iPhone User Guide
- iPhone User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Supported iPhone models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change sounds and vibrations
- 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
- Make screen items more reachable
- Search with iPhone
- 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 iPhone
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- Calculator
- Compass
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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
- Weather
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- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your car’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive 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
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- Restart iPhone
- 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 all content and settings
- Restore iPhone to factory settings
- Install or remove configuration profiles
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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 iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with Magic 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 iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- 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
Adjust the screen brightness and color on iPhone
On iPhone, dim the screen to extend battery life, use Night Shift, set Dark Mode, and automatically adjust the screen for your lighting conditions.
Turn Dark Mode on or off
Dark Mode gives the entire iPhone experience a dark color scheme that’s perfect for low-light environments. You can turn on Dark Mode from Control Center or set it to turn on automatically at night (or on a custom schedule) in Settings. With Dark Mode turned on, you can use your iPhone while, for example, reading in bed, without disturbing the person next to you.
Do any of the following:
Open Control Center, touch and hold
, then tap
to turn Dark Mode on or off.
Go to Settings
> Display & Brightness, then select Dark to turn on Dark Mode, or select Light to turn it off.
![The iPhone Home screen with Dark Mode turned on.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FE0946226D7189D62A/en_US/91e11e6f885ceac0a0ef5f95c49e84fc.png)
Schedule Dark Mode to turn on and off automatically
Go to Settings
> Display & Brightness.
Turn on Automatic, then tap Options.
Select either Sunset to Sunrise or Custom Schedule.
If you choose Custom Schedule, tap the options to schedule the times you want Dark Mode to turn on and off.
If you select Sunset to Sunrise, iPhone uses the data from your clock and geolocation to determine when it’s nighttime for you.
Adjust the screen brightness manually
To make your iPhone screen dimmer or brighter, do one of the following:
Open Control Center, then drag
.
Go to Settings
> Display & Brightness, then drag the slider.
Adjust the screen brightness automatically
iPhone adjusts the screen brightness for current light conditions using the built-in ambient light sensor.
Go to Settings
> Accessibility.
Tap Display & Text Size, then turn on Auto-Brightness.
Turn True Tone on or off
On supported models, turn on True Tone to automatically adapt the color and intensity of the display to match the light in your environment.
Do any of the following:
Open Control Center, touch and hold
, then tap
to turn True Tone on or off.
Go to Settings
> Display & Brightness, then turn True Tone on or off.
Turn Night Shift on or off
You can turn on Night Shift manually, which is helpful when you’re in a darkened room during the day.
Open Control Center, touch and hold , then tap
.
Schedule Night Shift to turn on and off automatically
Use Night Shift to shift the colors in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum at night and make viewing the screen easier on your eyes.
Go to Settings
> Display & Brightness > Night Shift.
Turn on Scheduled.
To adjust the color balance for Night Shift, drag the slider below Color Temperature toward the warmer or cooler end of the spectrum.
Tap From, then select either Sunset to Sunrise or Custom Schedule.
If you choose Custom Schedule, tap the options to schedule the times you want Night Shift to turn on and off.
If you select Sunset to Sunrise, iPhone uses the data from your clock and geolocation to determine when it’s nighttime for you.
Note: The Sunset to Sunrise option isn’t available if you turned off Location Services in Settings
> Privacy, or if you turned off Setting Time Zone in Settings
> Privacy > Location Services > System Services.