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  • Welcome
      • iPad models compatible with iPadOS 17
      • iPad mini (5th generation)
      • iPad mini (6th 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 Air 11-inch (M2)
      • iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
      • 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 11-inch (M4)
      • 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)
      • iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
    • Setup basics
    • Make your iPad your own
    • Keep in touch with friends and family
    • Customize your workspace
    • Do more with Apple Pencil
    • Customize iPad for your child
  • What’s new in iPadOS 17
    • Turn on and set up iPad
    • Wake, unlock, and lock
    • Set up cellular service
    • Connect to the internet
      • Sign in with Apple ID
      • Use iCloud
      • 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 usage
      • Use Low Power Mode to save battery life
    • Read and bookmark the user guide
    • Adjust the volume
      • Learn basic gestures
      • Learn advanced gestures
      • Open apps
      • Find your apps in App Library
      • Switch between apps
      • Zoom an app to fill the screen
      • Quit and reopen an app
    • Drag and drop
      • Open two items in Split View
      • Switch an app window to Slide Over
      • View an app’s windows and workspaces
      • Multitask with Picture in Picture
      • Move, resize, and organize windows
    • Access features from the Lock Screen
    • Perform quick actions
    • Search on iPad
    • Get information about your iPad
    • View or change cellular data settings
    • Travel with iPad
    • Change or turn off sounds
    • Create a custom Lock Screen
    • Change the wallpaper
    • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
    • Customize the text size and zoom setting
    • Change the name of your iPad
    • Change the date and time
    • Change the language and region
      • Organize your apps in folders
      • Add, edit, and remove widgets
      • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
      • Remove or delete apps
    • Use and customize Control Center
    • Change or lock the screen orientation
      • View and respond to notifications
      • Change notification settings
      • Set up a focus
      • Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
      • Turn a Focus on or off
    • Customize sharing options
      • Type with the onscreen keyboard
      • Dictate text
      • Move the onscreen keyboard
      • Select and edit text
      • Use predictive text
      • Use text replacements
    • Add or change keyboards
    • Add emoji and stickers
    • Take a screenshot
    • Take a screen recording
      • Write and draw in documents
      • Add text, shapes, signatures, and more
    • Fill out forms and sign documents
    • Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
    • Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos and videos
    • Lift a subject from the photo background
      • Get apps
        • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
        • Get games
        • Play with friends in Game Center
        • Connect a game controller
      • Use App Clips
      • Update apps
      • View or cancel subscriptions
      • Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
      • Install and manage fonts
      • Buy books and audiobooks
      • Read books
      • Annotate books
      • Access books on other Apple devices
      • Listen to audiobooks
      • Set reading goals
      • Organize books
      • Read PDFs
      • Create and edit events in Calendar
      • Send invitations
      • Reply to invitations
      • Change how you view events
      • Search for events
      • Change calendar and event settings
      • Schedule or display events in a different time zone
      • Keep track of events
      • Use multiple calendars
      • Use the Holidays calendar
      • Share iCloud calendars
      • Take photos
      • Take Live Photos
      • Take a selfie
      • Take a Portrait mode selfie
      • Take videos
      • Change advanced camera settings
      • Adjust HDR camera settings
      • View, share, and print photos
      • Use Live Text
      • Scan a QR code
      • Scan documents
      • See the world clock
      • Set an alarm
      • Use the stopwatch
      • Use multiple timers
      • Add and use contact information
      • Edit contacts
      • Add your contact info
      • Send Contacts on iPad
      • Use other contact accounts
      • Hide duplicate contacts
      • Export contacts
      • Get started with FaceTime
        • Make FaceTime calls
        • Receive FaceTime calls
      • Create a FaceTime link
      • Take a Live Photo
      • Turn on Live Captions
      • 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 in a FaceTime call
      • Collaborate on a document in a FaceTime call
      • Use video conferencing features
      • Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
      • Change the FaceTime video settings
      • Change the FaceTime audio settings
      • Change your appearance
      • Leave a call or switch to Messages
      • Block unwanted callers
      • Report a call as spam
      • Connect external devices or servers
      • Modify files, folders, and downloads
      • Search for files and folders
      • Organize files and folders
      • Send files
      • Set up iCloud Drive
      • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
      • Use an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service
        • 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
        • Turn off Find My
        • Add your iPad
        • 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
        • Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPad
        • 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
      • Get started with Freeform
      • Create a Freeform board
      • Draw or handwrite
      • Add text
      • Add shapes
      • Add files
      • Apply consistent styles
      • Position items on a board
      • Search Freeform boards
      • Share and collaborate
      • Delete and recover boards
      • Get started with Health
      • Fill out your Health Details
        • Intro to Health data
        • View your health data
        • Share your health data
        • View health data shared by others
        • Download health records
        • View health records
        • Log menstrual cycle information
        • View menstrual cycle predictions and history
        • Track your medications
        • Learn more about your medications
        • Log your state of mind
        • Take a mental health assessment
        • Customize your Sleep Focus
        • Turn Sleep Focus on or off
        • View your sleep history
        • Check your headphone audio levels
        • Use audiogram data
      • Back up your Health data
      • Intro to Home
      • Upgrade to the new Home architecture
      • Set up accessories
      • Control accessories
      • Control your home using Siri
      • Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
      • Set up HomePod
      • Control your home remotely
      • Create and use scenes
      • Use automations
      • Set up security cameras
      • Use Face Recognition
      • Configure a router
      • Invite others to control accessories
      • Add more homes
      • Get music, movies, and TV shows
      • Get ringtones
      • Manage purchases and settings
      • Magnify nearby objects
      • Change settings
        • Detect people around you
        • Detect doors around you
        • Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
        • Read aloud text and labels around you
        • Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
        • Add and remove email accounts
        • Set up a custom email domain
      • Check your email
        • Send email
        • Unsend email with Undo send
        • 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 your email in mailboxes
        • Flag or block emails
        • Filter emails
        • Use Hide My Email
        • Use Mail Privacy Protection
      • Change email settings
      • Delete and recover emails
      • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
      • Print emails
      • Use keyboard shortcuts
      • View maps
        • Get travel directions
        • Select other route options
        • Find stops along your route
        • View a route overview or a list of turns
        • Change settings for spoken directions
        • Get driving directions
        • Report traffic incidents
        • Get cycling directions
        • Get walking directions
        • Get transit directions
        • Delete recent directions
      • Get traffic and weather info
      • Predict travel time and ETA
      • Download offline 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
        • Clear location history
      • Look around places
      • Take Flyover tours
      • Find your Maps settings
      • Measure dimensions
      • View and save measurements
      • Measure a person’s height
      • Set up Messages
      • About iMessage
      • Send and reply to messages
      • Unsend and edit messages
      • Keep track of messages
      • Search
      • Forward and share messages
      • Group conversations
      • Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
      • Collaborate on projects
      • Use iMessage apps
      • Take and edit photos or videos
      • Share photos, links, and more
      • Send stickers
      • Request, send, and receive payments
      • Send and receive audio messages
      • Share your location
      • Animate messages
      • Send and save GIFs
      • Turn read receipts on or off
      • Change notifications
      • Block, filter, and report messages
      • Delete messages and attachments
      • Recover deleted messages
      • Get music
      • View albums, playlists, and more
      • Play music
      • Show song credits and lyrics
      • Queue up your music
      • Listen to broadcast radio
        • Subscribe to Apple Music
        • Listen to lossless music
        • Listen to Dolby Atmos music
        • Apple Music Sing
        • 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
      • Change the way music sounds
      • Get started with News
      • Use News widgets
      • See news stories chosen just for you
      • Read stories
      • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
        • Subscribe to Apple News+
        • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
        • Use Offline Mode to read downloaded stories
        • Manually download Apple News+ issues
          • Solve puzzles in Apple News
          • Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles on iPad
          • Solve Quartiles puzzles
      • Search for news stories
      • Save stories in News for later
      • Subscribe to individual news channels
      • Get started with Notes
      • Add or remove accounts
      • Create and format notes
      • Draw or write
      • Add photos, videos, and more
      • Scan text and documents
      • Work with PDFs
      • Add links
      • Create Quick Notes
      • Search notes
      • Organize in folders
      • Organize with tags
      • Use Smart Folders
      • Share and collaborate
      • Export or print notes
      • Lock notes
      • Change Notes settings
      • Use keyboard shortcuts
      • Take photos
      • Delete, share, or copy a photo
      • View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
      • 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 portraits
      • Use photo albums
      • Edit, share, and organize albums
      • Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
      • Make stickers from your photos
      • Duplicate and copy photos and videos
      • Merge duplicate photos
      • Search for photos
      • Identify people and pets
      • Browse photos by location
      • Share photos and videos
      • Share long videos
      • View photos and videos shared with you
      • Watch memories
      • Personalize your memories
      • Manage memories and featured photos
        • Use iCloud Photos
        • Create shared albums
        • Add and remove people in a shared album
        • Add and delete photos and videos in a shared album
        • Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
        • Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
        • Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
      • Import and export photos and videos
      • Print photos
      • Find podcasts
      • Listen to podcasts
      • Follow your favorite podcasts
      • Use the Podcasts widget
      • Organize your podcast library
      • Download, save, and share podcasts
      • Subscribe to podcasts
      • Listen to subscriber-only content
      • Change download settings
      • Add or remove accounts
      • Make a grocery list
      • Add items to a list
      • Edit and manage a list
      • Search and organize lists
      • Work with templates
      • Organize with tags
      • Use Smart Lists
      • Share and collaborate
      • Print reminders
      • Use the Reminders widget
      • Change Reminders settings
      • Use keyboard shortcuts
      • Browse the web
      • Search for websites
      • Customize your Safari settings
      • Change the layout
      • Use Safari profiles
        • Open and close tabs
        • Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
        • View your tabs from another device
        • Share Tab Groups
      • Use Siri to listen to a webpage
      • Bookmark a website
      • Bookmark a website as a favorite
      • Save pages to a Reading List
      • Find links shared with you
      • Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
      • Automatically fill in forms
      • Get extensions
      • Hide ads and distractions
      • Clear your cache and cookies
        • Browse the web privately
        • Use passkeys in Safari
        • Use Hide My Email
    • Shortcuts
      • Check stocks
      • Manage multiple watchlists
      • Read business news
      • Add earnings reports to your calendar
      • Use a Stocks widget
    • Tips
      • Translate text, voice, and conversations
      • Translate text in apps
      • Translate with the camera view
      • Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, or an Apple TV channel
      • Add your TV provider
      • Get shows, movies, and more
        • Watch sports
        • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
        • Watch Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass
        • Watch multiple live sports streams
      • Control playback
      • 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
      • Check the weather
      • Check the weather in other locations
      • View weather maps
      • Manage weather notifications
      • Use Weather widgets
      • Learn the weather icons
    • Use Siri
    • Find out what Siri can do
    • Tell Siri about yourself
    • Have Siri announce calls and notifications
    • Add Siri Shortcuts
    • About Siri Suggestions
    • Change Siri settings
    • Set up Family Sharing
    • Add Family Sharing members
    • Remove Family Sharing members
    • Share subscriptions
    • Share purchases
    • Share locations with family and locate lost devices
    • Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
    • Set up parental controls
    • Set up a child’s device
    • Get started with Screen Time
    • Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
    • Set up Screen Time
    • Set communication and safety limits and block inappropriate content
    • Set up Screen Time for a family member
    • Set up Apple Pay
    • Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
    • Track your orders
    • Use Apple Cash
    • Use Apple Card
    • Use Savings
    • Manage payment cards and activity
    • Power adapter and charge cable
      • Use AirPods
      • Use EarPods
    • Use headphone audio-level features
      • Apple Pencil compatibility
      • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (1st generation)
      • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
      • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (USB-C)
      • Pair and charge Apple Pencil Pro
      • Enter text with Scribble
      • Draw with Apple Pencil
      • Take and mark up a screenshot with Apple Pencil
      • Quickly write notes
      • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
      • Connect to a display with a cable
    • HomePod and other wireless speakers
      • iPad keyboards
      • Switch between keyboards
      • Enter characters with diacritical marks
      • Dictate text
      • Use shortcuts
      • Choose an alternative keyboard layout
      • Change typing assistance options
      • Connect Magic Trackpad
      • Trackpad gestures
      • Change trackpad settings
      • Connect a mouse
      • Mouse actions and gestures
      • Change mouse settings
    • External storage devices
    • Bluetooth accessories
    • Apple Watch with Fitness+
    • Printers
    • Polishing cloth
    • Share your internet connection
    • Make and receive phone calls
    • Use iPad as a second display for Mac
    • Use iPad as a webcam
    • Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
    • Hand off tasks between devices
    • Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
    • Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPad
    • Use AirDrop to send items
    • Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
      • Transfer files between devices
      • Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
      • Transfer files or sync content with the Finder or iTunes
      • Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
      • Use an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service
    • Get started with accessibility features
    • Turn on accessibility features for setup
    • Change Siri accessibility settings
    • Open features with Accessibility Shortcut
      • Overview
      • Zoom in
      • Enlarge text by hovering
      • Change color and brightness
      • Make text easier to read
      • Reduce onscreen motion
      • Customize per-app visual settings
      • Hear what’s on the screen or typed
      • Hear audio descriptions
        • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
        • Change your VoiceOver settings
        • Use VoiceOver gestures
        • Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
        • Control VoiceOver using the rotor
        • Use the onscreen keyboard
        • Write with your finger
        • Keep the screen off
        • Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
        • Use a braille display
        • Type braille on the screen
        • Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
        • Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
        • Use VoiceOver for images and videos
        • Use VoiceOver in apps
      • Overview
      • Use AssistiveTouch
      • Use an eye-tracking device
      • Adjust how iPad responds to your touch
      • Auto-answer calls
      • Change Face ID and attention settings
      • Use Voice Control
      • Adjust the top or Home button
      • Use Apple TV Remote buttons
      • Adjust pointer settings
      • Adjust keyboard settings
      • Control iPad with an external keyboard
      • Adjust AirPods settings
      • Adjust double tap and squeeze settings for Apple Pencil
        • Intro to Switch Control
        • Set up and turn on Switch Control
        • Select items, perform actions, and more
        • Control several devices with one switch
      • Overview
      • Use hearing devices
      • Use Live Listen
      • Use sound recognition
      • Set up and use RTT
      • Flash the indicator light for notifications
      • Adjust audio settings
      • Play background sounds
      • Display subtitles and captions
      • Show transcriptions for Intercom messages
      • Get live captions of spoken audio
      • Overview
      • Type to speak
      • Record a Personal Voice
      • Overview
      • Lock iPad to one app with Guided Access
    • Use built-in privacy and security 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
      • Use passkeys to sign in to apps and websites
      • Sign in with Apple
      • Share passwords
      • 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
      • Two-factor authentication
      • Use security keys
      • Control app tracking permissions
      • Control the location information you share
      • Control access to information in apps
      • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
      • Control access to hardware features
    • Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
    • Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
    • Use a private network address
    • Use Advanced Data Protection
    • Use Lockdown Mode
    • Receive warnings about sensitive content
    • Use Contact Key Verification
    • Turn iPad on or off
    • Force restart iPad
    • Update iPadOS
    • Back up iPad
    • Reset iPad settings
    • Restore all content from a backup
    • Restore purchased and deleted items
    • Sell, give away, or trade in your iPad
    • Erase iPad
    • 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
    • Apple and the environment
    • Class 1 Laser information
    • Disposal and recycling information
    • Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
    • ENERGY STAR compliance statement
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