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    iPhone User Guide

    • Welcome
        • iPhone models compatible with iOS 18
        • iPhone XR
        • iPhone XS
        • iPhone XS Max
        • 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
      • 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 18
      • Turn on and set up iPhone
      • Wake, unlock, and lock
      • Set up cellular service
      • 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 the status icons
        • Charge the battery
        • Charge with cleaner energy sources
        • Show the battery percentage
        • Check battery health and usage
        • Use Low Power Mode
      • Read and bookmark the user guide
        • 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
      • Use the Dynamic Island
      • Perform quick actions
      • Search on iPhone
      • Get information about your iPhone
      • Manage storage on iPhone
      • View or change cellular data settings
      • Travel with iPhone
      • Change sounds and vibrations
      • Use and customize the Action button
      • Create a custom Lock Screen
        • 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
      • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
      • Keep the iPhone display on longer
      • Use StandBy
      • Customize the text size and zoom setting
      • 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
        • 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
        • Use latest generation 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 videos
      • Take spatial photos and record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
      • Change sound recording options
      • Record ProRes videos
      • Record videos in Cinematic mode
      • Change video recording settings
      • Save camera settings
      • Customize the Main and Fusion camera lens
      • Change advanced camera settings
      • View, share, and print photos
      • Use Live Text
      • Scan a QR code
        • Get apps
          • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
          • Find and download games
          • Use Game Center to play with friends
          • Connect a game controller
        • Use App Clips
        • Update apps
        • View or cancel subscriptions
        • Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
        • Install and manage fonts
        • Buy books and audiobooks
        • Read books
        • Annotate books
        • Access books on other Apple devices
        • Listen to audiobooks
        • Set reading goals
        • Organize books
        • Read PDFs
        • 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
        • Set an alarm
        • Change your wake up alarm
        • Use the stopwatch
        • Set timers
        • See the world clock
      • 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
          • Make FaceTime calls
          • Receive FaceTime calls
        • Create a FaceTime link
        • Take a Live Photo
        • Record and transcribe an audio call
        • Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
        • Use other apps during a call
        • Make a Group FaceTime call
        • View participants in a grid
        • Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
        • Share your screen in a FaceTime call
        • 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
        • Change your appearance
        • Leave a call or switch to Messages
        • Block and silence FaceTime calls from unknown callers
        • Report a call as spam
        • Files basics
        • Modify files and folders
        • Find 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 or other item in Find My on iPhone
          • Share location of a lost item in Find My on iPhone
          • 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
        • Change fitness notifications
        • Share your activity
        • Get started with Freeform
        • Create a Freeform board
        • Draw or handwrite
        • Solve handwritten math problems
        • Add text in sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes
        • Add shapes, lines, and arrows
        • Add diagrams
        • Add photos, videos, 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 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 schedule for a Sleep Focus
          • Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
          • Add or change sleep schedules
          • Turn Sleep Focus on or off
          • Change your wind down period and sleep goal
          • 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
        • Control your home using Siri
        • Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
        • View electricity usage and rates
        • 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, movies, and TV shows
        • Get ringtones
        • Manage purchases and settings
        • Get started with Journal
        • Write in your journal
        • Add formatting, photos, and more
        • Journal for your wellbeing
        • Build a journaling habit
        • View and search journal entries
        • Print and export entries
        • Change Journal settings
        • Use iPhone like a magnifying glass
        • Customize controls
          • Get live descriptions of visual information around you
          • 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
          • 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
          • Take Flyover tours
          • Set your home, work, or school address
          • Ways to get travel directions
          • 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
          • Add places and notes to your library
          • 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
        • 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
        • Use iMessage apps
        • Take and edit photos or videos
        • Share photos, links, and more
        • Send stickers
        • Create and send Memoji
        • React with Tapbacks
        • Style and animate messages
        • Draw and handwrite messages
        • Send and save GIFs
        • Request, send, and receive payments
        • Send and receive audio messages
        • Share your location
        • Turn read receipts on or off
        • Change notifications
        • Block, filter, and report messages
        • Delete messages and attachments
        • Recover deleted messages
        • Get music
          • Subscribe to Apple Music
          • Get personalized recommendations
          • Mark items as favorites
          • Add music and listen offline
            • Create an Apple Music Profile
            • Share music with friends
            • See what friends are listening to
            • Search for music
            • Find music shared with you
            • Find new music
            • Play music
            • Use the music player controls
            • Use Siri to play music
            • Play lossless audio
            • Play Spatial Audio
            • Listen to radio
            • Play music together using SharePlay
            • Play music together in the car
            • Adjust the sound
            • Queue up your music
            • Shuffle or repeat songs
            • Sing along with Apple Music
            • Show song credits and lyrics
            • Tell Apple Music what you enjoy
          • Intro to playlists
          • Create, edit, and delete playlists
            • Collaborate on a playlist
            • Join a collaborative playlist
            • Add a reaction to a collaborative playlist
        • 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
            • Play Emoji Game
            • Solve sudoku puzzles
        • Search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes
        • Save stories in News
        • Clear your reading history in News
        • 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
        • Use passwords
        • Find your password for a website or app
        • Change the password for a website or app
        • Remove a password
        • Recover a deleted password
        • Create a password for a website or app
        • Show passwords in large text
        • Use passkeys to sign in to websites and apps
        • Sign in with Apple
        • Share passwords
        • Automatically fill in strong passwords
        • See websites excluded from AutoFill
        • Change weak or compromised passwords
        • View your passwords and related information
        • Find and share your Wi-Fi password
        • Share passwords securely with AirDrop
        • Make your passwords available on all your devices
        • Automatically fill in verification codes
        • Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
        • Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
        • Use two-factor authentication
        • Use security keys
          • Import passwords
          • Export passwords
        • Make a call
        • Record and transcribe a call
        • Change your Phone settings
        • View and delete the call history
        • Answer or decline incoming calls
        • While on a call
        • Have a conference or three-way call
        • Set up voicemail
        • Check voicemail
        • Change voicemail greeting and settings
        • Select ringtones and vibrations
        • Make calls using Wi-Fi
        • Set up call forwarding
        • Set up call waiting