iPhone User Guide

• Welcome
• Introducing iPhone
  • iPhone models
    • iPhone models compatible with iOS 17
    • 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
  • 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 17
• Set up and get started
  • Turn on and set up iPhone
  • Wake, unlock, and lock
  • Set up cellular service
  • Use Dual SIM
  • Connect to the internet
  • Apple ID and iCloud
    • Sign in with Apple ID
    • Use iCloud
    • Subscribe to iCloud+
  • Find settings
  • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
  • Learn the meaning of the status icons
  • Charge and monitor the battery
    • 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
• Basics
  • Learn gestures for iPhone
    • Learn basic gestures
    • Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
  • Adjust the volume
  • Silence iPhone
  • Use your apps
    • Open apps
    • Find 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
  • View or change cellular data settings
  • Travel with iPhone
• Personalize your iPhone
  • Change sounds and vibrations
  • Use the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
  • Create a custom Lock Screen
  • Change the wallpaper
  • 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
  • Customize the Home Screen
    • Organize your apps in folders
    • Add, edit, and remove widgets
    • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
    • Remove or delete apps
  • Use and customize Control Center
  • Change or lock the screen orientation
  • Set up Focus, notifications, and Do Not Disturb
    • 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
• Work with text and graphics
  • Enter, select, and revise text
    • Type with the onscreen keyboard
    • Dictate text
    • Select and edit text
    • Use predictive text
    • Use text replacements
  • Add or change keyboards
  • Add emoji and stickers
  • Take a screenshot
  • Take a screen recording
  • Use Markup tools
    • Draw in documents
    • Add text, shapes, signatures, and more
  • Fill out forms and sign documents
  • Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
  • Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos and videos
  • Lift a subject from the photo background
• Apps
  • App Store
    • Get apps
    • Play games
      • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
      • Get games
      • Play with friends in Game Center
      • Connect a game controller
    • Use App Clips
    • Update apps
    • View or cancel subscriptions
    • Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
    • Install and manage fonts
  • Books
    • Buy books and audiobooks
    • Read books
    • Annotate books
    • Access books on other Apple devices
    • Listen to audiobooks
    • Set reading goals
    • Organize books
    • Read PDFs
  • Calculator
  • Calendar
    • Create and edit events in Calendar
    • Send invitations
    • Reply to invitations
    • Change how you view events
    • Search for events
    • Change calendar and event settings
    • Schedule or display events in a different time zone
    • Keep track of events
    • Use multiple calendars
    • Use the Holidays calendar
    • Share iCloud calendars
  • Camera
    • Take photos
      • Camera basics
      • Set up your shot
      • Apply 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
    • Adjust the shutter volume
    • Adjust HDR camera settings
    • Record videos
    • Record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
    • Record ProRes videos
    • Record videos 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
  • Clock
    • See the world clock
    • Set an alarm
    • Change the next wake up alarm
    • Use the stopwatch
    • Use multiple timers
  • Compass
  • Contacts
    • Add and use contact information
    • Edit contacts
    • Add your contact info
    • Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info
    • Use other contact accounts
    • Use Contacts from the Phone app
    • Merge or hide duplicate contacts
    • Export contacts
  • FaceTime
    • Get started with FaceTime
    • Make and receive FaceTime calls
      • Make FaceTime calls
      • Receive FaceTime calls
    • Create a FaceTime link
    • Take a Live Photo
    • 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
    • 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 unwanted callers
    • Report a call as spam
  • Files
    • Connect external devices or servers
    • Modify files, folders, and downloads
    • Search for files and folders
    • Organize files and folders
    • Send files
    • Set up iCloud Drive
    • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
    • Use an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service
  • Find My
    • Find people
      • 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
      • Turn off Find My
    • Find devices
      • 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
    • Find items
      • Add an AirTag
      • Share an AirTag or other 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
  • Fitness
    • Get started with Fitness
    • Track daily activity and change your move goal
    • See your activity summary
    • Sync a third-party workout app
    • Change fitness notifications
    • Share your activity
    • Apple Fitness+
      • Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
      • Find Apple Fitness+ workouts and meditations
      • Start an Apple Fitness+ workout or meditation
      • Create a Custom Plan in Apple Fitness+
      • Work out together using SharePlay
      • Change what’s on the screen during an Apple Fitness+ workout or meditation
      • Download an Apple Fitness+ workout or meditation
  • Freeform
    • Get started with Freeform
    • Create a Freeform board
    • Draw or handwrite
    • Add text
    • Add shapes
    • Add files
    • Apply consistent styles
    • Position items on a board
    • Search Freeform boards
    • Share and collaborate
    • Delete and recover boards
  • Health
    • Get started with Health
    • Fill out your Health Details
    • View and share health data
      • Intro to Health data
      • View your health data
      • Share your health data
      • View health data shared by others
    • Get health records from your providers
      • Download health records
      • View health records
    • Monitor your walking steadiness
    • Track your menstrual cycle
      • Log menstrual cycle information
      • View menstrual cycle predictions and history
    • Manage your medications
      • Track your medications
      • Learn more about your medications
    • Track your mental wellbeing
      • Log your state of mind
      • Take a mental health assessment
    • Prioritize your sleep
      • 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, sleep goal, and more
      • View your sleep history
    • Use headphone hearing safeguards
      • Check your headphone levels
      • Use audiogram data
    • Register as an organ donor
    • Back up your Health data
  • Home
    • Intro to Home
    • Upgrade to the new Home architecture
    • Set up accessories
    • Control accessories
    • Control your home using Siri
    • Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
    • Set up HomePod
    • Control your home remotely
    • Create and use scenes
    • Use automations
    • Set up security cameras
    • Use Face Recognition
    • Unlock your door with a home key
    • Configure a router
    • Invite others to control accessories
    • Add more homes
  • iTunes Store
    • Get music, movies, and TV shows
    • Get ringtones
    • Manage purchases and settings
  • Journal
    • Get started with Journal
    • Write in your journal
    • Review your past journal entries
    • Change Journal settings
  • Magnifier
    • Magnify nearby objects
    • Change settings
    • Detection Mode
      • Detect people around you
      • Detect doors around you
      • Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
      • Read aloud text and labels around you
      • Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
  • Mail
    • Add or remove email accounts
      • Add and remove email accounts
      • Set up a custom email domain
    • Check your email
    • Write and send email
      • Send email
      • Unsend email with Undo Send
      • Reply to and forward emails
      • Save an email draft
    • Work with attachments
      • Add email attachments
      • Download email attachments
      • Annotate email attachments
    • Set email notifications
    • Search for email
    • Organize email in mailboxes
    • Flag and filter email
      • Flag or block emails
      • Filter emails
    • Mail privacy and security
      • Use Hide My Email
      • Use Mail Privacy Protection
    • Change email settings
    • Delete and recover emails
    • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
    • Print emails
  • Maps
    • View maps
    • Get directions
      • Get travel directions
      • Select other route options
      • Find stops along your route
      • View a route overview or a list of turns
      • Change settings for spoken directions
      • Get driving directions
      • Get directions to your parked car
      • Set up electric vehicle routing
      • Report traffic incidents
      • Get cycling directions
      • Get walking directions
      • Get transit directions
      • Delete recent directions
    • Get traffic and weather info
    • Get rides
    • Estimate travel time and ETA
    • Download offline maps
    • Find places
      • Search for places
      • Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
      • Get information about places
      • Mark places
      • Share places
      • Rate places
      • Save favorite places
      • Explore new places with Guides
      • Organize places in My Guides
      • Clear location history
    • Look around places
    • Take Flyover tours
    • Find your Maps settings
  • Measure
    • Measure dimensions
    • View and save measurements
    • Measure a person’s height
    • Use the level
  • Messages
    • Set up Messages
    • About iMessage
    • Send and reply to messages
    • Unsend and edit messages
    • Keep track of messages
    • Search
    • Forward and share messages
    • Group conversations
    • Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
    • Collaborate on projects
    • Use iMessage apps
    • Take and edit photos or videos
    • Share photos, links, and more
    • Send stickers
    • Request, send, and receive payments
    • Send and receive audio messages
    • Share your location
    • Animate messages
    • Send and save GIFs
    • Turn read receipts on or off
    • Change notifications
    • Block, filter, and report messages