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iPhone User Guide
Take your photos to the next level with powerful camera features and editing tools.
To quickly open Camera, swipe left from the Lock screen. Frame your shot and tap the Shutter button, or press one of the volume buttons to take the photo.
Everything you need to know about
iPhone
Shoot like a pro
Use iPhone to take gorgeous photos
If you see an opportunity for a quick selfie—say your favorite celebrity walks by—just tap to switch to the front-facing camera.
Frame your shot
Choose the right mode for each shot—try Pano for a landscape, or Video to capture the action. If you really want to fine-tune your shot, you can manually adjust the focus and exposure. Tap where you want to set the focus, then slide your finger up or down to change the exposure.
Take amazing portraits
If you have iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone 7 Plus, use Portrait mode to take photos where the background blurs and your subject stays sharp. You can also choose studio-style lighting effects with Portrait Lighting (Beta). Swipe to switch from Natural Light to new options—try Contour Light for dramatic shadows, or Studio Light for a clean look.
Perfect your favorites
Tap Edit, then crop , adjust lighting and color , add filters , and more.
Deciding whether to keep your changes? Just touch and hold the photo to get a peek at the original and see how it compares to your edited version.
Add effects to Live Photos
You can turn your Live Photos into fun videos you can share. Open a Live Photo in the Photos app, swipe up, then tap an effect. Try Loop for continuous action, or jump backwards and forwards with Bounce. Or choose Long Exposure to create a still photo with a cool blur effect.
You can also tap Edit to change the keyframe, turn the sound off or on, and make other edits.
Want to learn more? Check out the and chapters.
Not all features are available for all iPhone models.
Camera Photos
iPhone helps you figure out the details—like where youʼre going to go and how to get there—so you can focus on the fun.
The gangʼs all here
Use iPhone to plan a night out
Make a plan
Start a group conversation in Messages and begin brainstorming potential activities. When someone suggests a plan you love, respond with a Tapback. Double-tap the message, then give it a thumbs up.
Reserve a table
In Maps, pinch open to zoom in on the area you want to search. Tap the search field, tap Food, then tap Restaurants.
After reading up on a few spots, choose one and tap Reservations. If you donʼt see a reservation option, just tap to give them a call.
Running late?
When you hit some bad traffic, just share your location with your friends so they know youʼre on your way. In a Messages conversation, tap , then tap Send My Current Location.
Want to learn more about what you can do in Messages and Maps? Start
with in Maps, or .
Not all features are available in all areas.
Find places Send and receive messages
Road Trip
When youʼre on the road, iPhone can help you find your way, minimize distractions, and keep your hands on the wheel—as you rock out with the perfect road trip playlist.
Bring iPhone along for the ride
Plan your route
Before you hit the road, type your location into Maps, then tap Directions for turn-by-turn navigation. Maps tells you which lane to use, posts speed limits, and more.
Safety first
Avoid distractions and focus on the road with Do Not Disturb while driving. Messages and Notifications are silenced, and you can even set iPhone to send an automated reply to people who text you. To customize your settings, go to Settings > Do Not Disturb.
Sing out loud
When you want to rock out to some tunes, Siri can help. Just say, “Hey Siri, play some music.” When you hear something you really like, say, “Hey Siri, play more like this.”
Want to learn more about driving with iPhone? Start with in
Maps and .
Not all features are available in all areas.
Find places
Do Not Disturb while driving
Welcome
Say hello to iPhone Get started Whatʼs new in iOS 11 Basics Siri Personalize your iPhone Apps Sharing iPhone and other devices Privacy and security Restart, update, reset, and restore Accessibility Safety, handling, and support
A quick look at iPhone
Say hello to iPhone
This guide describes iOS 11 for:
iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 8
iPhone 7
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6
iPhone SE
iPhone 5s
Your features and apps may vary depending on the model of iPhone you have, and on your location, language, and carrier.
Note: Apps and services that send or receive data over a cellular network may incur additional fees. Contact your carrier for information about your iPhone service plan and fees.
iPhone 8 Plus
FaceTime HD camera
Side button
SIM card tray
Home button/Touch ID
Lightning connector
Volume buttons
Ring/Silent switch
Dual wide-angle and telephoto rear cameras
Quad-LED True Tone flash
iPhone 8
FaceTime HD camera
Side button
SIM card tray
Home button/Touch ID
Lightning connector
Volume buttons
Ring/Silent switch
iPhone 7 Plus
Rear camera
Quad-LED True Tone flash
FaceTime HD camera
Side button
SIM card tray
Home button/Touch ID
Lightning connector
Volume buttons
Ring/Silent switch
Dual wide-angle and telephoto rear cameras
Quad-LED True Tone flash
iPhone 7
FaceTime HD camera
Side button
SIM card tray
Home button/Touch ID
Lightning connector
Volume buttons
Ring/Silent switch
Rear camera
Quad-LED True Tone flash
iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 6 Plus
FaceTime HD camera
Side button
SIM card tray
Home button/Touch ID
Lightning connector
Headset jack
Volume buttons
Ring/Silent switch
Rear camera
True Tone flash
iPhone 6s and iPhone 6
FaceTime HD camera
Side button
SIM card tray
Home button/Touch ID
Lightning connector
Headset jack
Volume buttons
Ring/Silent switch
iPhone SE and iPhone 5s
Rear camera
True Tone flash
FaceTime HD camera
Top button
SIM card tray
Home button/Touch ID
Lightning connector
Headset jack
Volume buttons
Ring/Silent switch
Rear camera
True Tone flash
Accessories included with iPhone
The following accessories are included with iPhone:
EarPods with Lightning Connector (iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, and iPhone 7 Plus) or EarPods with 3.5 mm Headphone Plug (other iPhone models). Use
the headset to listen to music and videos, and make phone calls. See .
Lightning to Headphone Jack Adapter. Use the adapter to connect headphones or other devices that have a 3.5 mm headphone plug.
Apple EarPods
Lightning to USB Cable. Use the cable to connect iPhone to your computer to sync and charge, or to the USB power adapter to charge.
Apple USB power adapter. Use the adapter to charge the iPhone battery. The size of your adapter depends on the iPhone model and your region.
SIM eject tool. Use the tool to eject the SIM card tray. (Not included in all areas.) See
Install the SIM card
.
View this user guide on iPhone
View the user guide in Safari. Tap , then tap the iPhone User Guide bookmark. (If you donʼt see a bookmark, go to .)
Add an icon for the user guide to the Home screen: Tap , then tap Add to Home Screen.
View the user guide in a different language: Tap the language link (English, for example) at the bottom of the first page, then choose a language.
View the user guide in iBooks. Open iBooks, then search for “iPhone user guide” in the iBooks Store.
For more information about iBooks, see .
the iPhone User Guide
Get books
Get tips on using iOS 11
The Tips app helps you get the most from iPhone.
Get Tips. Open the Tips app (inside the Extras folder). New tips are added frequently.
Get notified when new tips arrive. Go to Settings > Notifications > Tips.
Turn on iPhone
Get started
Turn on iPhone.
On iPhone 6 and later: Press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears.
On iPhone SE and iPhone 5s: Press and hold the top button until the Apple logo
appears.
If iPhone doesnʼt turn on, you might need to .
Turn off iPhone. Normally, you leave iPhone on all of the time, but if you need to turn it off, press and hold the side or top button until the slider appears onscreen, then drag the slider.
charge and monitor the battery
Install the SIM card
If you were given a SIM card to install, install it before setting up iPhone.
Important: A Nano-SIM card is required to use cellular services when connecting to GSM networks and some CDMA networks. An iPhone thatʼs been activated on a CDMA wireless network can also use a Nano-SIM card for connecting to a GSM network, primarily for international roaming. Your iPhone is subject to your wireless service providerʼs policies, which might include restrictions on switching service providers and roaming, even after the conclusion of any required minimum service contract. Contact your wireless service provider for more details. Availability of cellular capabilities depends on the wireless network, your iPhone model, and your location.
Eject the SIM card tray. Insert a paper clip or the SIM eject tool into the small hole of the SIM card tray on the right side of iPhone, then press firmly to eject and remove the tray. Place the SIM card in the tray—the angled corner determines the correct orientation —then insert the SIM card tray back into iPhone.
Set a SIM PIN. To protect your SIM card from others using it for phone calls or cellular data, you can use a SIM PIN. With a SIM PIN, every time you restart your device or remove the SIM card, your SIM card locks and you see “Locked SIM” in the status bar. To create one, go to Settings > Phone.
Set up iPhone
You can set up iPhone over a Wi-Fi network, or over your carrier ʼs cellular network (not available in all areas). You can also set up iPhone by and using iTunes.
Note: If youʼre using iPhone with a company, school, or other organization, see
the enterprise
WARNING: To avoid injury, read before using iPhone.
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Important safety information
connecting it to a computer
iPhone in
Prepare for setup. To make setup as smooth as possible, have the following items available:
The name and password (if applicable) of your
The email address and password for your ; if you donʼt have an Apple ID, you can create one during setup
Your credit or debit card account information, if you want to add a card to Apple Pay during setup (on supported models)
Your previous iPhone or its backup data, if youʼre upgrading to a new device
Your Android device, if you want to
Set up iPhone. Turn on iPhone, then follow the setup assistant.
move to iOS from Android
Apple ID
Wi-Fi network
If you have another iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 11, you can securely copy many of your settings, preferences, and iCloud Keychain to your new iPhone. Hold your other device near your new iPhone, and wait for automatic setup to begin.
Note: Find My iPhone—an app you use to locate your iPhone, as well as AirPods, Apple Watch, and other iOS devices—is turned on automatically when you sign in with your Apple ID during iPhone setup. (See .) The Find My iPhone app includes a feature called Activation Lock that prevents anyone else from activating and using your iPhone, even if itʼs completely erased. Before you
device
Use iPhone on other cellular networks. Some carriers let you unlock iPhone for use with another carrier. To see if your carrier offers this option, see the Apple Support article . Contact your carrier for authorization and setup information. You need to connect iPhone to iTunes to complete the process. Additional fees may apply. For more information, see the Apple Support article .
, you should erase and unlock it so that the next owner can activate it.
Wireless carrier support and features for iPhone
How to unlock your iPhone for use with another carrier
Find My iPhone
sell or give away your
Configure settings
The Settings app
The Settings app is on the Home screen. You use it to configure many iPhone settings. For example, tap Settings, then tap Wallpaper (Settings > Wallpaper) to choose a different background for the Lock screen and Home screen. Among other things, you can use Settings to:
Manage your Apple ID
Change your device passcode
Select sounds that play during certain events (when you receive an email message, for example)
Configure privacy controls
Find out how much free storage remains on iPhone
Enable restrictions
Search for a setting. Open Settings, swipe down to reveal the search field, then enter a term—alert or password, for example.
Connect to the Internet
iPhone connects to the Internet whenever necessary by (if available) or your carrierʼs cellular network.
When an app needs to use the Internet, iPhone does the following, in order:
using a Wi-Fi network
Connects to the most recently used available Wi-Fi network
Shows a list of Wi-Fi networks in range and connects to the one you choose
Connects over the cellular data network, if available
Note: If a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet isnʼt available, apps and services may transfer data over your carrierʼs cellular network, which may result in additional fees. Contact your carrier for information about your cellular data plan rates. To manage cellular data usage, see .
Connect to Wi-Fi
If appears at the top of the screen, youʼre connected to a Wi-Fi network. iPhone reconnects when you return to the same location.
Cellular data settings
Configure Wi-Fi. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi, then turn Wi-Fi on or off.
Choose a network: Tap one of the listed networks, then enter the password, if required.
Ask to join networks: Turn on Ask to Join Networks to be notified when a Wi-Fi network is available. Otherwise, you must manually join a network when a previously used network isnʼt available.
Join a closed Wi-Fi network: Tap Other, then enter the name of the closed network. You need to know the network name, security type, and password.
Adjust the settings for a Wi-Fi network: Tap next to a network. You can set an HTTP proxy, define static network settings, turn on BootP, or renew the settings provided by a DHCP server.
Note: Some networks may offer different information.
Forget a network: Tap next to a network youʼve joined before, then tap Forget This Network.
You can also to make changes to your Wi-Fi connection.
Set up your own Wi-Fi network. If you have an unconfigured AirPort base station turned on and within range, you can use iPhone to set it up. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi, then look for “Set up an AirPort base station.” Tap your base station, and Setup Assistant does the rest.
Manage an AirPort network. If iPhone is connected to an AirPort base station, go to Settings > Wi-Fi, tap next to the network name, then tap Manage This Network. If you havenʼt yet downloaded AirPort Utility, tap OK to open the App Store, then download it.
open Control Center
Date and time
The date and time are usually set for you based on your location—take a look at the Lock screen to see if theyʼre correct.
Set whether iPhone updates the date and time automatically. Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, then turn Set Automatically on or off. If you set iPhone to update the time automatically, it gets the correct time over the cellular network and updates it for the time zone youʼre in. Some carriers donʼt support network time, so in some areas iPhone may not be able to automatically determine the local time.
Set the date and time manually. Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, then turn off Set Automatically.
Set whether iPhone shows 24-hour time or 12-hour time. Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, then turn 24-Hour Time on or off (it may not be available in all areas).
Language and region
Go to Settings > General > Language & Region to set:
The language for iPhone
The preferred language order for apps and websites
The region format
The calendar format
The temperature unit (Celsius or Fahrenheit)
To add a keyboard for another language, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards. For more information, see .
Use international keyboards
Apple ID
Your Apple ID is the account you use for just about everything you do with Apple— including storing your content in iCloud; downloading apps from the App Store; streaming from Apple Music; buying music, movies, and TV shows from the iTunes Store; and purchasing books from the iBooks Store. You can sign in to all Apple services with a single Apple ID and password.
Sign in with your Apple ID. If you already have an Apple ID, use it to sign in when you first set up iPhone, and whenever you need to sign in to use an Apple service. If you didnʼt sign in during setup, go to Settings > Sign in to your iPhone.
If you donʼt have an Apple ID, you can create one anyplace youʼre asked to sign in—for example, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the iBooks Store. Itʼs best to have only one Apple ID.
Change your Apple ID settings. Go to Settings > [your name] to update your contact information, change your password, upgrade your iCloud storage, manage Family Sharing and subscriptions, and more.
For more information, go to the .
Apple ID account website
iCloud
Safely store your photos and videos, documents, and more in iCloud so theyʼre available even if you lose your iPhone.
Set up iCloud. If you havenʼt already signed in with your , go to Settings > Sign in to your iPhone. If you donʼt have an Apple ID, you can create one.
Content stored in iCloud is pushed wirelessly to your other devices where youʼre signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID.
iCloud is available on devices with iOS 5 or later, on Mac computers with Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later, and on PCs with iCloud for Windows 5 or later (Windows 7 or later is required).
Apple ID
You can also sign in to from any Mac or PC to access your iCloud information and features like Photos, Find My iPhone, Mail, Calendar, Contacts, iWork for iCloud, and more.
Note: iCloud may not be available in all areas, and iCloud features may vary by area. For more information, go to the .
With iCloud you can:
Store your photos and videos: Use to store all your photos and videos in iCloud. You can access them from any device with iOS 8.1 or later, a Mac with OS X 10.10.3 or later, a PC with iCloud for Windows 5 or later, and on when you sign in with the same Apple ID. Use to share photos and videos with only the people you choose, and let them add photos, videos, and comments.
iCloud.com
iCloud website
iCloud Photo Library
iCloud.com
iCloud Photo Sharing
Note: If you use iCloud Photo Library to store your photos and videos, you canʼt use iTunes to sync them with your computer.
Store and retrieve your documents: in the Files app and access them from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC.
Back up your data: Back up iPhone to iCloud automatically when iPhone is connected to power and Wi-Fi. iCloud data and backups sent over the Internet are encrypted. See .
Back up iPhone with iCloud Backup
Store documents on iCloud Drive
Share with your family: With , you can share iCloud storage with your family if you choose a plan larger than 200 GB.
Synchronize mail, contacts, calendars, and more: Keep your mail, contacts, calendars, notes, and reminders up to date across all your devices.
Note: If you use iCloud to store your contacts and calendars, you canʼt use iTunes to sync them with your computer.
Keep tabs on your browsing: With Safari tabs you can see the tabs you have open on
Family Sharing
your other iOS devices and Mac computers. See .
Find your iPhone: Use the Find My iPhone app on another iOS device—or use the
Find My iPhone web app
lock it remotely, suspend or remove the ability to pay using Apple Pay, play a sound, display a message, or erase all the data on it. Find My iPhone also includes Activation Lock, which requires your Apple ID and password to disable Find My iPhone, erase iPhone, or reactivate your device. See .
Find your friends: Use to share your location with friends and family.
Store and access your passwords and credit card information: keeps
passwords and credit card information up to date across all your designated devices.
With iCloud, you get a free email account and 5 GB of storage for your mail, documents, photos and videos, and backups. Your purchased music, apps, TV shows, and books
on any Mac or PC—to locate your missing iPhone on a map,
Find My iPhone
Find My Friends
Browse the web
iCloud Keychain
donʼt count against your available storage space. You can purchase additional storage right from your device.
Upgrade your iCloud storage. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Storage > Manage Storage, then tap Upgrade. For information about upgrading your iCloud storage, see .
For more information about iCloud, go to the . For support information, go to the .
iCloud Support website
iCloud Help
iCloud website
Set up other mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
In addition to the apps that come with your iPhone and that you use with , iPhone works with Microsoft Exchange and many of the most popular Internet-based mail, contacts, and calendar services.
iCloud
For information about setting up a Microsoft Exchange account in a corporate environment, see the Apple Support article
iPad, or iPod touch
Set up an account. Go to Settings, choose a setting to configure (Mail, Contacts, or Calendar), tap Accounts & Passwords, then tap Add Account.
You can add contacts using an LDAP or CardDAV account, if your company or organization supports it. See .
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Add contact accounts
Set up Exchange ActiveSync on your iPhone,
You can add calendars using a CalDAV calendar account, and you can subscribe to iCalendar (.ics) calendars or import them from Mail. See .
Use multiple calendars
Move to iOS from Android
During setup you can migrate your content automatically and securely from your Android phone.
Download the Move to iOS app. On your device running Android version 4.0 or later, see the Apple Support article and download the Move to iOS app.
Move your data from Android during setup. When setting up iPhone, on the Apps & Data screen, select Move Data from Android, turn on Wi-Fi on the Android device, open the Move to iOS app on the Android device, then follow the steps.
Note: You can use the Move to iOS app only when you first set up iPhone. If youʼve
Move from Android to iOS
already finished setup and want to use Move to iOS, you must erase your iOS device and start over, or move your data manually. See the Apple Support article
manually from your Android device to your iOS device
.
Move content
iPhone in the enterprise
To use iPhone with your work accounts, you need to know the settings your organization requires. If you received your iPhone from your organization, the settings and apps you need might already be installed. If youʼre using your own iPhone, your system administrator may provide you with settings to enter, or have you connect to a mobile device management server that installs the required settings and apps for you.
You may be asked to install a configuration profile, which configures iPhone for you, and may define some settings that you canʼt change. For example, your organization might turn on Auto-Lock and require you to set a passcode to protect the information in the accounts you access. You can see your profiles in Settings > General > Profiles & Device Management. When you delete a profile, the settings and accounts, and everything else associated with the profile, are also removed.
If your organization wants you to have certain apps, it might provide you with redemption codes to use in the App Store. When you download an app using a redemption code, you own the app, even though your organization purchased it for you. Your organization can also purchase App Store app licenses that the organization retains but assigns to you for a period of time. An app you receive this way is removed if the organization assigns it to someone else.
Your organization might also develop custom apps that arenʼt in the App Store. You install them from a webpage, or you may receive a notification from your organization asking you to install them wirelessly. These apps belong to your organization, and they may be removed or stop working if you delete a configuration profile.
If you have questions about the settings, apps, or other requirements for using iPhone in your enterprise environment, contact the system administrator at your organization. For general information about using iPhone in business, go to the .Business website
Sync and backup
Manage content on your iOS devices
You can transfer information and files between iPhone and your other iOS devices and Mac computers, using either iCloud or iTunes.
iCloud stores your photos and videos, documents, music, calendars, contacts, and more. It all gets pushed wirelessly to your other iOS devices and computers, keeping everything up to date. See .
iTunes syncs music, videos, photos, and more between your computer and iPhone. Changes you make on one device are copied to the other when you sync. You can also use iTunes to sync files and documents. See .
You can use iCloud or iTunes, or both, depending on your needs. For example, you can use iCloud to automatically keep your contacts and calendars up to date on all your devices, and use iTunes to sync music from your computer to iPhone.
You can also manually manage content from iTunes in the Summary pane. To add songs and videos, choose a song, video, or playlist from your iTunes library, then drag it to iPhone in the iTunes sidebar. This is useful if your iTunes library contains more items than can fit on iPhone. See the Apple Support article
with iTunes using USB
.
iCloud
Sync with iTunes
Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Note: If you have iCloud Music Library turned on, you can manually manage only video.
Back up iPhone with iCloud Backup
When you first sign in to iCloud, iCloud Backup turns on automatically. iCloud backs up iPhone daily over Wi-Fi, when iPhone is connected to a power source and locked. (To lock iPhone, press the side or top button. iPhone also locks automatically if you donʼt touch the screen for a minute or so.)
iCloud backups are encrypted automatically so that your data is protected from unauthorized access both while itʼs transmitted to your devices and when itʼs stored in iCloud. Purchased content, iCloud Photo Sharing, and My Photo Stream content donʼt count against your 5 GB of free iCloud storage.
When you back up using iCloud, you canʼt simultaneously use iTunes to automatically back up iPhone to your computer. However, you can use iTunes to manually back up iPhone to your computer. See .
iCloud backups donʼt include:
Data thatʼs already stored in iCloud, such as contacts, calendars, notes, iCloud Shared Streams, My Photo Stream, iCloud Photo Library, and the contents of iCloud Drive
Data stored in other cloud services, such as Gmail and Exchange mail
Back up iPhone with iTunes
Apple Pay information and settings
Touch ID settings
Content you didnʼt get directly from the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store, such as imported MP3s, videos, or CDs
Content from the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store (if itʼs still available, you can tap to redownload content you purchased)
Stop or resume iCloud backups. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup, then turn iCloud Backup off or on.
Back up immediately on iCloud. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup, then tap Back Up Now.
View or remove iCloud backups. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backup, then select a backup from the list.
Important: Previous purchases may not be restored from iCloud Backup if they're no longer in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store.
If you replace your iPhone, you can use its backup to transfer your information to a new device. See .
For more information, see the Apple Support article .
Restore iPhone
About backups for iOS devices
Connect iPhone to your computer
By connecting iPhone to your computer you can
iTunes back up with iTunes
and . You can also sync with iTunes wirelessly.
sync content from your computer using
To use iPhone with your computer, you need:
A Mac with a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port, or a PC with a USB 2.0 port, and one of the following operating systems:
OS X 10.9 or later with iTunes 12.5 or later
Windows 7 or later with iTunes 12.5 or later
iTunes, available from the
Connect iPhone to your computer. Use the included Lightning to USB Cable.
iTunes download website
Unless iPhone is actively syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it at any time. Look at the top of the iTunes screen on your computer or on iPhone to see if syncing is in progress. If you disconnect iPhone while itʼs syncing, some data may not get synced until the next time you connect iPhone to your computer.
Sync with iTunes
Syncing with iTunes copies information from your computer to iPhone, and vice versa. You can sync by connecting iPhone to your computer, or you can set up iTunes to wirelessly sync music, videos, photos, and more with Wi-Fi. For help syncing iPhone, open iTunes on your computer, choose Help > iTunes Help, click Show topics, then click “Add i tems to iPod , iPho ne, o r iPad .” iTun es is availab le fro m the .
Note: If features such as iCloud Music Library, iCloud Photo Library, and iCloud calendar and contacts syncing are turned on, you canʼt use iTunes to sync their associated media and data.
Sync using a USB cable. using the included cable, open iTunes on your computer, then click the iPhone button in the top-left of the iTunes window. Select a setting (Summary or Music, for example) to configure it.
Note: If iPhone doesnʼt appear in iTunes, make sure youʼre using the latest version of iTunes, check that the cable is correctly connected, then try restarting your computer.
To learn more, see the Apple Support ar ticle
iTunes using USB
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Connect iPhone to your computer
Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with
iTunes website
Set up wireless syncing. Connect iPhone to your computer using the included cable, open iTunes, click the iPhone button in the top-left of the iTunes window, click Summary, then select Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi.
If Wi-Fi syncing is turned on, both iPhone and your computer are on and connected to the same wireless network, and iTunes is open on your computer, iPhone syncs when itʼs connected to a power source.
To learn more, see the Apple Support ar ticle
iTunes using Wi-Fi
iTunes provides these syncing options:
In the Music pane, you can sync your entire music library or just selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres.
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Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with
In the Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Books panes, you can choose to sync all the media they contain, or just the media you choose.
In the Photos pane, you can sync photos and videos from a supported app or a folder on your computer.
In the Summary pane, you can set iTunes to automatically sync iPhone when itʼs attached to your computer. To temporarily prevent syncing after you attach the device, press and hold Command and Option (Mac) or Shift and Control (PC) until you
see iPhone appear at the top of the iTunes window.
Whatʼs new in iOS 11
Back up iPhone with iTunes
Connect to iTunes and back up. Open iTunes on your computer, then
device to your computer
create a manual backup, click Back Up Now. To turn on automatic iTunes backups, click “This computer.” iTunes automatically backs up iPhone when you connect it to your computer.
iTunes backups donʼt include:
Content from the iTunes Store and App Store, or PDFs downloaded directly to iBooks
Content synced from iTunes, such as imported MP3s or CDs, videos, books, and photos (see )
Photos already stored in the cloud, such as in iCloud Shared Streams, My Photo Stream, and iCloud Photo Library
Sync with iTunes
. Click the iPhone button, then click Summary in the sidebar. To
connect the
Touch ID settings
Apple Pay information and settings
Activity, Health, and Keychain data—to back up this content, select “Encrypt local backup” in iTunes
Encrypt iPhone backup. In the Summary pane, select “Encrypt iPhone backup” if you want to encrypt the information stored on your computer when iTunes makes a backup. Encrypted backups are indicated by a lock icon , and a password is required to restore the backup. If you donʼt select this option, other passwords (such as those for mail accounts) arenʼt included in the backup, and you have to reenter them if you use the backup to restore iPhone.
View or remove iTunes backups. Open iTunes on your computer, choose iTunes > Preferences, then click Devices. Encrypted backups have a lock icon in the list of backups.
If you replace your iPhone, you can use its backup to transfer your information to a new device. See .
For more information, see the Apple Support article .
Get to Messages apps with fewer taps. With just a swipe, share stickers, emoji, and games with your friends, using the totally redesigned app drawer. See .
Live Photos are livelier than ever. Turn a Live Photo you love into a continuous video loop, make it bounce back and forth, or capture time and movement in a long exposure.
Edit photos and trim videos
See .
Restore iPhone
About backups for iOS devices
iMessage apps
See your photos in a whole new light. Use new filters to make photos more expressive and skin tones more natural. Take great photos at a smaller file size using next­generation compression technology. See .
Take photos
Take a FaceTime Live Photo. During a FaceTime call, capture a special moment of your conversation. See .
A redesigned App Store. See daily stories by experts, a dedicated Games tab, lists for all kinds of apps, and much more in the redesigned App Store. See .
Make and answer calls with FaceTime
App Store overview
Ask Siri to do more. Siri is more expressive, with a new, more natural voice. With Apple Music, Siri can be your personal DJ. And Siri now translates phrases from English to Chinese, Spanish, French, German, and Italian (beta). See .
Make requests
Discover music with a little help from your friends. Your friends can now help you discover new songs and artists. Each of you can have your own profile on Apple Music, where you can see playlists your friends have shared as well as albums and stations they frequently listen to. (Apple Music subscription required.) See
listening to
.
See what your friends are
Take control of Control Center. Customize the redesigned Control Center so you can quickly change the settings for the things you do most. Want quick access to Apple TV? Add the Apple TV Remote. Want to see something up close with a tap? Add Magnifier. To unlock even more commands in Control Center, use 3D Touch. See .
Control Center
Get to your notifications from anywhere. To see your recent notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen, then swipe up from the center of the screen to see earlier ones. See .
Do Not Disturb while driving. iPhone can sense when you might be driving and then help you stay focused. When Do Not Disturb while driving is activated, text messages and other notifications are limited, and incoming calls are allowed only when iPhone is connected to a car Bluetooth device or a hands-free accessory. See
driving
More from Maps. Lane guidance arrows make it easier than ever to follow driving directions, while indoor maps help you find your way around the airport or shopping mall when you get there. See and .
News is even more personal. News now shows top stories that are more relevant to you. Siri learns what interests you and suggests stories you might like. And a new Spotlight tab features stories related to a timely topic, chosen by Apple News editors.
Notifications
Do Not Disturb while
.
Find places Get directions
See .
For You
Type with one hand. (All models except iPhone SE and iPhone 5s) To move the keys closer to your thumb, touch and hold or , then slide to choose one of the keyboard layouts. See .
Type and edit text
Move items with drag and drop. With a touch, you can move just about anything within an app—a reminder in a list, a text selection in a note, or a calendar event. See
items
Scan documents in Notes. The Document Scanner automatically senses and scans a document in the Notes app, crops the edges, and removes any tilt or glare. See
notes and add attachments
Mark it up. Annotate images, notes, PDFs, screenshots, and more with built-in drawing tools. In some apps, you can also add text, signatures, and speech bubbles and other shapes. See .
Find all your files in one place. In the new Files app, you can easily browse, search, and organize all your files. Thereʼs even a dedicated place for your recent files. See
documents
.
.
Use Markup
.
Move
Format
View
Quickly set up your new iPhone. Hold your new iPhone near an iOS device with iOS 11 and many of your personal settings, preferences, and iCloud Keychain passwords are quickly and securely imported. See .
Set up iPhone
Note: New features and apps may vary depending on the model of your iPhone, your location, language, and carrier.
Wake and unlock iPhone
Basics
Wake iPhone. Press the side button (top button on iPhone SE and iPhone 5s) to see the Lock screen. On iPhone 6s and later, you can also wake iPhone simply by lifting it; to turn Raise to Wake on or off, go to Settings > Display & Brightness.
From the Lock screen, you can check notifications and recent app activity, take photos, and more. For more information, see .
Set a passcode. For additional security, you can to unlock iPhone. If you didnʼt create a passcode during setup, go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.
Unlock iPhone. Press the Home button, then enter the passcode if required.
Tip: To unlock iPhone by touching instead of pressing the Home button, go to
Settings > General > Accessibility > Home Button, then turn on Rest Finger to Open.
You can use the Touch ID sensor in the Home button to unlock iPhone or when making purchases in the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store (instead of using your passcode or Apple ID password). On supported models, you can also use the Touch ID sensor when using Apple Pay (in countries where Apple Pay is supported) to make a purchase. See and .
Touch ID About Apple Pay
Lock screen
require a passcode
Home screen
The Home screen shows all the apps on your iPhone. It consists of multiple pages, added as necessary when you need space for apps.
Go to the Home screen. Press the Home button.
See more of your apps. Swipe left or right to see the apps on other Home screen pages.
Some apps may include a badge on their Home screen icon, to let you know how many new items await—for example, the number of new email messages. If thereʼs a problem— such as a message that couldnʼt be sent—an exclamation mark appears on the badge. (On a folder, a numbered badge indicates the total number of notifications for all the apps inside.)
Open an app. Tap the app icon.
Gestures
Use a few simple gestures—tap, drag, swipe, and pinch—to control iPhone and its apps.
Look around. In an open app, drag a list up or down to see more. Swipe to scroll quickly; touch the screen to stop scrolling. Some lists have an index—tap a letter to jump ahead.
Drag a photo, map, or webpage in any direction to see more.
To quickly jump to the top of a page, tap the status bar at the top of the screen.
Zoom in and out. Pinch open a photo, webpage, or map for a close-up—then pinch closed to zoom back out. In Photos, keep pinching to see the collection or album that contains the photo.
You can also double-tap a photo or webpage to zoom in, and double-tap again to zoom out. In Maps, double-tap and hold, then drag up to zoom in or drag down to zoom out.
3D Touch
3D Touch gives you another way to interact with iPhone. On supported models, you can press the display to see previews, access useful shortcuts, and more.
You can use 3D Touch on the Home screen—press an app icon to see Quick Actions menus. For example, you can press the Camera icon on the Home screen, then choose Take Selfie. Quick Actions work in Control Center too. For example, press Flashlight, then drag the slider to adjust the brightness.
On the Lock screen, press a notification to respond to it. In Mail, press a message in the mailbox list for a peek at the message contents, then slide up to see a list of actions. Or press a little deeper to pop the message open. In Photos, press an image to peek at it, then swipe up to share or copy it; press a little deeper to pop the image to full screen. This guide provides more examples of using 3D Touch, which are marked with .
With 3D Touch, you can vary the pressure when you draw to change the quality of your lines in some apps. For example, to make a line darker. You can also use 3D Touch to and select text when typing.
turn your keyboard into a trackpad
press as you draw in Notes
Change 3D Touch sensitivity. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 3D Touch, then set 3D Touch sensitivity to Light, Medium, or Firm.
Status icons
The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about iPhone:
Status icon What it means
Cell signal Youʼre in range of the cellular network and can
make and receive calls. If thereʼs no signal, “No service” appears.
Airplane mode Airplane mode is on—you canʼt make phone
calls, and other wireless functions may be disabled. See .
LTE Your carrierʼs LTE network is available, and
iPhone can connect to the Internet over that network. (Not available in all areas.) See
data settings
UMTS Your carrierʼs 4G UMTS (GSM) or LTE network
(depending on the carrier) is available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet over that network. (Not available in all areas.) See
data settings
UMTS/EV-DO Your carrierʼs 3G UMTS (GSM) or EV-DO
(CDMA) network is available, and iPhone can
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Cellular
.
Cellular
.
connect to the Internet over that network. See
Cellular data settings
EDGE
Your carrierʼs EDGE (GSM) network is available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet over that network. See .
GPRS/1xRTT Your carrierʼs GPRS (GSM) or 1xRTT (CDMA)
network is available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet over that network. See
settings
Wi-Fi call iPhone is set up for Wi-Fi calling. iPhone also
.
Cellular data settings
.
Cellular data
displays a carrier name next to the icon. See
Make a call
Wi-Fi iPhone is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi
network. See .
Personal Hotspot iPhone is providing a Personal Hotspot for
another device. See .
Syncing iPhone is syncing with iTunes. See
iTunes
Network activity Shows that thereʼs network activity. Some third-
party apps may also use it to show an active process.
Call Forwarding Call Forwarding is set up. See
call waiting, and caller ID
.
Connect to Wi-Fi
Personal Hotspot
Sync with
.
Call forwarding,
.
VPN Youʼre connected to a network using VPN. See
VPN settings
TTY iPhone is set to work with a TTY machine. See
Support for TTY
Lock iPhone is locked. See .
Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb is turned on. See .
Portrait orientation lock The iPhone screen is locked in portrait
orientation. See .
Location Services An item is using Location Services. See
Services
Alarm An alarm is set. See
.
.
Lock screen
Do Not Disturb
Change the screen orientation
Location
.
Set an alarm or bedtime
schedule
Bluetooth® Blue or white icon: Bluetooth is on and paired
with a device.
Gray icon: Bluetooth is on. If iPhone is paired with a device, the device may be out of range or turned off.
See .
Headphones connected
iPhone is paired with Bluetooth headphones that are turned on and within Bluetooth range. See
Bluetooth devices
Bluetooth battery Shows the battery level of a paired Bluetooth
.
Bluetooth devices
.
device.
Battery Gray icon: Shows the iPhone battery level or
charging status. See
battery
.
Charge and monitor the
Yellow icon: Low Power Mode is on. See
Low
Power Mode
.
Switch between apps
While using one app, you can easily switch to another.
View open apps. Double-click the Home button to reveal your open apps in the app switcher. Swipe left or right to see more. To switch to another app, tap it.
Close an app. If an app isnʼt working properly, you can force it to quit. In the app switcher, swipe up on the app. Then try opening the app again.
Control the volume
When youʼre on the phone or listening to songs, movies, or other media, the buttons on the side of iPhone adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the buttons control the volume for the ringer, alerts, and other sound effects. You can also use Siri to turn the volume up or down. Just say “Turn up the volume” or “Turn down the volume.”
WARNING: For information about avoiding hearing loss, see
information
.
Important safety
Lock the ringer and alert volumes. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics (on supported models) or Settings > Sounds (other models), then turn off Change with Buttons. To limit the volume for music and videos, go to Settings > Music > Volume Limit.
Note: To limit the maximum headset volume, go to Settings > Music > Volume Limit. To prevent changes to the volume limit, go to Settings > General > Restrictions > Volume Limit.
Use Control Center to adjust the volume. When iPhone is locked or when youʼre using another app, open Control Center, then drag the volume slider.
Use Do Not Disturb. to temporarily silence calls, alerts, and notifications. Open Control Center, then tap to turn Do Not Disturb on or off.
Put iPhone in ring or silent mode. Flip the Ring/Silent switch to put iPhone in ring mode
or silent mode .
In ring mode, iPhone plays all sounds. In silent mode (switch shows orange), iPhone
Turn on Do Not Disturb
doesnʼt ring or play alerts and other sound effects (but iPhone may still vibrate).
Important: Clock alarms, audio apps such as Music, and many games play sounds through the built-in speaker, even when iPhone is in silent mode. In some areas, the sound effects for Camera and Voice Memos are played, even if the Ring/Silent switch is set to silent.
For information about changing sound and vibration settings, see .
Sounds and haptics
Sounds and haptics
You can change or turn off the sounds iPhone plays when you get a call, text, voicemail, email, reminder, or other event.
On supported models, you feel a tap—called haptic feedback—after you perform some actions, such as opening Today View.
Set sound options. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics (on supported models) or Settings > Sounds (other models) for options such as ringtones and alert tones, vibration settings and patterns, and ringer and alert volumes.
Set vibration patterns. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics (on supported models) or Settings > Sounds (other models), then choose an item from the Sounds and Vibration Patterns list. To select a pattern or create your own, tap Vibration.
To temporarily silence incoming calls, alerts, and sound effects, .
Turn haptic feedback off or on. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics (on supported models).
Tip: If youʼre not hearing or seeing incoming calls and alerts when you expect, open Control Center, then see if Do Not Disturb is on. If is highlighted, tap it to turn off Do Not Disturb. (When Do Not Disturb is on, also appears in the status bar.)
turn on Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb
To quickly silence iPhone, whether youʼre going to dinner or going to sleep, turn on Do Not Disturb. It silences notifications and calls and prevents them from lighting up the screen. (To help keep calls, text messages, and notifications from distracting you while you drive, .)
Turn on Do Not Disturb. Open Control Center, then tap . When Do Not Disturb is on,
appears in the status bar.
Allow calls when Do Not Disturb is on. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb. To allow incoming calls from selected groups, tap Allow Calls From. To allow repeated calls to come through for emergency situations, turn on Repeated Calls.
Allow calls and messages from emergency contacts when Do Not Disturb is on. Go to Contacts, select a contact, tap Edit, tap Text Tone or Ringtone, then turn on Emergency Bypass. Or, and identify an emergency contact. Even if Do Not Disturb is on, calls and messages from your emergency contacts come through.
Schedule quiet hours. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb, turn on Scheduled, then set the start time and end time for your quiet hours.
use Do Not Disturb while driving
create a Medical ID
Set when to silence iPhone. To set whether Do Not Disturb silences iPhone only when itʼs locked, or even when itʼs unlocked, go to Settings > Do Not Disturb.
Do Not Disturb while driving
WARNING: For important information about navigation and avoiding distractions that could lead to dangerous situations, see . Do Not Disturb while driving is not a substitute for following all rules that prohibit distracted driving.
iPhone can sense when you might be driving and then help you stay focused on the road. When Do Not Disturb while driving is activated, text messages and other notifications are limited, and incoming calls are allowed only when iPhone is connected to a car Bluetooth device or a hands-free accessory, or you turn on Repeated Calls in Settings > Do Not Disturb (which allows the second call made within three minutes by the same person to
Important safety information
ring through).
Use Do Not Disturb while driving. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb > Activate, then choose an option: Automatically (when iPhone detects you might be driving), Manually (only from Control Center), or When Connected to Car Bluetooth. Or turn it on when
asked after iPhone detects that you might have driven a vehicle.
If you choose Manually, add Do Not Disturb while driving to Control Center. Go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, then tap next to Do Not Disturb While Driving.
When Do Not Disturb while driving is set to turn on automatically, it may become activated when youʼre a passenger. To resume getting calls, messages, and notifications while riding, tap the Do Not Disturb notification on the Lock screen, then tap Iʼm Not Driving. Or press the Home button, then tap Iʼm Not Driving.
Send an auto-reply that youʼre driving. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb > Auto-Reply To, then select a group. To send an auto-reply to anyone you sent messages to in the previous two days, choose Recents.
Note: If anyone responds to your auto-reply message with the message “Urgent,” all subsequent texts from that person come through for the remainder of your drive.
Change the auto-reply message for Do Not Disturb while driving. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb > Auto-Reply, then tap the message to bring up the keyboard.
Lock screen
The Lock screen appears when you turn on or wake iPhone. You can quickly access the features and information you need most from the Lock screen, even while iPhone is locked.
From the Lock screen you can:
See your most recent notifications. To , swipe up from
the center of the screen.
Swipe left to .
Swipe right to , which shows information from your favorite apps at a
glance.
Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to .
Unlock iPhone. Press the Home button, then enter the passcode (if required).
Choose what you can access from the Lock screen. Go to Settings > Touch ID &
Passcode. You can change access to Today View, Recent Notifications, Control Center, and more.
open Camera
see Today View
see yesterdayʼs notifications
open Control Center
Notifications
Notifications help you keep track of whatʼs new. They let you know if you missed a call, if the date of an event moved, and more. You can customize your notifications so you see only whatʼs important to you.
Respond when iPhone is locked. Press the notification (touch and hold it on devices without 3D Touch). See .
Respond when iPhone is unlocked. Tap the notification to open the app.
Respond without leaving the current app. Pull down on the notification when it
appears at the top of your screen. To dismiss it without responding, swipe it up. This feature works with text and email messages, calendar invitations, and more.
See recent and earlier messages from any screen. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen to see the most recent notifications, then swipe up from the center of the screen to see notifications from yesterday. From the notifications screen, you can also do the following:
Respond to a notification: Tap it.
Open Camera: Swipe left.
3D Touch
See Today View: Swipe right.
Return to where you left off: Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen or press
the Home button.
3D Touch. Press a notification to respond to it. See .
Remove a notification. Touch and hold the notification, then tap . To remove a group
of notifications, tap .
3D Touch. Press to clear all notifications. See .
Set notification preferences. Go to Settings > Notifications. Tap an app to set whether
to allow notifications and to set notification style options. To choose when to show previews for all apps, tap Show Previews, then choose an option. (Previews include text from Messages, lines from Mail messages, and details about Calendar invitations.)
3D Touch
3D Touch
Choose whether to show notifications on the Lock screen. Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, then below Allow Access When Locked, turn on Recent Notifications.
Get government alerts. In some areas, you can turn on alerts in the Government Alerts list. Go to Settings > Notifications.
For example, in the United States, iPhone can receive presidential alerts, and you can turn AMBER and Emergency Alerts (which includes both Severe and Extreme Imminent Threat alerts) on or off (theyʼre on by default). In Japan, iPhone can receive Emergency Earthquake Alerts from the Japan Meteorological Agency. Government alerts vary by carrier and iPhone model, and may not work under all conditions. For more information, see the website.
Silence all your notifications. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb. You can also use Siri to turn Do Not Disturb on or off. Say “Turn on Do Not Disturb” or “Turn off Do Not Disturb.”
About emergency and AMBER alerts
Toda y View
Get information from your favorite apps, at a glance. Choose from Maps Nearby, Calendar, Notes, News, Reminders, and more.
Open Today View. Swipe right from the left edge of the Home screen or the Lock screen.
Add and organize Today View widgets. To choose which widgets appear, tap Edit at the bottom of the screen. Tap or to add or remove widgets. To arrange the order of your information, touch , then drag to a new position.
Note: To include traffic conditions for your commute in Today View, make sure Frequent Locations is turned on in Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Frequent Locations.
Choose whether to allow access to Today View when iPhone is locked. Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.
Control Center
Control Center gives you instant access to Camera, Calculator, AirPlay Mirroring, airplane mode, and other handy features.
Open Control Center. Drag up from the bottom edge of the screen.
Access more controls. Many controls offer additional options. To see available options,
press a control (touch and hold it on devices without 3D Touch). For example, AirDrop options are available when you press (or touch and hold) the top-left group of controls, then tap . Options to take a selfie, take a photo, or record a video are available when you press (or touch and hold) .
Disconnect from the current Wi-Fi network. Tap . To reconnect, tap it again. To see the name of a connected Wi-Fi network, press (touch and hold the button on devices without 3D Touch).
Because Wi-Fi isnʼt turned off when you disconnect from a network, AirPlay and AirDrop still work, and iPhone joins known networks when you change locations or restart iPhone. To turn off Wi-Fi, go to Settings > Wi-Fi. (To turn on Wi-Fi again in Control Center, tap
.) For information about turning Wi-Fi on or off in Control Center while in airplane
mode, see .
Disconnect from Bluetooth devices. Tap . To allow connections, tap the button again.
Because Bluetooth isnʼt turned off when you disconnect from devices, location accuracy and other services are still enabled. To turn off Bluetooth, go to Settings > Bluetooth. To turn on Bluetooth again in Control Center, tap . For information about turning Bluetooth on or off in Control Center while in airplane mode, see .
Close Control Center. Swipe down or press the Home button.
Turn off access to Control Center in apps. Go to Settings > Control Center.
Add and organize controls. Go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls. Tap
or to add or remove controls. To rearrange controls, touch next to a control,
then drag it to a new position.
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Change the screen orientation
Many apps give you a different view when you rotate iPhone.
When you use supported models in landscape orientation, some apps have special layouts. These apps include:
Mail
Calendar
Settings
Messages
Note: These special layouts are not available when Display Zoom is enabled.
Lock the screen orientation. Open Control Center, then tap .
When the screen orientation is locked, appears in the status bar.
Enter text
Type and edit text
Tap a text field to see the onscreen keyboard, then tap letters to type. If you touch the wrong key, you can slide your finger to the correct key. The letter isnʼt entered until you release your finger from the key.
Type uppercase letters. Tap Shift to type uppercase, or touch the Shift key and slide to a letter.
Turn on Caps Lock. Double-tap Shift.
Enter numbers, punctuation, or symbols. Tap the Number key or the Symbol key
.
Enter accented letters or other alternate characters. Touch and hold a key, then slide to choose one of the options.
Quickly end a sentence with a period and a space. Double-tap the Space bar.
Correct spelling. If you see a word underlined in red, tap it to see suggested
corrections. If the word you want doesnʼt appear, type the correction.
If you see a word underlined in red, tap it to see suggested corrections. If the word you want doesnʼt appear, type the correction.
Type with one hand. To move the keys closer to your thumb (all models except iPhone SE and iPhone 5s), touch and hold or , then slide to choose one of the keyboard layouts. For example, choose to move the keyboard to the right side of the screen.
Set options for typing or add keyboards. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
On iPhone 6 and later, the onscreen keyboard includes additional keys, which you can see when you hold iPhone in landscape orientation.
You can also use an Apple Wireless Keyboard to enter text. See
Keyboard Dictate
Revise text. Touch and hold the text to show the magnifying glass, then drag to position the insertion point.
. To dictate instead of typing, see .
Apple Wireless
Select text. Tap the insertion point to display the selection options. Or double-tap a word to select it. Drag the grab points to select more or less text. In read-only documents, such as webpages, touch and hold to select a word.
You can cut, copy, or paste over selected text. With Universal Clipboard, you can also
or copy something on one Apple device, and paste it to another
You can also move selected text within an app by .
With some apps, you can also make text bold, italic, and underlined (tap B/I/U); see suggestions in Look Up; or have Siri suggest alternative text. Tap to see all the appʼs options. When you choose Look Up, you see suggested information from the web and other apps. To turn off Suggestions in Look Up, go to Settings > Siri & Search.
3D Touch. To turn your keyboard into a trackpad, press the keyboard until it turns light gray. Move the cursor by dragging around the keyboard. Without lifting your finger, press a little deeper to select a word. Press twice to select a sentence. Press three times to select a paragraph. After pressing, you can drag to select more text. See .
using drag and drop
.
3D Touch
cut
Undo the last edit. Shake iPhone, then tap Undo.
Predictive text
As you write, Siri predicts your next word, suggests emoji that could take the place of your word, and makes other suggestions based on your recent activity and information from your apps (not available for all languages). In Messages, for example, when you type something like:
“My number is ,” your phone number appears as an option.
“Iʼm at ,” your current location appears as an option.
Tap a word to choose it, or accept a highlighted prediction by entering a space or punctuation. When you tap a suggested word, a space appears after the word. If you enter a comma, period, or other punctuation, the space is deleted. Reject a suggestion by tapping your original word (shown as the predictive text option with quotation marks).
Turn off predictive text. Touch and hold or , slide to Keyboard settings, then turn off Predictive.
When you turn off predictive text, iPhone may still try to suggest corrections for misspelled words. To accept a correction, enter a space or punctuation, or tap return. To reject a correction, tap the “x.” If you reject the same suggestion a few times, iPhone stops suggesting it.
Dictate
You can dictate text instead of typing it. Make sure Enable Dictation is turned on (go to Settings > General > Keyboard, then turn on Enable Dictation).
On supported models, you can use dictation when youʼre not connected to the Internet.
Note: Dictation may not be available in all languages or in all areas, and features may vary. Cellular data charges may apply. See .
Dictate text. Tap on the onscreen keyboard or in the Search field, then speak. When you finish, tap Done. To insert text, tap to place the insertion point, then tap . You can also replace selected text by dictating.
Cellular data settings
Add punctuation or format text. Say the punctuation or format. For example, “Dear Mary comma the check is in the mail exclamation mark” becomes “Dear Mary, the check is in the mail!” Punctuation and formatting commands include:
quote … end quote
new paragraph
new line
cap—to capitalize the next word
caps on … caps off—to capitalize the first character of each word
all caps—to make the next word all uppercase
all caps on … all caps off—to make the enclosed words all uppercase
no caps on … no caps off—to make the enclosed words all lowercase
no space—to eliminate the space between two words (not available for all languages)
no space on … no space off—to run a series of words together (not available for all
languages)
smiley—to insert :-)
frowny—to insert :-(
winky—to insert ;-)
Save keystrokes
A shortcut lets you enter a word or phrase by typing just a few characters. For example, type “omw” to enter “On my way!” That oneʼs already set up for you, but you can also add your own.
Create a shortcut. Touch and hold or , slide to Keyboard settings, then tap Text Replacement.
Have a word or phrase you use and donʼt want it corrected? Create a shortcut, but leave the Shortcut field blank.
Use iCloud to keep your personal dictionary up to date on your other devices. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, then turn on iCloud Drive.
Add or change keyboards
You can turn typing features, such as spell checking, on or off; add keyboards for writing in different languages; and change the layout of your onscreen keyboard or Apple Wireless Keyboard.
If youʼve added keyboards in other languages, you can type in two languages without having to switch between keyboards. Your keyboard automatically switches between the two languages you type in most often. (Not available for all languages.)
Set typing features. Touch and hold or , then slide to Keyboard settings. Or go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
Add a keyboard for another language. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard.
Switch keyboards. Touch and hold or , then slide your finger to the name of the keyboard.
You can also tap or to switch from one keyboard to the other. Continue tapping to access other enabled keyboards.
For information about international keyboards, see .
Change the keyboard layout. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards, select a keyboard, then choose a layout.
Use international keyboards
For more information about your keyboard, see the Apple Support article
Get help with
the keyboard on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
.
Move items
With drag and drop, you can use a finger to move items within an app. For example, you can rearrange a list in Reminders, move a text selection or a photo in Notes, or drag an event to a new time slot in Calendar. (Not all third-party apps support drag and drop.)
Move an item. Touch and hold the item until it lifts up (if itʼs text, select it first), then drag it to another location within the app. If you drag to the bottom or top of a long document, it automatically scrolls.
Select multiple items to move. Touch and hold the first item, drag it slightly, then continue holding it while you tap additional items with another finger. A badge indicates the number of selected items. You can then drag all of the items together.
If you change your mind. Lift your finger before dragging, or drag the item off the screen.
Search
When you search on iPhone, you get results from the Internet, from media and other content on your iPhone, from iTunes and the App Store, and from your apps, like Maps and Contacts. In Settings, you can specify which apps you want to be included in search results.
Search with iPhone. To show Search from the Home screen, swipe down from the center. To show Search from an app, swipe down from the top edge of the screen, then swipe right.
Hide the keyboard and see more results on the screen: Tap Search.
Open a suggested app: Tap it.
Get more information about a search suggestion: Tap it, then tap one of the results to
open it.
Start a new search: Tap in the search field.
Choose which apps to include in search. Go to Settings > Siri, tap an app, then turn Search & Siri Suggestions off or on.
Turn off Suggestions in Search. Go to Settings > Siri & Search, then turn off Suggestions in Search.
Turn off Location Services for suggestions. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. Tap System Services, then turn off Location-Based Suggestions.
Search in apps. Many apps include a search field so you can find something within the app. For example, in the Maps app, you can search for a specific location. Tap the search field and type your search.
Use Markup
In apps including Notes, Mail, and iBooks, you can annotate images, notes, PDFs, screenshots, and more with built-in drawing tools. In some apps, you can also add text, speech bubbles and other shapes, and signatures.
Mark it up. Tap , then use your finger to draw.
To mark up a screenshot right after you take it, tap the thumbnail that appears for a few moments in the bottom-left corner of the screen. (To share a screenshot after you mark it up, tap .)
Choose a markup tool. Tap the pencil, marker, or pen tool. Switch to the eraser—or tap
—if you make a mistake.
Move your drawings. Tap , drag around one or more drawings to make a selection, lift your finger, then drag your selection to a new location.
View more color choices. Tap the current color to view a color palette. Swipe the palette left or right to see more colors. Or, hold iPhone in landscape orientation.
Zoom in. Pinch open so you can draw the details, then pinch closed to zoom back out. To navigate when youʼre zoomed in, drag two fingers.
Add text. Tap , then tap Text. Tap the text box, tap Edit, then type your text. To change the font or layout, tap . To move the text box, drag it.
Add your signature. Tap , then tap Signature.
Add a shape. Tap , then tap a shape. To move the shape, drag it. To resize it, drag any
blue dot.
To fill the shape with color or change the line thickness, tap . To adjust the form of a shape that has a green dot, drag the dot. To delete or duplicate a shape, tap it then choose an option.
Magnify a portion of the screen. Tap , then tap Magnifier. To change the magnification level, drag the green dot. To change the size of the magnifier, drag the blue dot.
Voice Control
Instead of talking to Siri, you can use Voice Control to make calls and control music playback. For example, you may want to use Voice Control if you canʼt use Siri because youʼre not connected to the Internet. (For information about using Siri to control iPhone by voice, see .)
Make requests
Note: When you turn on Voice Control, you canʼt talk to Siri.
Turn on Voice Control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Home Button, then
choose Voice Control (below Press and Hold to Speak).
Use Voice Control. Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep, or press and hold the center button on your headset. See
Apple EarPods
For best results:
Speak clearly and naturally.
Say only Voice Control commands, names, and numbers. Pause slightly between
commands.
Use full names.
You must speak voice commands in the same language thatʼs set for iPhone (in Settings > General > Language & Region).
Turn off Voice Control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Home Button, then choose Siri or Off (below Press and Hold to Speak).
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You can keep Voice Control from dialing when iPhone is locked. Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, then turn off Voice Dial.
For specific commands, see and .
Make a call Siri and Voice Control
Reachability
On supported models, if you're using iPhone in portrait orientation, lightly tap the Home button twice to slide the screen down so that you can reach everything with your thumb.
Turn off Reachability. Tap Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn off Reachability.
Charge and monitor the battery
iPhone has an internal, lithium-ion rechargeable battery. For more information about the battery—including tips for maximizing battery life—go to the
website
WARNING: For important safety information about the battery and charging iPhone, see
Important safety information
Charge the battery. Connect iPhone to a power outlet using the included cable and USB power adapter. You can also charge the battery on supported models by placing iPhone face up on a Qi-compatible wireless charger.
Important: If you suspect that liquid may be present in the Lightning connector of iPhone, do not use the Lightning connector to charge iPhone. For more information about exposure to liquid, see .
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Important handling information
Apple Lithium-ion Batteries
Note: Connecting iPhone to a power outlet or (on supported models) placing it on a compatible wireless charger can start an iCloud backup or wireless iTunes syncing. See
Back up iPhone with iTunes Sync with iTunes
and .
You can also charge the battery by connecting iPhone to your computer, which also allows you to sync iPhone with iTunes. See . Unless your keyboard has a high-power USB 2.0 or 3.0 port, you must connect iPhone to a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port on your computer.
Important: The battery may drain instead of charge if iPhone is connected to a computer thatʼs turned off or is in sleep or standby mode.
Show percentage of battery remaining in the status bar. Go to Settings > Battery, then turn on Battery Percentage.
See proportion of battery used by each app. Go to Settings > Battery.
The battery icon in the upper-right corner shows the battery level or charging status. When syncing or using iPhone, it may take longer to charge the battery.
Sync with iTunes
Important: If iPhone is very low on power, it may display an image of a nearly depleted battery, indicating that it needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it. If iPhone is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes before the low-battery image appears.
Rechargeable batteries, like those found in iPhone, have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. The iPhone battery should be replaced by Apple or an authorized service provider. For more information, go to the
service and recycling website
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Battery
Low Power Mode
Switch to Low Power Mode when your iPhone battery is low or when you may not have access to electrical power. Low Power Mode limits background activity and tunes performance for essential tasks. Using Low Power Mode can significantly increase the life of the battery charge.
Turn on Low Power Mode. Go to Settings > Battery, then turn on Low Power Mode.
Note: If your iPhone switches to Low Power Mode automatically, it switches back to
normal power mode after charging to 80%. Your iPhone might perform some tasks more slowly when in Low Power Mode.
Find My Friends
You can find the Find My Friends app in the Extras folder. Find My Friends is a great way to share your location with people who are important to you. Friends and family members who share their locations with you appear on a map, so you can quickly see where they are. You can set notifications for friends and family members to alert you when they leave from or arrive at various locations.
Note: For more information about Find My Friends, please refer to the Help in the app.
Turn on Share My Location. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Share My
Location.
Share your location with a friend. Open Find Friends on iPhone, then tap Add. Select a contactʼs name, or type a name in the To field, then tap Send. Choose how long you want to share your location.
Share your location using AirDrop. Tap Add, then select a friend who appears in AirDrop. Choose how long you want to share your location.
Set a notification. Select a friend, then tap Notify Me. Choose whether you want to be notified when a friend leaves from or arrives at a location. Choose the friendʼs current location, or tap Other to create a new location for the notification.
3D Touch. To share a location from the Home screen, tap Extras, press Find Friends, then choose the Share My Location quick action. See .
3D Touch
Travel with iPhone
If you travel outside your carrierʼs network area, you can avoid roaming charges by turning off voice and data roaming services in Settings > Cellular. See
settings
Some airlines let you keep your iPhone turned on if you switch to airplane mode. You canʼt make calls or use Bluetooth, but you can listen to music, play games, watch videos, or use other apps that donʼt require network or phone connections.
Turn on airplane mode. Open Control Center, then tap .
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Cellular data
You can also turn airplane mode on or off in Settings. When airplane mode is on, appears in the status bar at the top of the screen.
Turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode. If your airline allows it, you can use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode. Open Control Center, turn on airplane mode, then tap (for Wi-Fi) or (for Bluetooth).
If you turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode, it will be on the next time you return to airplane mode. To turn off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while in airplane mode, open Control Center, then tap or .
Make requests
Siri
Talking to Siri is a quick way to get things done. Ask Siri to set an alarm or find a destination, book a ride or a table, or send a love note. Siri can even change the lighting in a room with HomeKit-controlled lights. And the more you use Siri, the better it knows what you need.
Note: To use Siri, iPhone must be connected to the Internet. See . Cellular charges may apply.
Summon Siri. Press and hold the Home button, release the button, then make your request. Or, instead of waiting for Siri to notice that youʼve stopped talking, continue to hold down the Home button while you speak, then release it when you finish.
If youʼre using a headset, you can use the center or call button in place of the Home button.
Hey Siri. You can use Siri without pressing the Home button. Just say “Hey Siri,” then make your request. (For some models, Hey Siri is only recognized when iPhone is connected to a power source.)
To turn Hey Siri on or off, go to Settings > Siri & Search > Listen for “Hey Siri.”
Connect to the Internet
Find out what Siri can do. Ask Siri “what can you do,” or tap .
The onscreen response from Siri often includes information or images that you can tap for additional detail, or to perform some other action.
Ask Siri to translate. (beta) Siri can translate a phrase from English to Chinese, Spanish, French, German, or Italian. Ask Siri “How do you say” followed by the phrase you want to translate. Siri speaks the translation out loud, which can help you with pronunciation.
Change the voice gender for Siri. Go to Settings > Siri & Search > Siri Voice (may not be available in all areas).
Adjust the volume for Siri. Use the volume buttons while youʼre interacting with Siri. For voice feedback options, go to Settings > Siri & Search > Voice Feedback.
Prevent access to Siri when iPhone is locked. Go to Settings > Siri & Search > Allow Siri When Locked.
Tell Siri about yourself
If you tell Siri about yourself—including things like your home and work addresses, and your relationships—you can get personalized service like, “send a message to my husband.”
Tell Siri who you are. Fill out your info card in Contacts, then go to Settings > Siri > My Information and tap your name.
Tell Siri how to say your name. Say something like “Learn to pronounce my name.”
Tell Siri about a relationship. Say something like “Eliza Block is my wife” or “Ashley
Kamin is my mom.”
Securely sync what Siri knows about you on your Apple devices. Everything about you is encrypted, so your personal information remains private. Go to Settings, then sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all your devices.
Note: Siri uses Location Services when your requests require knowing your location. See
.Location Services
Proactive assistant
Siri learns from you, and can sometimes anticipate what you want and make suggestions before you make a request or ask a question. Your personal information is encrypted and remains private.
Based on how you use your iPhone, Siri makes suggestions for what you might want to do next. Siri might help when you:
Create email and events: When you start adding people to an email or calendar event,
Siri suggests the people you included in previous emails or events.
Receive calls: If you get an incoming call from an unknown number, Siri lets you know
who might be calling—based on phone numbers included in your emails.
Leave for an event: If your calendar event includes a location, Siri assesses traffic
conditions and notifies you when to leave.
Type: As you enter text, Siri can suggest names of movies, places—anything you
viewed recently. If you tell a friend youʼre on your way, Siri can even suggest your
estimated arrival time.
Confirm an appointment or a flight on a travel website: (iPhone 6s and later) Siri asks
if you want to add it to your calendar.
Read News stories: As Siri learns which topics youʼre interested in, theyʼll be
suggested in News.
Siri and apps
Siri works with many of the apps on iPhone, including Phone, Messages, Maps, Clock, Calendar, and Music. For example, you can say things like:
“Call Mom at home”
“Do I have any new texts from Rico?”
“Iʼm running low on gas”
“Set an alarm for 8 a.m.”
To get personalized service for requests like “FaceTime Mom,” tell Siri about yourself and your relationships. See .
More examples of how you can use Siri with apps appear throughout this guide.
Use Siri as your personal DJ. Apple Music knows your tastes. So when you tell Siri to play some music, youʼll hear a song you love. Siri can also answer music trivia questions
Tell Siri about yourself
like “Whoʼs the drummer in this song?” See .
Apple Music
Use Siri with third-party apps. Some apps from the App Store also support Siri. These include apps that let you book a ride, send a message, search photos, place calls, and track your workouts. Look for apps that support Siri in the App Store.
Turn off Search & Siri suggestions. Go to Settings > Siri, then turn off Search & Siri suggestions for specific apps.
Make corrections
If Siri doesnʼt get something right, you can make changes.
Clarify your request verbally. Tap , then rephrase your request. You can even spell out a name.
Edit your request with text. Below the response from Siri, tap “tap to edit,” then use the onscreen keyboard to clarify your request.
Want to change a message before sending it? Say “Change it.”
Siri Eyes Free
With Siri Eyes Free, you can use iPhone features in your car without looking at or touching iPhone—you can control it completely by speaking. To talk with Siri, press and hold the voice command button on your steering wheel until you hear the Siri tone. You can ask Siri to call people, select and play music, hear and compose text messages, get directions, read your notifications, find calendar information, add reminders, and more. Siri Eyes Free is available on select automobiles.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding distractions that could lead to dangerous situations, see .
Use Siri Eyes Free. Connect iPhone to your car using Bluetooth. Refer to the user guide that came with your car.
For more information about using Siri in your car, see .
Important safety information
About CarPlay
Arrange your apps
Personalize your iPhone
Arrange apps. Touch and hold any app on the Home screen until you see the app icons jiggle. Drag an app to move it. Drag an app to the edge of the screen to move it to a different Home screen page, or drag it to the Dock at the bottom of the screen (remove another app first). Press the Home button to save your arrangement.
Tip: If you have a device with 3D Touch and you canʼt get your apps to jiggle, make sure you are resting your finger on the app lightly and holding it there, not pressing down.
Create a new Home screen page. While arranging apps, drag an app to the right edge of the last Home screen page. The dots above the Dock show how many Home screen pages you have, and which one youʼre viewing.
Start over. Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap Reset Home Screen Layout to return the Home screen and apps to their original layout. Any folders youʼve created are removed, the original wallpaper is restored, and apps youʼve downloaded are placed after apps that came with your iPhone.
Remove apps
Remove apps from the Home screen. Touch and hold an app on the Home screen until you see the app icons jiggle, then tap in the upper-left corner. When you finish, press the Home button.
Tip: If you have a device with 3D Touch and you canʼt get your apps to jiggle, make sure you are resting your finger on the app lightly and holding it there, not pressing down.
In addition to removing third-party apps, you can remove some built-in Apple apps that come with your iPhone:
Calculator
Calendar
Compass
Contacts
FaceTime
Files
Find My Friends
Home
iBooks
iCloud Drive
iTunes Store
Mail
(contact information remains available through the Phone app)
Maps
Music
News
Notes
Podcasts
Reminders
Stocks
Tips
TV
Videos
Voice Memos
Watch
Weather
Note: When you remove a built-in app from your Home screen, you also remove any related user data and configuration files. Removing built-in apps from your Home screen can affect other system functionality. For more information, see the Apple Support article
Remove built-in apps from the Home screen on your iOS device with iOS 10
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Restore an app you removed. Go to the App Store, search for the app, then tap .
Organize with folders
Create a folder. Touch and hold any app on the Home screen until you see the app icons jiggle, drag one app onto another you want in the same folder, then lift your finger. Tap the name of the folder to rename it. Drag apps into or out of the folder. Press the Home button when you finish.
You can have multiple pages of apps in a folder.
Delete a folder. Tap a folder, then drag out all the apps—the folder is deleted automatically.
Change the wallpaper
Wallpaper settings let you set an image or photo as wallpaper for the Lock screen or Home screen. You can choose from dynamic and still images.
Change the wallpaper. Go to Settings > Wallpaper > Choose a New Wallpaper.
Tip: If you choose your own image as wallpaper, you can pinch open to zoom in on
your selected image, then drag your finger to move the image. Pinch closed to zoom back out.
When choosing an image for new wallpaper, you may be able to tap Perspective to make your wallpaper move when you change the angle you view the screen. To turn on the Perspective option for wallpaper youʼve already set, go to Settings > Wallpaper, then tap the image of the Lock screen or Home screen.
Note: The Perspective option doesnʼt appear if Reduce Motion (in Accessibility settings) is turned on. See .
Set a Live Photo as wallpaper for the Lock screen. On devices with 3D Touch, go to Settings > Wallpaper > Choose a New Wallpaper. Tap Live, then choose a Live Photo. To set one of your own Live Photos as the wallpaper, choose one from one of your folders (below Photos).
3D Touch. When youʼre on the Lock screen, press to play the Live Photo. See
3D Touch
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Reduce motion
Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
Dim the screen to extend battery life. 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. On supported models, use True Tone to automatically adapt the color and intensity of the display to match the light in your environment.
Adjust the screen brightness. Open Control Center, then drag . Or go to Settings > Display & Brightness, then drag the slider.
Use True Tone. (Supported models) Open Control Center, press (touch and hold on models that donʼt support 3D Touch), then tap to turn True Tone off or on. Or go to Settings > Display & Brightness, then turn on True Tone.
Use Night Shift. Open Control Center, press (touch and hold on models that donʼt support 3D Touch), then tap to turn Night Shift on or off. Or go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift.
Turn on Night Shift manually—helpful when youʼre in a darkened room during the day, for example—or go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift to schedule it to turn on automatically. If you schedule Night Shift to turn on from sunset to sunrise, iPhone uses the data from your clock and your geolocation to determine when itʼs nighttime for you.
Note: You wonʼt see the option to turn on Night Shift from sunset to sunrise if youʼve turned off Location Services in Settings > Privacy, or if youʼve turned off Setting Time Zone in Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services.
To adjust the color balance for Night Shift, go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift, then drag the slider toward the warmer or cooler end of the spectrum.
Magnify the screen with Display Zoom
On supported devices, you can magnify the screen display. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness. Tap View (below Display Zoom), choose Zoomed, then tap Set. For additional zoom features, see .
Zoom
App extensions
Some apps let you extend the functionality of your iPhone. An app extension may appear as a sharing option, an action option, a widget in Today View, a file provider, or a custom keyboard. For example, if you download Pinterest, Pinterest becomes another option for sharing when you click .
App extensions can also help you edit a photo or video in your Photos app. For example, you can download a photo-related app that lets you apply filters to photos. [u edit a photo or video in your Photos app. For example, you can download a photo-related app that lets you apply filters to photos.
Install app extensions. Download the app from the App Store, then open the app and follow the onscreen instructions.
Turn sharing or action options on or off. Tap , then tap More (drag options to the left if necessary). Turn off third-party sharing or action options (they're on by default).
Organize sharing and action options. Tap , then tap More (drag options to the left if necessary). Touch and drag to rearrange your options.
For more information about Today widgets, see . For more information about Sharing options, see .
Share from apps
Today View
Your iPhone name
The name of your iPhone is used by iTunes and iCloud.
Change the name of your iPhone. Go to Settings > General > About > Name.
Set Restrictions
You can set restrictions for some apps, and for purchased content. For example, parents can restrict explicit music from appearing in playlists, or disallow changes to certain settings. Use restrictions to prevent the use of certain apps, the installation of new apps, or changes to accounts or the volume limit.
Turn on restrictions. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions, then tap Enable Restrictions. Youʼll be asked to define a restrictions passcode thatʼs necessary to change the settings you make. This can be different from the passcode for unlocking iPhone.
Important: If you forget your restrictions passcode, you must restore the iPhone software. See .
Restore iPhone
International keyboards
Use international keyboards
With international keyboards you can type text in many different languages, including Asian languages and languages written from right to left. For a list of supported keyboards, go to Appleʼs , choose your iPhone, click Tech Specs, then scroll to Languages.
Manage keyboards. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards.
Add a keyboard: Tap Add New Keyboard, then choose a keyboard from the list.
Repeat to add more keyboards.
Remove a keyboard: Tap Edit, tap next to the keyboard you want to remove, tap
Delete, then tap Done.
Edit your keyboard list: Tap Edit, drag next to a keyboard to a new place in the list,
then tap Done.
If youʼve added keyboards in other languages, you can type in two languages without having to switch between keyboards. Your keyboard automatically switches between the
iPhone website
two languages you type in most often. (Not available for all languages).
Switch keyboards. Touch and hold , then slide your finger to the name of the keyboard.
You can also tap to switch from one keyboard to the other. Continue tapping to access other enabled keyboards.
Enter accented letters or other characters. Touch and hold the related letter, number, or symbol, then slide to choose a variant. For example:
On a Thai keyboard: Choose native numbers by touching and holding the related
Arabic number.
On a Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic keyboard: Suggested characters or candidates
appear at the top of the keyboard. Tap a candidate to enter it, or swipe left to see
more candidates.
Use the extended suggested candidate list. Tap the up arrow on the right to view the full candidate list. To return to the short list, tap the down arrow.
When using certain Chinese or Japanese keyboards, you can create a shortcut (text replacement) for word and input pairs. The shortcut is added to your personal dictionary. When you type a shortcut while using a supported keyboard, the paired word or input is substituted for the shortcut.
Create shortcuts. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement. Shortcuts are available for:
Simplified Chinese: Pinyin
Traditional Chinese: Pinyin and Zhuyin
Japanese: Romaji and Kana
Reset your personal dictionary. Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary. All custom words and shortcuts are deleted, and the keyboard dictionary returns to its default state.
Special input methods
You can use keyboards to enter some languages in different ways. A few examples are Chinese Cangjie and Wubihua, Japanese Kana, and Facemarks. You can also use your finger or a stylus to write Chinese characters on the screen.
Build Chinese characters from the component Cangjie keys. As you type, suggested characters appear. Tap a character to choose it, or continue typing up to five components to see more options.
Build Chinese Wubihua (stroke) characters. Use the keypad to build Chinese characters using up to five strokes, in the correct writing sequence: horizontal, vertical, left falling, right falling, and hook. For example, the Chinese character (circle) should begin with the vertical stroke .
As you type, suggested Chinese characters appear (the most commonly used
characters appear first). Tap a character to choose it.
If youʼre not sure of the correct stroke, enter an asterisk (*). To see more character
options, type another stroke, or scroll through the character list.
Tap the match key (匹配) to show only characters that match exactly what you typed.
Write Chinese characters. Write Chinese characters directly on the screen with your finger when Simplified or Traditional Chinese handwriting input is turned on.
3D Touch. Press a little deeper as you write to increase the line width of your character strokes. See .
As you write character strokes, iPhone recognizes them and shows matching characters in a list, with the closest match at the top. When you choose a character, its likely follow­on characters appear in the list as additional choices.
3D Touch
You can type some complex characters, such as (part of the name for the Hong Kong International Airport), by writing two or more component characters in sequence. Tap the character to replace the characters you typed. Roman characters are also recognized.
Type Japanese kana. Use the Kana keypad to select syllables. For more syllable options, drag the list to the left or tap the arrow key.
Type Japanese romaji. Use the Romaji keyboard to type syllables. Alternative choices appear along the top of the keyboard; tap one to type it. For more syllable options, tap the arrow key and select another syllable or word from the window.
Type facemarks or emoticons. Do one of the following:
Use the Japanese Kana keyboard: Tap .
Use the Japanese Romaji keyboard: Tap , then tap .
Use the Chinese (Simplified) Pinyin or (Traditional) Zhuyin or Pinyin keyboard: Tap
, tap , then tap .
Phone
Apps
Phone calls
Make a call
Making a call on iPhone is as simple as choosing a number in your contacts, or tapping one of your favorites or recent calls.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding distractions that could lead to dangerous situations, see .
Important safety information
Add favorites. With Favorites, you can make a call with a single tap. To add someone to your Favorites list, tap . You can also add names to Favorites from Contacts. In Contacts, tap Add to Favorites at the bottom of a card, then tap the number to add.
Delete a name or rearrange your Favorites list. Tap Edit.
Return a recent call. Tap Recents, then tap the call. Tap to get more info about the
call, or the caller. A red badge indicates the number of missed calls.
Dial manually. Tap Keypad, enter the number, then tap .
Paste a number to the keypad: Tap the screen above the keyboard, then tap Paste.
Enter a soft (2-second) pause: Touch the “*” key until a comma appears.
Enter a hard pause (to pause dialing until you tap the Dial button): Touch the “#” key
until a semicolon appears.
Enter a “+” for international calls: Touch and hold the “0” key until “+” appears.
Redial the last number: Tap Keypad, tap Call to display the number, then tap .
Use Siri or Voice Control. Summon Siri, then say “call” or “dial” followed by a name or number. You can add “at home,” “work,” or “mobile.” See and
Control
When voice dialing a number, speak each digit separately—for example, “four one five, five five five….” For the 800 area code in the U.S., you can say “eight hundred.”
Make Wi-Fi Calls from your iPhone. (Available with some carriers) Go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling, then turn Wi-Fi Calling on This iPhone on.
. For example:
“Call Elizaʼs mobile”
“Call the fire department”
“Redial that last number”
Tip: Wi-Fi Calling can be helpful when your iPhone has a low cellular signal, because
Make requests Voice
it uses your Wi-Fi network to make the call.
When someone calls
Tap Accept to answer an incoming call. Or if iPhone is locked, press the Home button. You can also press the center button on your EarPods.
Silence a call. Press the side button (top button on iPhone SE and iPhone 5s) or either volume button. You can still answer the call after silencing it, until it goes to voicemail.
Tip: You can have iPhone announce calls and specify when to do so—when youʼre using headphones for example. Go to Settings > Phone, then tap Announce Calls.
Adjust the volume. Press the volume buttons on the side of your phone to adjust the volume during a call.
Decline a call and send it directly to voicemail. Do one of the following:
Press the side button (top button on iPhone SE and iPhone 5s) twice quickly.
Press and hold the center button on your headset for about two seconds. Two low
beeps confirm that the call was declined.
Tap Decline (if iPhone is awake when the call comes in).
Note: In some areas, declined calls are disconnected without being sent to voicemail.
Respond with a text message instead of answering. Tap Message, then choose a
reply or tap Custom. To create your own default replies, go to Settings > Phone > Respond with Text, then tap any of the default messages and replace it with your own text.
Remind yourself to return the call. Tap Remind Me, then indicate when you want to be reminded.
Make and receive calls on your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac
Continuity lets you make calls on your other devices by relaying calls through your iPhone, which must be turned on and connected to a cellular network. To make calls this way, you need iOS 8 or later, and OS X 10.10 or later. You must be signed in to iCloud and FaceTime on all devices using the same Apple ID as on iPhone, and all devices must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi Calling lets you make and receive phone calls on your iPad or iPod touch (iOS 9 or later), Apple Watch (watchOS 2 or later), or Mac (OS X 10.11 or later), as long as youʼre signed in to iCloud and FaceTime with the same Apple ID on the device youʼre using for calls. Your iPhone doesn't need to be on the same network as your other devices or even turned on.
Note: Wi-Fi Calling on other devices is available with some carriers, and cellular charges may apply.
You must first set up your iPhone, then your other devices. If you sign out of iCloud or FaceTime on iPhone, Wi-Fi Calling is disabled.
Note: When making calls on iPhone SE, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and later, if the Wi-Fi connection is lost, calls switch automatically to your carrierʼs cellular network using VoLTE (Voice over LTE), if available and turned on. See . (VoLTE calls also switch to Wi-Fi when a Wi-Fi connection becomes available.) On earlier iPhone models, and on iPad, iPod touch, or a Mac, a call is dropped if you lose the Wi-Fi connection. Contact your carrier for feature availability.
Turn on Wi-Fi Calling on your iPhone. Go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling, then turn Wi-Fi Calling on This iPhone on.
If you see Add Wi-Fi Calling For Other Devices, tap it to allow calls from other devices that arenʼt on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone. Otherwise, you can still use your
Cellular data settings
other devices to make phone calls, but your iPhone must be turned on and on the same network as your other devices.
Turn on Wi-Fi Calling on another iOS device. On the device, go to Settings > FaceTime, then turn on FaceTime. If youʼre asked, turn Wi-Fi calling on.
Turn on Wi-Fi Calling on your Mac. On your Mac, open FaceTime, then choose FaceTime > Preferences > Settings. Select “Calls from iPhone.” If an Upgrade to Wi-Fi Calling button appears, click it, then follow the instructions.
Receive a call on your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Swipe or click the notification to answer, ignore, or respond with a quick message.
Make a call from your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Tap or click a phone number in Contacts, Calendar, FaceTime, Messages, Spotlight, or Safari.
Note: Emergency calls on your iPhone are routed through cellular service when available. In the event that cellular service is not available, and you have enabled Wi-Fi Calling, emergency calls may be made over Wi-Fi, and your deviceʼs location information may be used for emergency calls to aid response efforts, regardless of whether you enable Location Services. Some carriers may use the address you registered with the carrier when signing up for Wi-Fi Calling as your location.
For more information about Wi-Fi calls, see the Apple Support article
Wi-Fi Calling
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Avoid unwanted calls
Block unwanted callers. On a contact card, tap Block this Caller (tap in Favorites or Recents to see a callerʼs contact card). You can also block callers in Settings > Phone > Blocking & Identification. You donʼt receive voice calls, FaceTime calls, or text messages from blocked callers. For more information about blocking calls, see the Apple Support article .
Block calls and block or filter messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Identify spam calls. Download a spam-blocking app from the App Store, and iPhone alerts you to potential spam calls.
To view your spam-blocking apps on iPhone, go to Settings > Phone > Call Blocking and Identification.
If you have multiple spam-blocking apps, you can change which one checks an unknown number first. Touch and hold , then drag to position.
While on a call
When youʼre on a call, the screen shows several call options.
End a call. Tap or press the side button (top button on iPhone SE and iPhone 5s).
Use another app while on a call. Press the Home button, then open the app. To return
to the call, tap the green bar at the top of the screen.
Respond to a second call. You can:
Ignore the call and send it to voicemail: Tap Ignore.
Put the first call on hold and answer the new one: Tap Hold + Accept.
End the first call and answer the new one: When using a GSM network, tap End +
Accept. With a CDMA network, tap End and when the second call rings back, tap
Accept, or drag the slider if iPhone is locked.
With a call on hold, tap Swap to switch between calls, or tap Merge Calls to talk with both parties at once. See .
Note: With CDMA, you canʼt switch between calls if the second call was outgoing, but you can merge the calls. You canʼt merge calls if the second call was incoming. If you end the second call or the merged call, both calls are terminated.
Conference calls
Conference calls
With GSM, you can set up a conference call with up to five people (depending on your carrier).
Note: Conference calls may not be available if your call is using VoLTE (Voice over LTE) or Wi-Fi calling.
Start a conference call. While on a call, tap Add Call, make another call, then tap Merge Calls. Repeat to add more people to the conference.
Drop one person: Tap next to a person, then tap End.
Talk privately with one person: Tap , then tap Private next to the person. Tap Merge
Calls to resume the conference.
Add an incoming caller: Tap Hold Call + Answer, then tap Merge Calls.
International calls
For information about making international calls from your home area (including rates and other charges that may apply), contact your carrier.
When traveling abroad, you may be able to use iPhone to make calls, send and receive text messages, get visual voicemail, and use apps that access the Internet, depending on available networks.
Enable international roaming. To turn on Data Roaming and Voice Roaming (CDMA), go to Settings > Cellular. Contact your carrier for information about availability and fees.
Important: Voice, text message, and data roaming charges may apply. To avoid charges while roaming, turn off Data Roaming and Voice Roaming (CDMA).
You may be able to roam on GSM networks, if you have a CDMA account, and your iPhone has a SIM card installed. While roaming on a GSM network, iPhone has access to GSM network features. Charges may apply. Contact your carrier for more information.
Set network options. Go to Settings > Cellular to:
Turn data roaming on or off
Turn cellular data on or off
Turn voice roaming on or off (CDMA)
Use GSM networks abroad (CDMA)
See .
Cellular data settings
Turn off cellular services. Go to Settings, turn on Airplane Mode, then tap Wi-Fi and turn it on. Incoming phone calls are sent to voicemail. To resume cellular service, turn Airplane Mode off.
Make calls to your contacts and favorites while traveling abroad. (GSM) Go to Settings > Phone, then turn on Dial Assist. Dial Assist automatically adds the prefix or country code for calls to the U.S.
Select a carrier network. Go to Settings > Carrier. This setting appears on GSM networks when youʼre outside your carrierʼs network, and other local carrier data networks are available to use for your phone calls, visual voicemail, and cellular network Internet connections. You can make calls only on carriers that have a roaming agreement with your carrier. Additional fees may apply. Roaming charges may be billed to you by the other carrier, through your carrier.
Once you select a network, iPhone uses only that network. If the network you chose is unavailable, “No service” appears on iPhone. To look for a different carrier network, go back to Settings > Carrier.
Get voicemail when visual voicemail isnʼt available. Dial your own number (with CDMA, add # after your number), or touch and hold “1” on the numeric keypad.
Emergency calls
In case of emergency, use iPhone to quickly call for help.
Make an emergency call from the Passcode screen. Tap Emergency, dial the emergency number (for example, 911 in the U.S.), then tap .
Make an emergency SOS call. (In all regions except India)
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: Press and hold the side button and either volume button
until the Emergency SOS slider appears, then drag the slider. Or, if you go to
Settings > Emergency SOS and turn on Also Works with 5 Clicks, you can start an
emergency SOS call when you click the side button five times.
iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus: Click
the side button five times, then drag the Emergency SOS slider.
iPhone SE and iPhone 5s: Click the top button five times, then drag the Emergency
SOS slider.
Turn on Auto Call. Go to Settings > Emergency SOS.
If Auto Call is turned on and you start an emergency SOS call, iPhone plays a warning sound, starts a countdown, then calls the emergency services in your region.
By default, iPhone plays the countdown sound even if iPhone is in silent mode or Do Not Disturb is turned on. To turn off the countdown sound, go to Settings > Emergency SOS.
Make an emergency SOS call. (In India) Click the side button (top button on iPhone SE and iPhone 5s) three times. By default, iPhone plays a warning sound, starts a countdown, then calls the emergency services; to turn off Auto Call, go to Settings > Emergency SOS.
Notify your emergency contacts. After an emergency SOS call ends, iPhone alerts your emergency contacts that you made a call and sends them your current location (if available).
Add or edit emergency contacts. .
Important:
You can use iPhone to make an emergency call in many locations, provided that
cellular service is available, but you should not rely on it for emergencies. Some
cellular networks may not accept an emergency call from iPhone if iPhone is not
activated, if iPhone is not compatible with or configured to operate on a particular
cellular network, or (when applicable) if iPhone does not have a SIM card or the SIM
card is PIN-locked.
In the U.S., location information (if determinable) may be accessed by emergency
Update your Medical ID in the Health app
service providers when you make an emergency call.
Review your carrierʼs emergency calling information to understand the limits of
emergency calling over Wi-Fi.
With CDMA, when an emergency call ends, iPhone enters emergency call mode for a
few minutes to allow a call back from emergency services. During this time, data
transmission and text messages are blocked.
Visual voicemail
Visual voicemail lets you see a list of your messages. You can choose which ones to listen to, view transcriptions of messages, or delete them, without having to wade through all of them. A badge on the Voicemail icon tells you how many unheard messages you have. The first time you tap Voicemail, youʼre asked to create a voicemail password and record your voicemail greeting.
Note: Voicemail transcription (beta) is available in English and depends on the quality of the recording. You wonʼt see transcriptions for voicemails you received before you upgraded iPhone to iOS 10.
Listen to a voicemail message. Tap Voicemail, then select a message. To listen again, select the message, then tap . If visual voicemail isnʼt available with your service, tap Voicemail, then follow the voice instructions.
Ask Siri. Say something like:
“Do I have any new voicemail?”
“Play the voicemail from Eliza”
Messages are saved until you delete them or your carrier erases them.
Delete a message. Swipe or tap the message, then tap Delete.
Note: In some areas, deleted messages may be permanently erased by your carrier. Your
voice messages may also be deleted if you change your SIM card.
Manage deleted messages. Tap Deleted Messages (at the end of the messages list), then:
Listen to a deleted message: Tap the message.
Undelete a message: Tap the message and tap Undelete.
Delete messages permanently: Tap Clear All.
Share a message. Tap a message, then tap .
Update your greeting. Tap Voicemail, tap Greeting, tap Custom, then tap Record. Or, to
use your carrierʼs generic greeting, tap Default.
Set an alert sound for new voicemail. Go to Settings > Sounds.
Change the password. Go to Settings > Phone > Change Voicemail Password. If you
forgot your voicemail password, contact your wireless carrier.
Contacts
When viewing a contactʼs card, a quick tap lets you make a phone call, create an email message, find the contactʼs location, and more. See
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app
See the phone number for your iPhone. Tap Contacts, then scroll to the top of your contacts list.
3D Touch. To add a contact from the Home screen, press Phone, then choose the Create New Contact quick action. See .
3D Touch
Use Contacts from within the Phone
Call forwarding, call waiting, and caller ID
Set up call forwarding, call waiting, or caller ID. (GSM) Go to Settings > Phone.
Call Forwarding: appears in the status bar when call forwarding is on. You must be
in range of the cellular network when you set iPhone to forward calls, or calls wonʼt
be forwarded.
Call Waiting: If youʼre on a call and call waiting is turned off, incoming calls go directly
to voicemail.
Caller ID: For FaceTime calls, your phone number is displayed even if caller ID is
turned off.
For CDMA accounts, contact your carrier for information about enabling and using these features.
For more information, see the Apple Support article
other call features on iPhone
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Call forwarding, call waiting, and
Ringtones and vibrations
iPhone comes with ringtones that sound for incoming calls, Clock alarms, and the Clock timer. You can also purchase ringtones from songs in the iTunes Store. See
rent, or redeem
Set the default ringtone. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Ringtone (models with system haptics) or Settings > Sounds > Ringtone (other models). See
haptics
Assign different ringtones for the special people in your life. Go to Contacts, select a contact, tap Edit, then tap Ringtone.
Turn the ringer on or off. Flip the switch on the side of iPhone.
Important: Clock alarms still sound when the Ring/Silent switch is set to silent.
Turn vibrate on or off. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics (models with system haptics)
or Settings > Sounds (other models).
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Sounds and
Purchase,
Set the sound for new voicemail. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics > New Voicemail (models with system haptics) or Settings > Sounds > New Voicemail (other models).
Safari
Browse the web
With Safari on iPhone, 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 your other devices.
Look before you leap. To see the URL of a link before you go there, touch and hold the link.
3D Touch. To preview items, press a link to get a peek. Press a little deeper to open it. See .3D Touch
Open a link in a new tab. Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in New Tab. Or, tap the link with two fingers. To stay on the current tab whenever you open a link in a new tab, go to Settings > Safari > Open Links, then tap In Background.
Browse open tabs. Tap . To close a tab, tap in the upper-left corner, or swipe the tab to the left.
View tabs that are open on your other devices. If you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all your devices, and you turn on Safari in Settings > [your name] > iCloud on iPhone, you can view tabs that are open on your other devices. Tap , then scroll to the list at the bottom. To close a tab, swipe left, then tap Close.
Reopen a recently closed tab. Tap , touch and hold , then choose from the list of recently closed tabs.
Get back to the top. Tap the top edge of the screen to quickly return to the top of a long page.
See more of the page. Turn iPhone to landscape orientation.
Refresh the page. Tap next to the address in the search field.
See a tabʼs history. Touch and hold or .
Share links. Tap .
View the desktop version of a site. To see the full desktop version of a site instead of
the mobile version, tap , then tap Request Desktop Site.
Block pop-ups. Go to Settings > Safari, then turn Block Pop-ups on or off.
Search the web
Search the web. Enter a URL or search term in the search field at the top of the page, then tap a search suggestion, or tap Go on the keyboard to search for exactly what you typed. If you donʼt want to see suggested search terms, go to Settings > Safari, then turn off Search Engine Suggestions (below Search).
Quickly search a site youʼve visited before. Enter the name of the site, followed by your search term. For example, enter “wiki einstein” to search Wikipedia for “einstein.” Go to Settings > Safari > Quick Website Search to turn this feature on or off.
See your favorites when you enter an address, search, or create a new tab. Go to Settings > Safari > Favorites, then select the folder containing your favorites.
Search the page. To find a specific word or phrase on the current page, tap , then tap Find on Page. Enter the word or phrase in the search field to search. Tap to find other instances.
Choose your search engine. Go to Settings > Safari > Search Engine.
Add bookmarks and favorites
Bookmark the current page. Tap (or touch and hold ), then tap Add Bookmark.
View and organize your bookmarks. Tap , then tap the Bookmarks tab. To create a
folder for bookmarks, tap Edit.
3D Touch. To quickly access your bookmarks from the Home screen, press the Safari icon, then tap Show Bookmarks. See .
Add a webpage to your favorites. Open the page, tap , then tap Add to Favorites.
Quickly see your favorite and frequently visited sites. Tap the search field to see your
favorites. Scroll down to see frequently visited sites. (To avoid seeing a list of these sites, go to Settings > Safari, then turn off Frequently Visited Sites.)
Edit your favorites. Tap , tap the Bookmarks tab, tap Favorites, then tap Edit to delete, rename, or change the order of favorites.
Choose which favorites appear when you tap the search field. Go to Settings > Safari > Favorites.
See your Mac bookmarks on iPhone. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, then turn on Safari. Bookmarks on your Mac appear in Favorites on iPhone.
3D Touch
Add an icon for the current page to your Home screen. To quickly access the page from your Home screen, tap , then tap Add to Home Screen. The icon appears only on the device where you add it.
Save a reading list for later
Save interesting items in your reading list so you can revisit them later. You can read pages in your reading list even when youʼre not connected to the Internet.
Add the current page to your reading list. Tap , then tap Add to Reading List.
Add a linked page without opening it. Touch and hold the link, then tap Add to Reading
List.
View your reading list. Tap , then tap .
Delete an item from your reading list. In your reading list, swipe the item to the left.
Automatically save all reading list items to iCloud for offline reading. Go to
Settings > Safari, then turn on Automatically Save Offline (below Reading List).
Fill in forms
When you sign in to a website, sign up for a service, or make a purchase, you can fill in a web form using the onscreen keyboard, or have Safari fill it in for you using AutoFill.
Turn on AutoFill. Go to Settings > Safari > AutoFill.
Tired of always having to sign in? When youʼre asked if you want to save the password
for the site, tap Yes. The next time you visit, your user name and password are filled in for you.
Sign in with a different identity. If you use multiple identities with a site and an incorrect identity is filled in, tap Passwords above the keyboard, then select the identity you prefer.
Fill in a form. Tap a field to bring up the keyboard. Tap or above the keyboard to move from field to field.
Fill it in automatically. When you fill in contact information on a website that supports AutoFill, tap AutoFill Contact above the keyboard. Tap Customize to edit and store your information for next time. Or, tap Other Contact to fill in someone elseʼs information.
Add a credit card for purchases. Go to Settings > Safari > AutoFill > Saved Credit Cards > Add Credit Card. To enter the information without typing, tap Use Camera, then position iPhone so that your card appears in the frame. Also, when you make an online purchase, you can allow Safari to save the credit card information. See .
iCloud Keychain
Use your credit card information. When you fill in credit card information, tap AutoFill Credit Card above the keyboard. Enter your cardʼs security code, which isnʼt stored. For greater security of your credit card information, for iPhone.
Submit a form. Tap Go, Search, or the link on the webpage.
use a passcode
Use Reader for distraction-free reading
Use Safari Reader to view a page without ads, navigation, or other distracting items.
Focus on content. Tap at the left end of the address field. If you donʼt see the icon, Reader isnʼt available for the page youʼre looking at.
Share just the good stuff. To share just the article text and a link to it, tap while viewing the page in Reader.
Return to the full page. Tap in the address field again.
Use Reader automatically. On a supported website, touch and hold . You can choose
to use Reader automatically on the current website or on all websites.
Privacy and security
Adjust Safari settings to keep your browsing activities to yourself and protect yourself from malicious websites.
Control privacy and security settings for Safari. Go to Settings > Safari. Below Privacy & Security, you can:
Prevent cross-site tracking: Safari limits third-party cookies and data by default. Turn
it off to allow cross-site tracking.
Block all cookies: To remove cookies already on iPhone, go to Settings > Safari >
Clear History and Website Data.
Ask websites not to track you: But beware—a website can choose not to honor the
request.
Get warnings about fraudulent websites: Safari displays a warning if youʼre visiting a
suspected phishing website.
Let Safari create and store secure passwords for you. When creating a new account, tap the password field, tap Suggest Password, then tap Use Suggested Password.
View your saved passwords. Go to Settings > Accounts & Passwords, then enter your iPhone passcode or use Touch ID.
Erase your browsing history and data from iPhone. Go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data.
Visit sites without making history. Tap , then tap Private. Sites you visit arenʼt added to History on iPhone and donʼt appear in the list of tabs on your other devices. To hide the sites and exit Private Browsing Mode, tap , then tap Private again. The sites reappear the next time you use Private Browsing Mode.
Messages
Send and receive messages
Use Messages to send and receive texts, photos, videos, and more through iMessage or SMS/MMS services. With the iMessage service, you can enhance your messages with bubble effects, invisible ink, full-screen effects, your own handwriting, Digital Touch, iMessage apps, stickers, and more.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding distractions while driving, see
Important safety information
Ask Siri. Say something like:
“Send a message to Eliza saying how about tomorrow”
“Reply thatʼs great news”
“Read my messages”
“Read my last message from Bob”
Start a conversation. Tap . Enter the recipientʼs phone number or email address, or tap and choose a contact. Tap the text field, then enter your message. Tap to send.
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Alternatively, to start a conversation from Mail, Calendar, or Notes, touch and hold a phone number, then tap Message.
3D Touch. To start a conversation from the Home screen, press the Messages icon, then tap New Message. See .
Send a message to a group. Tap , then enter multiple recipients.
To manage a group conversation, tap . You can name the conversation, add someone to the conversation, or leave the conversation.
Note: An alert appears if a message canʼt be sent. Tap the alert to try sending the message again.
Resume a conversation. Tap the conversation in the Messages list.
3D Touch. To preview a conversation and quickly respond, press the conversation in
the Messages list, swipe up, then choose a response. See .
Use emoji. When typing a message, tap or to switch to the Emoji keyboard. To
3D Touch
3D Touch
automatically replace text with emoji, tap the highlighted words. See
keyboards
Respond with a Tapback. To send a quick response that lets people know what youʼre thinking, double-tap a message, then choose your response.
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Use international
View and manage conversation details. Tap . You can:
Tap a contact to view the contact card.
Perform quick actions such as making a phone call or FaceTime call.
Send your current location or share your location for a specified length of time.
Hide alerts.
Send read receipts.
View images and attachments.
Tip: To see what time a message was sent or received, drag a bubble to the left.
View the Messages list. Tap or swipe from the left edge. On the larger iPhone models,
you can see the Messages list and the selected conversation in landscape orientation.
Search conversations. Scroll to the top of the Messages list to reveal the search field, then enter the text youʼre looking for. You can also search conversations from the Home screen. See .
Delete a conversation. In the Messages list, swipe left on the conversation, then tap Delete.
Note: You canʼt recover a deleted conversation.
Search
Set up iMessage and SMS/MMS
With the Messages app, you can exchange messages with other SMS and MMS devices using your cellular connection on iPhone, and with other iOS devices and Mac computers using iMessage.
iMessage is an Apple service that sends messages over Wi-Fi or cellular connections to other iOS devices (with iOS 5 or later) and Mac computers (with OS X 10.8 or later). These messages donʼt count against your messaging plan. Messages sent via iMessage can include photos, videos, and other info. You can see when other people are typing, and send read receipts to let them know when youʼve read their messages. For security, messages sent via iMessage are encrypted before theyʼre sent.
iMessage texts appear in blue bubbles, and SMS/MMS texts appear in green bubbles. For more information about SMS/MMS and iMessage, see the Apple Support article
Messages with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Sign in to iMessage. Go to Settings > Messages, then turn on iMessage.
If youʼre signed in to iMessage with the same Apple ID on all your devices, all the
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messages that you send and receive on iPhone can also appear on your other Apple devices. Send a message from whichever device is closest to you, or to start a conversation on one device and continue it on another.
Sign in to iMessage on your Mac and other Apple devices using the same Apple ID.
use Handoff
iOS devices: Go to Settings > Messages, then turn on iMessage.
Mac: Open Messages. If youʼre signing in for the first time, enter your Apple ID and
password, then click Sign In. If you signed in before and want to use a different
Apple ID, choose Messages > Preferences, click Accounts, then select iMessage in
the Accounts list.
With Continuity, all the SMS/MMS messages that you send and receive on iPhone can also appear on your other iOS devices and your Mac. For more information, see the Apple Support article .
Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
Share photos, videos, and audio
With iMessage or MMS, you can send messages with photos, videos, and audio. Your carrier determines the size limit of attachments; iPhone may compress photo and video attachments when necessary.
Send a photo or video. Tap . You can:
Quickly take a photo from within Messages: Frame the shot in the viewfinder, then
tap .
Choose a recent photo or video: Swipe left to browse through recent shots.
Take a photo or video using Camera: Tap Camera.
Choose a photo or video from your Photo Library: Tap Photo Library.
Then, tap to send or to cancel.
Mark up a photo. Tap the photo in the message bubble, then tap Markup. Draw on the photo with the Markup tools. See .
Find and share trending photos and videos from the web. See .
Use Markup
iMessage apps
Send an audio message. Touch and hold to record an audio message, then lift your finger to stop recording. Tap to listen to your message before you send it. Tap to send or to cancel.
Note: To save space, iPhone automatically deletes audio messages two minutes after you listen to them, unless you tap Keep. To always keep them, go to Settings > Messages > Expire (below Audio Messages), then tap Never.
Raise iPhone to listen or reply to an audio message. Raise iPhone to your ear to play incoming audio messages; raise it again to reply. To turn this feature on or off, go to Settings > Messages, then turn off Raise to Listen.
Forward a message or attachment. Touch and hold a message or attachment, tap More, select additional items if desired, then tap .
Share, save, or print an attachment. Tap the attachment, then tap .
Copy an attachment. Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Copy.
Share items from another app. In the other app, tap Share or , then tap Message.
Delete a message or attachment. Touch and hold a message or attachment, tap More,
select additional items if desired, then tap .
iMessage apps
With iMessage apps, you can decorate a conversation with stickers, schedule dinner and a movie, share a song, and more—all without leaving Messages. Expand your options by downloading more iMessage apps from the App Store.
Browse and download iMessage apps. Tap , then tap .
Use an iMessage app. Tap an app to open it, then tap an item to add it to the message
bubble. Add a comment if you want, then tap to send or to cancel.
Decorate with stickers. Tap a stickers app to open it, touch and hold a sticker, then drag it anywhere in the conversation. Before you release, you can:
Adjust the angle: Rotate a second finger around the finger dragging the sticker.
Adjust the size: Move a second finger closer to or away from the finger dragging the
sticker.
You can place the sticker on top of a message bubble, put it on another sticker, or even dress up a photo.
See text covered by a sticker. Double tap the sticker.
See sticker details. Touch and hold a sticker, then tap Sticker Details. You can:
See who sent the sticker.
View the iMessage app that sent the sticker.
Delete the sticker—swipe left, then tap Delete.
Manage iMessage apps. Tap , then tap Edit. You can:
Reorder apps: Drag .
Add an app to your Favorites: Tap .
Remove an app from your Favorites: Tap .
Hide an app: Turn the app off.
Delete an iMessage app. Tap , swipe left on the iMessage app, then tap Delete.
Digital Touch
With iMessage, you can use Digital Touch to send sketches, taps, kisses, heartbeats, and more. You can even add a Digital Touch effect to a photo or video.
Sketch. Tap , tap , then draw with one finger. You can change the color, then start drawing again. Tap to send.
Express your feelings. Tap , then use gestures on the canvas to send a Digital Touch effect. Your feelings are sent automatically when you finish the gesture:
Tap: Tap with one finger to create a burst of color. You can change the color, then tap
again.
Fireball: Touch and hold with one finger.
Kiss: Tap with two fingers.
Heartbeat: Touch and hold with two fingers.
Heartbreak: Touch and hold with two fingers until you see a heartbeat, then drag
down to break the heart.
Note: If you have Apple Watch or another sensor that records heartbeat data, Messages may use the recorded data when you send a Digital Touch heartbeat.
Add a Digital Touch effect to a photo or video. Tap , then tap . Tap to take a photo or to record a video. Add a Digital Touch effect, such as a sketch or kiss, then tap to send.
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