iPad User Guide
- iPad User Guide
- What’s new in iPadOS
- Supported models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off sounds
- 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
- Drag and drop
- Search with iPad
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPad
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- View 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
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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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 using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- 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
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Restart iPad
If your iPad isn’t working right, try restarting it.
Turn iPad off and on
To turn off iPad, do one of the following:
On an iPad with a Home button: Press and hold the top button until the slider appears, then drag the slider.
On an iPad with Face ID: Simultaneously press and hold the top button and either volume button until the sliders appear, then drag the top slider.
All models: Go to Settings
> General > Shut Down, then drag the slider.
To turn iPad back on, press and hold the top button until the Apple logo appears.
![Illustrations of two types of iPad models with their screens facing up. The leftmost illustration shows a model with a Home button on the bottom of the device and a top button on the top-right edge of the device. The rightmost illustration shows a model without a Home button. On this device, volume up and volume down buttons are shown on the right edge of the device near the top, and a top button is shown on the top-right edge of the device.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F19052E680CE2FB46D88582/5F190531680CE2FB46D88597/en_US/dbb1b56cfec1518fc7a569a80171f614.png)
Force restart iPad
If iPad isn’t responding, do one of the following:
On an iPad with a Home button: Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.
On an iPad with Face ID: Press and quickly release the volume up button, press and quickly release the volume down button, then press and hold the top button. When the Apple logo appears, release the button.
![Illustrations of two types of iPad models with their screens facing up. The leftmost illustration shows a model with a Home button on the bottom of the device and a top button on the top-right edge of the device. The rightmost illustration shows a model without a Home button. On this device, volume up and volume down buttons are shown on the right edge of the device near the top, and a top button is shown on the top-right edge of the device.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F19052E680CE2FB46D88582/5F190531680CE2FB46D88597/en_US/c32a836781dfdfa253cc503f17a537d9.png)
Note: If iPad still doesn’t turn on, or if it gets stuck during start up, see the Apple Support article If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch won’t turn on or is frozen.