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
Browse the web using Safari on iPad
With the Safari app , you can browse the web, add webpages to your reading list to read later, and add page icons to the Home screen for quick access. If you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all your devices, you can see pages you have open on other devices, and keep your bookmarks, history, and reading list up to date on all your devices.
![A webpage open in Safari, with these controls at the top, from left to right: Back, Forward, and Bookmarks buttons, the address field, the Share, New Tab, and Pages buttons.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F19052E680CE2FB46D88582/5F190531680CE2FB46D88597/en_US/452bcd3a1ccdd913ec5536f8b83794ab.png)
View websites with Safari
You can easily navigate a webpage with a few taps.
Get back to the top: Double-tap the top edge of the screen to quickly return to the top of a long page.
See more of the page: Turn iPad to landscape orientation.
Refresh the page: Tap
next to the address in the search field.
Share links: Tap
Change text size, display, and website settings
On iPad, Safari shows a website’s desktop version that’s automatically scaled for the iPad display and optimized for touch input.
Use the View menu to increase or decrease the text size, switch to Reader view, specify privacy restrictions, and more.
To open the View menu, tap on the left side of the search field, then do any of the following:
Change the font size: Tap the large A to increase the font size or tap the small A to decrease it.
View the webpage without ads or navigation menus: Tap Show Reader View (if available).
Hide the search field: Tap Hide Toolbar (tap the top of the screen to get it back).
View the mobile version of the webpage: Tap Request Mobile Website (if available).
Set display and privacy controls for each time you visit this website: Tap Website Settings.
View two pages side-by-side in Split View
Use Split View to open two Safari pages side-by side.
Open a blank page in Split View: Touch and hold
, then tap Open New Window.
Open a link in Split View: Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in New Window.
Move a window to the other side of Split View: Touch and hold the top of the window, then drag left or right.
Close tabs in a Split View window: Touch and hold
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Leave Split View: Drag the divider over the window you want to close.
Preview website links
Touch and hold a link in Safari to see a preview of the link without opening the page. To open the link, tap the preview window, or choose another option.
To close the preview and stay on the current page, tap anywhere outside the preview window.
![An overlay showing the destination address and a list of possible actions: Open, Open in New Tab, Open in Split View, Add to Reading List, Copy, or Share.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F19052E680CE2FB46D88582/5F190531680CE2FB46D88597/en_US/e4d8be3302d4d396e45c35d89ea98650.png)
Manage downloads
Tap to check the status of a file you’re downloading, to access downloaded files quickly, or to drag a downloaded file onto another file or into an email you’re working on.
You can download files in the background while you continue to use Safari.
Use keyboard shortcuts
You can navigate in Safari using keyboard shortcuts on an external keyboard.
To view available keyboard shortcuts, press and hold the Command key.