages
        • Use iMessage apps
        • Use Memoji
        • Send a Digital Touch effect
        • Send recorded audio messages
        • Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
        • Change notifications
        • Block, filter, and report messages
        • Delete messages
        • Recover deleted messages
        • Get music
        • View albums, playlists, and more
        • Play music
        • Queue up your music
        • Listen to broadcast radio
          • Subscribe to Apple Music
          • Listen to lossless music
          • Listen to Dolby Atmos music
          • Apple Music Sing
          • 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
        • Listen to music with Apple Music Voice
        • Change the way music sounds
        • Get started with News
        • Use News widgets
        • See news stories chosen just for you
        • Read stories
        • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
          • Subscribe to Apple News+
          • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
        • Download Apple News+ issues
        • Search for news stories
        • Save news stories for later
        • Subscribe to news channels
        • Add or remove accounts
        • Create and format notes
        • Draw or write
        • Scan text and documents
        • Add photos, videos, and more
        • Create Quick Notes
        • Search notes
        • Organize in folders
        • Organize with tags
        • Use Smart Folders
        • Share and collaborate
        • Lock notes
        • Change Notes settings
        • Use keyboard shortcuts
        • Take photos
        • Delete, share, or copy a photo
        • View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
        • View photos and videos
        • Play videos and slideshows
        • Delete or hide photos and videos
        • Edit photos and videos
        • Trim video length and adjust slow motion
        • Edit Live Photos
        • Edit Cinematic videos
        • Edit Portrait mode photos
        • Use photo albums
        • Edit and organize albums
        • Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
        • Duplicate and copy photos and videos
        • Merge duplicate photos
        • Search in Photos
        • Find and identify people in Photos
        • Browse photos by location
        • Share photos and videos
        • Share long videos
        • View photos and videos shared with you
        • Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
        • Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos
        • Lift a subject from the photo background
        • Watch memories
        • Personalize your memories
        • Manage memories and featured photos
          • Use iCloud Photos
          • Use iCloud Shared Albums
          • Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
          • Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
          • Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
        • Import photos and videos
        • Print photos
        • Find podcasts
        • Listen to podcasts
        • Follow your favorite podcasts
        • Organize your podcast library
        • Download, save, and share podcasts
        • Subscribe to podcasts
        • Change download settings
        • Set up accounts
        • Add items to a list
        • Edit and manage a list
        • Search and organize lists
        • Work with templates
        • Use tags
        • Use Smart Lists
        • Change Reminders settings
        • Share and collaborate
        • Print reminders
        • Use keyboard shortcuts
        • Browse the web
        • Customize your Safari settings
        • Change the layout
        • Search for websites
          • Open and close tabs
          • Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
          • View your tabs from another device
          • Share Tab Groups
        • Bookmark favorite webpages
        • Save pages to a Reading List
        • Find links shared with you
        • Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
        • Automatically fill in forms
        • Get extensions
        • Hide ads and distractions
        • Clear your cache
          • Browse the web privately
          • Use passkeys in Safari
          • Use Hide My Email
      • Shortcuts
        • Check stocks
        • Manage multiple watchlists
        • Read business news
        • Add earnings reports to your calendar
        • Add a Stocks widget to your Home Screen
      • Tips
        • Translate text, voice, and conversations
        • Translate text in apps
        • Translate with the camera view
        • Connect apps and add your TV provider
        • Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, and Apple TV channels
        • Get shows, movies, and more
          • Watch sports
          • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
          • Watch Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass
        • Control playback
        • Watch together using SharePlay
        • Manage your library
        • Change the settings
        • 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 recordings
        • Duplicate a recording
        • Check the weather
        • Check the weather in other locations
        • View weather maps
        • Manage weather notifications
        • Add a Weather widget to your Home Screen
        • Learn the weather icons
      • Use Siri
      • Find out what Siri can do
      • Tell Siri about yourself
      • Have Siri announce calls and notifications
      • Add Siri Shortcuts
      • About Siri Suggestions
      • Change Siri settings
      • Set up Family Sharing
      • Add Family Sharing members
      • Remove Family Sharing members
      • Share subscriptions
      • Share purchases
      • Share locations with family and locate lost devices
      • Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
      • Set up parental controls
      • Set up a child’s device
      • 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
      • Manage payment cards and activity
      • Power adapter and charge cable
        • Use AirPods
        • Use EarPods
      • Use headphone audio-level features
        • 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
        • Quickly write notes
        • Preview tools and controls with Apple Pencil hover
        • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
        • Connect to a display with a cable
      • HomePod and other wireless speakers
        • iPad keyboards
        • Switch between keyboards
        • Enter characters with diacritical marks
        • Dictate text
        • Use shortcuts
        • Choose an alternative keyboard layout
        • Change typing assistance options
        • Connect Magic Trackpad
        • Trackpad gestures
        • Change trackpad settings
        • Connect a mouse
        • Mouse actions and gestures
        • Change mouse settings
      • External storage devices
      • Bluetooth accessories
      • Apple Watch with Fitness+
      • Printers
      • Share your internet connection
      • Make and receive phone calls
      • Use iPad as a second display for Mac
      • Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
      • Hand off tasks between devices
      • Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
      • Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
      • Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
        • Transfer files between devices
        • Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
        • Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
        • Transfer files with an external storage device
        • Use a file server to share files between your iPad and computer
        • Share files with a cloud storage service
        • Sync content or transfer files with the Finder or iTunes
      • Get started with accessibility features
          • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
          • Change your VoiceOver settings
          • Learn VoiceOver gestures
          • Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
          • 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 for images and videos
          • Use VoiceOver in apps
        • Zoom
        • Hover Text
        • Display & Text Size
        • Motion
        • Spoken Content
        • Audio Descriptions
        • AssistiveTouch
        • Eye-tracking device
        • Touch accommodations
        • Call Audio Routing
        • Face ID & Attention
          • Intro to Switch Control
          • Set up and turn on Switch Control
          • Use Switch Control
        • Voice Control
        • Home or top button
        • Apple TV Remote
        • Pointer Control
        • Keyboards
        • AirPods
        • Apple Pencil
        • Hearing devices
        • Live Listen
        • Sound recognition
        • RTT
        • Mono audio and balance
        • LED flash for alerts
        • Headphone audio
        • Background sounds
        • Subtitles and captions
        • Transcriptions for Intercom messages
        • Live Captions (beta)
        • Guided Access
        • Siri
        • Accessibility shortcuts
        • Per-app settings
      • Use built-in privacy and security 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 passkeys
        • Sign in with Apple
        • Automatically fill in strong passwords
        • Change weak or compromised passwords
        • View your passwords and related information
        • Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
        • Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
        • Automatically fill in verification codes
        • Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges on iPad
        • Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
        • Use security keys
        • Control app tracking permissions
        • Control the location information you share
        • Control access to information in apps
        • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
        • Control access to hardware features
      • Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
      • Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
      • Use a private network address
      • Use Advanced Data Protection
      • Lockdown Mode
      • Turn iPad on or off
      • Force 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, give away, or trade in your iPad
      • Erase iPad
      • Install or remove configuration profiles
      • Important safety information
      • Important handling information
      • 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
      • Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
      • ENERGY STAR compliance statement
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