iPad User Guide
- iPad User Guide
- What’s new in iPadOS
- Supported models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off sounds
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Drag and drop
- Search with iPad
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPad
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Access features from the iPad Lock screen
The Lock screen, which shows the current time and date and your most recent notifications, appears when you turn on or wake iPad. From the Lock screen, you can see notifications, open Camera and Control Center, get information from your favorite apps at a glance, and more.
Access features and information from the Lock screen
You can quickly access the features and information you need most from the Lock screen, even while iPad is locked.
Open Camera: Swipe left. (See Take photos with the camera on iPad.)
Open Control Center: Swipe down from the top-right corner. (See Use and customize Control Center on iPad.)
See earlier notifications: Swipe up from the center. (See View and respond to notifications on iPad.)
See Today View: Swipe right. (See View and organize Today View on iPad.)
Start drawing and taking notes: (On supported models) Tap Apple Pencil on the Lock screen. Whatever you create is saved in Notes.
To choose what you can access from the Lock screen, see Change access to items when iPad is locked.
Show notification previews on the Lock screen
Go to Settings
> Notifications.Tap Show Previews, then tap Always.
Notification previews include text from Messages, lines from Mail messages, and details about Calendar invitations. See View and respond to notifications on iPad.