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iPhone User Guide

  • Welcome
      • iPhone models compatible with iOS 26
      • iPhone 11
      • iPhone 11 Pro
      • iPhone 11 Pro Max
      • iPhone SE (2nd generation)
      • iPhone 12 mini
      • iPhone 12
      • iPhone 12 Pro
      • iPhone 12 Pro Max
      • iPhone 13 mini
      • iPhone 13
      • iPhone 13 Pro
      • iPhone 13 Pro Max
      • iPhone SE (3rd generation)
      • iPhone 14
      • iPhone 14 Plus
      • iPhone 14 Pro
      • iPhone 14 Pro Max
      • iPhone 15
      • iPhone 15 Plus
      • iPhone 15 Pro
      • iPhone 15 Pro Max
      • iPhone 16
      • iPhone 16 Plus
      • iPhone 16 Pro
      • iPhone 16 Pro Max
      • iPhone 16e
      • iPhone 17
      • iPhone 17 Pro
      • iPhone 17 Pro Max
      • iPhone Air
    • Setup basics
    • Make your iPhone your own
    • Take great photos and videos
    • Keep in touch with friends and family
    • Share features with your family
    • Use iPhone for your daily routines
    • Expert advice from Apple Support
  • What’s new in iOS 26
    • Turn on and set up iPhone
    • Wake, unlock, and lock
    • Set up cellular service
    • View or change cellular data settings
    • Use Dual SIM
    • Connect to the internet
      • Sign in and manage your Apple Account
      • Use iCloud
      • Subscribe to iCloud+
    • Find settings
    • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
    • Learn the meaning of iPhone status icons
      • Charge the battery
      • Show the battery percentage
      • Charge with cleaner energy sources
      • Optimize battery charging
      • Set a charge limit
      • Understand Thermally Limited Charging
      • Save battery life with Power Modes on iPhone
      • Understand your iPhone battery usage and health
      • Learn basic gestures
      • Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
    • Adjust the volume
    • Turn the iPhone flashlight on or off
    • Silence iPhone
      • Open apps
      • Find and use your apps in App Library
      • Switch between open apps
      • Quit and reopen an app
    • Multitask with Picture in Picture
    • Access features from the Lock Screen
    • View Live Activities in the Dynamic Island
    • Perform quick actions
    • Search on iPhone
    • Get information about your iPhone
    • Manage storage on iPhone
    • Travel with iPhone
    • Change sounds and vibrations
    • Use and customize the Action button
    • Create a custom Lock Screen
      • Add an app
      • Add, edit, and remove widgets
      • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
      • Customize apps and widgets on the Home Screen
      • Lock or hide or an app
      • Organize your apps in folders
      • Remove or delete apps
    • Change the wallpaper
    • Use and customize Control Center
    • Record audio and video
    • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
    • Keep the iPhone display on longer
    • Use StandBy
    • Adjust iPhone display and text settings
    • Change the name of your iPhone
    • Change the date and time
    • Change the language and region
    • Change the default apps
    • Change your default search engine
    • Rotate your iPhone screen
      • View and respond to notifications
      • Change notification settings
      • Set up a Focus
      • Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
      • Turn a Focus on or off
      • Stay focused while driving
    • Customize sharing options
      • Type with the onscreen keyboard
      • Dictate text
      • Commands for dictating text
      • Select and edit text
      • Use predictive text
      • Use text replacements
    • Add or change keyboards
    • Add emoji, Memoji, and stickers
      • Take a screenshot
      • Take a screen recording
      • Change the screen capture settings
      • Write and draw in documents
      • Add text, shapes, stickers, and more
    • Fill out forms, sign documents, and create signatures
    • Interact with content in a photo or video
    • Identify objects in your photos and videos
    • Lift a subject from the photo background
      • Camera basics
      • Set up your shot
      • Use Photographic Styles
      • Take Live Photos
      • Take Burst mode shots
      • Take a selfie
      • Take panoramic photos
      • Take macro photos and videos
      • Take portraits
      • Take Night mode photos
      • Take Apple ProRAW photos
    • Use the Camera Control
    • Use the Camera Control to open another app
    • Adjust the shutter volume
    • Adjust HDR camera settings
    • Record a video
    • Take spatial photos and record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
    • Change sound recording options
    • Record ProRes video
    • Record video in Cinematic mode
    • Change video recording settings
    • Save camera settings
    • Customize the Main camera lens
    • Change advanced camera settings
    • View, share, and print photos
    • Use Live Text
    • Scan a QR code
      • Get apps
      • Use App Clips
      • Update apps
      • Install and manage fonts
      • Share and send apps
      • See your purchases and subscriptions
      • Change settings and restrictions
      • Buy books and audiobooks
      • Read books
      • Annotate books
      • Access books on other Apple devices
      • Listen to audiobooks
      • Set reading goals
      • Organize books
      • Read PDFs
      • Get started with Calculator
      • Use the basic calculator
      • Use the scientific calculator
      • Solve math with Math Notes
      • Work with graphs in Math Notes
      • Convert units or currency
      • See previous calculations
      • Create and edit events in Calendar
      • Send invitations
      • Reply to invitations
      • Change how you view events
      • Search for events
      • Change Calendar settings
      • Schedule or display events in a different time zone
      • Keep track of events
      • Use multiple calendars
      • Use reminders
      • Use the Holidays calendar
      • Share iCloud calendars
      • See the world clock
      • Set an alarm
      • Change your wake up alarm
      • Use the stopwatch
      • Set timers
    • Compass
      • Add and use contact information
      • Edit contacts
      • Add your contact info
      • Add or remove accounts
      • Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info
      • Use contacts from the Phone app
      • Merge or hide duplicate contacts
      • Sync contacts across devices
      • Import contacts
      • Export contacts
      • Get started with FaceTime
        • Set up FaceTime
        • Make FaceTime calls
        • Receive FaceTime calls
      • Create a FaceTime link
      • Use FaceTime audio call tools
      • Take a Live Photo
      • Use Live Captions
      • Use other apps during a call
      • Make a Group FaceTime call
      • Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
      • Share your screen in a FaceTime call
      • Request or give remote control in a FaceTime call
      • Collaborate on a document in FaceTime
      • Use video conferencing features
      • Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
      • Change the FaceTime video settings
      • Change the FaceTime audio settings
      • Leave a call or switch to Messages
      • Block a FaceTime call and report it as spam
      • Screen and filter calls
      • Files basics
      • Modify files and folders
      • Find and view files and folders
      • Organize files and folders
      • Send files from the Files app
      • Set up iCloud Drive
      • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
      • Transfer files from iPhone to a storage device, a server, or the cloud
        • Share your location
        • Meet up with a friend
        • Send your location via satellite
        • Add or remove a friend
        • Locate a friend
        • Get notified when friends change their location
        • Notify a friend when your location changes
        • Add your iPhone
        • Add your iPhone Wallet with MagSafe
        • Get notified if you leave a device behind
        • Locate a device
        • Mark a device as lost
        • Erase a device
        • Remove a device
        • Add an AirTag
        • Share an AirTag
        • Share location of a lost item
        • Add a third-party item
        • Get notified if you leave an item behind
        • Locate an item
        • Mark an item as lost
        • Remove an item
      • Adjust map settings
      • Turn off Find My
      • Get started with Fitness
      • See your activity summary
      • Adjust your Activity ring goals
      • Sync a third-party workout app
        • Start a workout in Fitness
        • Use Workout Buddy
        • Customize a workout
        • Log a workout
      • Change Fitness settings
      • Share your activity
      • Get started with Freeform
      • Create a Freeform board
      • Draw or handwrite
      • Solve handwritten math problems
      • Add text
      • Add shapes, lines, and arrows
      • Add diagrams
      • Add images, scans, links, and other files
      • Apply consistent styles
      • Position items on a board
      • Navigate and present scenes
      • Send a copy or PDF
      • Print a board
      • Share boards and collaborate
      • Search Freeform boards
      • Delete and recover boards
      • Change Freeform settings
      • Get started with the Apple Games app
      • Set up your Game Center profile
      • Find and download games
      • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
      • Connect with friends in the Apple Games app
      • Play with friends in the Apple Games app
      • Manage your game library
      • Connect a game controller
      • Change game-related settings
      • Report a problem with a game
      • Get started with Health
      • Fill out your Health Details
        • Intro to Health data
        • View your health data
        • Share your health data
        • View health data shared by others
        • Download health records
        • View health records
      • Monitor your walking steadiness
        • Log menstrual cycle information
        • View menstrual cycle predictions and history
        • Log a pregnancy
        • Track your medications
        • Learn more about your medications
        • Log your state of mind
        • Take a mental health assessment
        • Set up a sleep schedule
        • Edit sleep schedules
        • Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
        • Turn Sleep Focus on or off
        • View your sleep history
        • Check your headphone audio levels
        • Use hearing health features
      • Register as an organ donor
      • Back up your Health data
      • Intro to Home
      • Upgrade to the new version of Apple Home
      • Set up accessories
      • Control accessories
      • Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
      • View electricity usage and rates
      • Adaptive Temperature and Clean Energy Guidance
      • Set up HomePod
      • Control your home remotely
      • Create and use scenes
      • Use automations
      • Set up security cameras
      • Use Face Recognition
      • Unlock your door with a home key on iPhone or Apple Watch
      • Configure a router
      • Invite others to control accessories
      • Add more homes
      • Get music
      • Get ringtones
      • Manage purchases and settings
      • Get started
      • Write in your journal
      • Edit or delete an entry
      • Add formatting, photos, and more
      • Journal for your wellbeing
      • Build a journaling habit
      • View and search journal entries
      • Print and export entries
      • Protect your journal entries
      • Change Journal settings
      • Magnify or describe things around you
      • Customize controls
        • Detect people around you
        • Detect furniture around you
        • Detect doors around you
        • Detect text around you and have it read out loud
        • Set up shortcuts for Live Recognition
        • Add and remove email accounts
        • Set up a custom email domain
      • Check your email
      • Use categories
      • Automatically clean up iCloud Mail
        • Send email
        • Unsend email with Undo Send
        • Reply to and forward emails
        • Save an email draft
        • Add email attachments
        • Download email attachments
        • Annotate email attachments
      • Set email notifications
      • Search for email
      • Organize email in mailboxes
        • Flag or block emails
        • Filter emails
        • Use Hide My Email
        • Use Mail Privacy Protection
      • Change Mail settings
      • Delete and recover emails
      • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
      • Print emails
      • Get started with Maps
      • Set your location and map view
        • Explore 3D maps
        • Look around places
        • Set your home, work, or school address
        • Use Maps
        • Get driving directions
        • Set up electric vehicle routing
        • View a route overview or a list of turns
        • Change or add stops to your route
        • Get directions to your parked car
        • Get walking directions
        • Save walks or hikes
        • Get transit directions
        • Get cycling directions
        • Book rides
        • Download offline maps
        • Share your estimated time of arrival
        • Change settings for spoken directions
        • Choose a default travel mode and units
        • Check traffic conditions and report traffic incidents
        • Get weather info
        • Search for places
        • Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
        • Explore airports or malls
        • Get information about places
        • View and mange Visited Places
        • Add places and notes to your Places
        • Share places
        • Mark a location with a pin
        • Rate places and add photos
        • Explore places with guides
        • Organize places with custom guides
      • Clear location history
      • Delete recent directions
      • Report an issue with Maps
      • Measure dimensions
      • View and save measurements
      • Measure a person’s height
      • Use the level
      • Get started with Messages
      • Set up Messages
      • About iMessage
      • Send and reply to messages
      • Text via satellite
      • Schedule a text message to send later
      • Unsend and edit messages
      • Keep track of messages
      • Search
      • Forward and share messages
      • Group conversations
      • Share screens
      • Collaborate on projects
      • Add backgrounds
      • Use iMessage apps
      • Poll people in a conversation
      • Take and edit photos or videos
      • Share photos, links, and more
      • Send stickers
      • Create and send Memoji
      • React with Tapbacks
      • Format text and animate messages
      • Draw and handwrite messages
      • Send and save GIFs
      • Send and receive audio messages
      • Share your location
      • Turn read receipts on or off
      • Stop, mute, and change notifications
      • Screen, filter, report, and block texts
      • Delete messages and attachments
      • Recover deleted messages
      • Get started with Music
      • Get music
        • Subscribe to Apple Music
        • Get personalized recommendations
        • Mark items as favorites
        • Add music and listen offline
        • Pin music
          • Create an Apple Music Profile
          • Share music with friends
          • See what friends are listening to
        • Transfer music from other music services
          • Search for music
          • Find music shared with you
          • Find new music
          • Play music
          • Use the music player controls
          • Play lossless audio
          • Play Spatial Audio
          • Listen to radio
          • Play music together using SharePlay
          • Play music together in the car
          • Queue up your music
          • Transition songs
          • Shuffle or repeat songs
          • Sing along with Apple Music
          • Show song credits and lyrics
          • Tell Apple Music what you enjoy
          • Adjust the sound quality
        • Intro to playlists
        • Create, edit, and delete playlists
          • Collaborate on a playlist
          • Join a collaborative playlist
          • Add a reaction to a collaborative playlist
        • Organize playlists in folders
      • Get started with News
      • Get News notifications and newsletters
      • Use News widgets
      • See news stories chosen just for you
      • Read and share stories
      • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
      • Listen to Apple News Today
        • Subscribe to Apple News+
        • Browse and read Apple News+ stories
        • Use Offline Mode to read downloaded News content
        • Manually download Apple News+ issues
        • Listen to News stories
        • Find recipes and food stories in Apple News+
          • Find puzzles in Apple News+
          • Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles
          • Solve Quartiles puzzles
          • Solve sudoku puzzles
          • Play Emoji Game
      • Search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes
      • Save stories
      • Clear your reading history
      • Subscribe to individual news channels
      • Get started with Notes
      • Create and format notes
      • Use Quick Notes
      • Add drawings and handwriting
      • Enter formulas and equations
      • Add photos, video, and more
      • Record and transcribe audio
      • Scan text and documents
      • Work with PDFs
      • Add links
      • Search notes
      • Organize in folders
      • Organize with tags
      • Use Smart Folders
      • Share and collaborate
      • Export or print notes
      • Lock notes
      • Add or remove accounts
      • Change the Notes view
      • Change Notes settings