iPad User Guide
- Welcome
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Tips
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- 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
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- 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
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- 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
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- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Keep your Apple ID secure
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- 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
- 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
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- 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
- Copyright
Draw in apps with Markup on iPad
In supported apps on iPad, such as Messages, Mail, Notes, and Books, you can annotate photos, screenshots, and PDFs, sketch ideas, write notes, and more using built-in drawing tools.
Tip: You can also write and sketch using drawing tools in the Freeform app.
![A hand-drawn plant diagram in the Notes app. The Markup toolbar appears along the bottom of the screen, showing drawing tools and color selections.](https://help.apple.com/assets/640A53E422C1DA4F8D3C4C1A/640A53F122C1DA4F8D3C4C32/en_US/35b96c5019b65e2b9799fcf49aa7d7b4.png)
Show, move, and hide the Markup toolbar
To show the Markup toolbar in a supported app, tap or Markup, then do any of the following:
Move the Markup toolbar: Drag the toolbar to any edge of the screen.
(Drag from the middle edge of the toolbar closest to the center of the screen.)
Automatically minimize the toolbar when you’re drawing or entering text: Tap
, then turn on Auto-minimize.
To show the full toolbar again, tap the minimized version.
Hide the toolbar: Tap
or Done.
Draw or write in apps with Markup
In the Markup toolbar, tap the pen, marker, or pencil tool, then write or draw with your finger or Apple Pencil (supported models).
Note: If you don’t see the Markup toolbar in a supported app, tap or Markup. If the toolbar is minimized, tap its minimized version.
While writing or drawing, do any of the following:
Change the line weight: Tap the selected drawing tool in the toolbar, then choose an option.
Change the opacity: Tap the selected drawing tool in the toolbar, then drag the slider.
Change the color: Choose a color from the color picker in the Markup toolbar.
Undo a mistake: Tap
.
Draw a straight line: Tap the ruler tool in the toolbar, then draw a line along the edge of the ruler.
To change the angle of the ruler, touch and hold the ruler with two fingers, then rotate your fingers.
To move the ruler without changing its angle, drag it with one finger.
To hide the ruler, tap the ruler tool in the toolbar again.
In the Notes app, you can write text with Apple Pencil and have it immediately converted to typed text. See Select and edit drawings and handwriting.
Draw a shape
You can use Markup to draw geometrically perfect shapes—lines, arcs, and more—to use in diagrams and sketches.
In the Markup toolbar in a supported app, tap the pen, marker, or pencil tool.
Note: If you don’t see the Markup toolbar in a supported app, tap
or Markup. If the toolbar is minimized, tap its minimized version.
Draw a shape in one stroke with your finger or Apple Pencil (supported models), then pause.
A perfect version of the shape snaps into place, replacing the drawing. (If you prefer to keep the freehand shape, tap
.)
The shapes you can draw include straight lines, arrows, arcs, continuous lines with 90-degree turns, squares, circles, rectangles, triangles, pentagons, chat bubbles, hearts, stars, and clouds.
Change your handwritten text or drawings
Choose the Lasso tool
(between the eraser and ruler) in the Markup toolbar, then do any of the following to select the content you want to change:
Select a word or drawn object: Double-tap it.
Select a sentence: Triple-tap it.
Select a paragraph or text block: Touch and hold the first word, then drag to the last word. To select more precisely, drag slowly.
In the Notes app, Markup recognizes handwritten text separately from drawn objects, so you can select handwriting alone. If you want to include drawings in your selection, you can drag over them, too.
Select multiple drawn objects: With the Lasso tool selected, draw around the objects with your finger or Apple Pencil, then tap the selection.
Note: If you don’t see the Markup toolbar, tap
or Markup. If the toolbar is minimized, tap its minimized version.
After selecting the content you want to revise, tap it, then do any of the following:
Cut, copy, delete, or duplicate: Tap an option.
Move: Touch and hold the content until it lifts up, then drag it to a new location.
Tip: After selecting handwritten text and drawings, you can change their color by tapping a color in the Markup toolbar, or move them by dragging them to a new location.
For more ways to edit your handwriting or drawing in Notes, see Draw or write in Notes on iPad.
Erase a mistake
Note: If you don’t see the Markup toolbar, tap or Markup. If the toolbar is minimized, tap its minimized version.
Double-tap the eraser tool in the Markup toolbar, then do one of the following:
Erase pixels: Choose Pixel Eraser, then scrub over the mistake with your finger or Apple Pencil.
Erase an object: Choose Object Eraser, then touch the object with your finger or Apple Pencil.
Switch between the pixel and the object erasers: Tap the eraser tool again, then choose Pixel Eraser or Object Eraser.
Tip: You can take a screenshot by swiping up from the bottom-left corner of the screen with Apple Pencil and immediately begin marking it up. If you don’t have Apple Pencil, you can take a screenshot, then tap the thumbnail that appears for a few moments in the bottom-left corner of the screen.