• Apple
      • Store
      • Mac
      • iPad
      • iPhone
      • Watch
      • Vision
      • AirPods
      • TV & Home
      • Entertainment
      • Accessories
      • Support
    • 0+
    iPhone User Guide
    Open Menu Close Menu
    • Communities

    Table of Contents

    • Welcome
      • Supported models
      • iPhone 13 mini
      • iPhone 13
      • iPhone 13 Pro
      • iPhone 13 Pro Max
      • iPhone 12 mini
      • iPhone 12
      • iPhone 12 Pro
      • iPhone 12 Pro Max
      • iPhone 11
      • iPhone 11 Pro
      • iPhone 11 Pro Max
      • iPhone XR
      • iPhone XS
      • iPhone XS Max
      • iPhone X
      • iPhone SE (3rd generation)
      • iPhone SE (2nd generation)
      • iPhone SE (1st generation)
      • iPhone 8
      • iPhone 8 Plus
      • iPhone 7
      • iPhone 7 Plus
      • iPhone 6s
      • iPhone 6s Plus
    • What’s new in iOS 15
      • Turn on and set up iPhone
      • 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 health and usage
      • Download or bookmark the user guide
        • Learn basic gestures
        • Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
      • Adjust the volume
        • Open apps
        • Find your apps in App Library
        • Switch between open apps
        • Quit and reopen an app
        • Dictate text
        • Type with the onscreen keyboard
        • Select and edit text
        • Use predictive text
        • Use text replacements
        • Add or change keyboards
      • Multitask with Picture in Picture
      • Access features from the Lock Screen
      • Perform quick actions
      • Search with iPhone
      • Use AirDrop to send items
      • Take a screenshot or screen recording
        • Draw in apps
        • Add text, shapes, and signatures
        • Zoom in or magnify in Markup
      • Get information about your iPhone
      • View or change cellular data settings
      • Travel with iPhone
      • Change sounds and vibrations
      • Change the wallpaper
      • Set a Live Photo as wallpaper
      • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
      • Magnify the screen
      • Change the name of your iPhone
      • 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
        • Turn a Focus on or off
        • Stay focused while driving
        • Get apps
        • Play games
        • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
        • Use App Clips
        • Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
        • Install and manage fonts
        • Buy books and audiobooks
        • Read books
        • Listen to audiobooks
        • Set reading goals
        • Organize books
        • Read PDFs
      • Calculator
        • Create and edit events
        • Send and receive 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
          • Camera basics
          • Set up your shot
          • Apply Photographic Styles
          • Take Live Photos
          • Take Burst mode shots
          • Take a selfie
          • Take Portrait mode photos
          • Take Night mode photos
          • Take Apple ProRAW photos
        • Adjust the shutter volume
        • Adjust HDR camera settings
        • Record videos
        • Record ProRes videos
        • Change video recording settings
        • Save camera settings
        • Change advanced 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
      • Compass
        • Add and use contact information
        • Edit contacts
        • Add your contact info
        • Use other contact accounts
        • Use Contacts from the Phone app
        • Hide duplicate contacts
        • Set up FaceTime
        • Make and receive calls
        • Create a FaceTime link
        • Take a Live Photo
        • Use other apps during a call
        • Make a Group FaceTime call
        • View participants in a grid
        • Use SharePlay to watch and listen together
        • Share your screen
        • 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 iPhone
          • Add your iPhone Leather Wallet
          • 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
        • Fill out your Health Details and Medical ID
          • Automatically collect data
          • Manually add data
          • View your health data
          • Share your health data
          • View health data shared by others
          • Download health records
          • Download verifiable COVID-19 records
          • View health records in Health on iPhone
        • Monitor your walking steadiness
        • Track your menstrual cycle
          • Use headphone audio level features
          • Check your headphone levels
          • Intro to sleep schedules
          • Set up your first sleep schedule
          • Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
          • Add or change sleep schedules
          • Use iPhone during your Sleep Focus
          • Quickly turn your Sleep Focus on or off
          • Change Sleep Focus and other options
          • View your sleep history
        • Register as an organ donor
        • Back up your Health data
        • Intro to Home
        • Set up accessories
        • Control accessories
        • Add more homes
        • Configure HomePod
        • Configure cameras
        • Face Recognition
        • Unlock your door with a home key
        • 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
        • Magnify nearby objects
        • Change settings
        • Detect people around you
          • Add and remove email accounts
          • Set up a custom email domain
        • Check your email
          • Send email
          • 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 email in mailboxes
        • Use Hide My Email
          • Flag emails
          • Filter emails
        • Change email settings
        • Use Mail Privacy Protection
        • Delete and recover emails
        • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
        • Print emails
        • 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
          • Quickly find your Maps settings
          • Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
          • Select other route options
          • Things you can do while following a route
          • Set up electric vehicle routing
          • Get driving directions
          • Get directions to your parked car
          • Report traffic incidents in Maps on iPhone
          • Get cycling directions
          • Get walking directions
          • Get transit directions
          • Delete recent directions
          • Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
          • Look around streets
          • Take Flyover tours
        • Get rides
        • Measure
        • View and save measurements
        • Measure a person’s height
        • Use the level
        • Set up Messages
        • Send and receive messages
        • Send a message to a group
        • Send and receive photos, videos, and audio
        • Receive and share content
        • Animate messages
        • Use iMessage apps
        • Use Memoji
        • Send a Digital Touch effect
        • Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
        • 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
          • Listen to lossless music
          • Listen to Dolby Atmos 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
        • 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
        • Listen to Apple News Today
          • Subscribe to Apple News+
          • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
          • Download Apple News+ issues
          • Listen to audio stories
        • Search for news stories
        • Save news stories for later
        • Subscribe to news channels
        • Take notes
        • Draw or write
        • Scan text and documents
        • Add photos, videos, and more
        • Search and organize notes
        • Use tags and Smart Folders
        • Share and collaborate
        • Lock notes
        • Change settings
        • Make a call
        • Make emergency calls
        • Answer or decline incoming calls
        • While on a call
        • Check voicemail
        • Select ringtones and vibrations
        • Make calls using Wi-Fi
        • Set up call forwarding and call waiting
        • Avoid unwanted calls
        • View photos
        • Play videos and slideshows
        • Delete and hide photos and videos
        • Edit photos and videos
        • Trim video length and adjust slow motion
        • Edit Cinematic mode videos
        • Edit Live Photos
        • Edit Portrait mode photos
        • Make photo albums
        • Edit and organize albums
        • Filter and sort photos in an album
        • Search in Photos
        • Share photos and videos
        • View photos and videos shared with you
        • Interact with photos using Live Text and Visual Look Up
        • Watch memories
        • Personalize memories
        • Find people in Photos
        • Show a person or place less often
        • Browse photos by location
        • Use iCloud Photos
        • Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
        • Import photos and videos
        • Print photos
        • Find podcasts
        • Listen to podcasts
        • Follow your favorite podcasts
        • Organize your podcast library
        • Download, save, or share podcasts
        • Subscribe to podcasts
        • Change download settings
        • Add reminders
        • Organize lists
        • Use tags and Smart Lists
        • Set up accounts
        • Share and assign reminders
        • Print reminders
        • Browse the web
        • Customize your Safari settings
        • Change the layout
        • Search for websites
        • Use tabs in Safari
        • Bookmark favorite webpages
        • Save pages to a Reading List
        • View links shared with you
        • Automatically fill in forms
        • Get extensions
        • Hide ads and distractions
        • Browse the web privately
        • Clear your cache
        • Use Hide My Email
      • Shortcuts
      • Stocks
      • Tips
        • Translate text, voice, and conversations
        • Translate text in apps and using the camera
        • Connect apps and add your TV provider
        • Subscribe to Apple TV+ and Apple TV channels
        • Get shows, movies, and more
        • Watch sports
        • 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 a recording
        • Duplicate a recording
        • Keep cards and passes in Wallet
        • Set up Apple Pay
        • Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
        • Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
        • Use Apple Cash
        • Use Apple Card
        • Manage cards and activity
        • Pay for transit
        • Use digital keys
        • Use student ID cards
        • Use your driver’s license or state ID
        • Add and use passes
        • Manage passes
        • Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
        • Check the weather
        • View the weather icons
      • Ask Siri
      • Find out what Siri can do
      • Tell Siri about yourself
      • Have Siri announce calls and notifications
      • Add Siri Shortcuts
      • About Siri Suggestions
      • Use Siri in your car
      • Change Siri settings
      • Set up Family Sharing
      • Add or remove Family Sharing members
      • Share subscriptions
      • Download family members’ purchases
      • Stop sharing purchases
      • Share locations with family and locate lost devices
      • Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
      • Set up parental controls
      • 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
      • Charging cable
      • Power adapters
      • MagSafe chargers and battery packs
      • MagSafe cases and sleeves
      • Qi-certified wireless chargers
        • Use AirPods
        • Use EarPods
      • Apple Watch
        • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
        • Connect to a display with a cable
      • HomePod and AirPlay 2 speakers
        • Pair Magic Keyboard
        • Enter characters with diacritical marks
        • Switch between keyboards
        • Dictate text
        • Use shortcuts
        • Choose an alternative keyboard layout
        • Change typing assistance options
      • External storage devices
      • Bluetooth accessories
      • Printers
      • Share your internet connection
      • Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
      • Hand off tasks between devices
      • Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
      • Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
      • Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
      • Sync iPhone with your computer
      • Transfer files between iPhone and your computer
      • Intro to CarPlay
      • Connect to CarPlay
      • Use Siri
      • Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
      • Get turn-by-turn directions
      • Report traffic incidents
      • Change the map view
      • Make phone calls
      • Play music
      • View your calendar
      • Send and receive text messages
      • Announce incoming text messages
      • Play podcasts
      • Play audiobooks
      • Listen to news stories
      • Control your home
      • Use other apps with CarPlay
      • Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
      • Change settings in CarPlay
      • Get started with accessibility features
          • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
          • Change your VoiceOver settings
          • Learn VoiceOver gestures
          • Operate iPhone 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 for images and videos
          • Use VoiceOver in apps
        • Zoom
        • Display & Text Size
        • Motion
        • Spoken Content
        • Audio Descriptions
        • AssistiveTouch
        • Touch accommodations
        • Back tap
        • Reachability
        • Call Audio Routing
        • Vibration
        • Face ID & Attention
          • Set up Switch Control
          • Use Switch Control
        • Voice Control
        • Side or Home button
        • Apple TV Remote
        • Pointer Control
        • Keyboards
        • AirPods
        • Hearing devices
        • Live Listen
        • Sound recognition
        • RTT and TTY
        • Mono audio, balance, phone noise cancellation
        • LED flash for alerts
        • Headphone audio
        • Background sounds
        • Subtitles and captions
        • Transcriptions for Intercom messages
        • Guided Access
        • Siri
        • Accessibility shortcuts
        • Per-app settings
      • 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 weak or compromised passwords
        • View your passwords and related information
        • Share passwords securely with AirDrop
        • Make your passwords available on all your devices
        • Automatically fill in verification codes
        • Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
        • Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
        • Control access to information in apps
        • Control access to hardware features
        • Control app tracking permissions on iPhone
        • Control the location information you share
        • Turn on iCloud Private Relay
        • Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
        • Use a private network address
        • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
      • Turn iPhone on or off
      • Force restart iPhone
      • Update iOS
      • Back up iPhone
      • Return iPhone settings to their defaults
      • Restore all content from a backup
      • Restore purchased and deleted items
      • Sell or give away your iPhone
      • Erase iPhone
      • 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
      • Ultra Wideband information
      • Class 1 Laser information
      • Apple and the environment
      • Disposal and recycling information
    • Copyright

    Apple Footer

     Apple
    1. Support
    2. iPhone User Guide
    3. iPhone User Guide
    United States
    Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
    Privacy Policy Terms of Use Sales and Refunds Site Map