iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
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- Supported models
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone X
- 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
- What’s new in iOS 16
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- Adjust the volume
- Multitask with Picture in Picture
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- View activities in the Dynamic Island
- Perform quick actions
- Search from the Home Screen or Lock Screen
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular data settings
- Travel with iPhone
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- Change sounds and vibrations
- Change the wallpaper
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPhone display on longer
- Magnify the screen
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Use and customize Control Center
- Change or lock the screen orientation
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- Calculator
- Compass
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- Set up FaceTime
- Make and receive 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
- Hand off a FaceTime call to another device
- Change the video settings
- Change the audio settings
- Add camera effects
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block unwanted callers
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- Intro to Home
- Upgrade to the new Home architecture
- Set up accessories
- Control accessories
- Control your home using Siri
- Configure HomePod
- Control your home remotely
- Create and use scenes
- Create an automation
- Configure cameras
- Face Recognition
- Unlock your door with a home key
- Configure a router
- Share controls with others
- Add more homes
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- View maps
- Get rides
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- Set up Messages
- Send and reply to messages
- Unsend and edit messages
- Keep track of messages and conversations
- Forward and share messages
- Start a group conversation
- Add photos and videos
- Send and receive content
- Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
- Collaborate on projects
- Animate messages
- Use iMessage apps
- Use Memoji
- Send recorded audio messages
- Send a Digital Touch effect
- Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
- Change notifications
- Block, filter, and report messages
- Delete messages
- Recover deleted messages
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- View photos
- Play videos and slideshows
- Delete or hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Trim video length and adjust slow motion
- Edit Cinematic mode videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Use photo albums
- Edit and organize albums
- Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
- Duplicate and copy photos and videos
- Find and delete duplicate photos and videos
- Search for Photos
- Find and identify people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Share photos and videos
- Share long videos
- View photos and videos shared with you
- Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
- Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos
- Lift a subject from the photo background
- Watch memories
- Personalize your memories
- Manage memories and featured photos
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Tips
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- Keep cards and passes in Wallet
- Set up Apple Pay
- Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
- Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
- Use Apple Cash
- Use Apple Card
- Use Savings
- Manage payment cards and activity
- Pay for transit
- Use digital keys
- Use your driver’s license or state ID
- Use student ID cards
- Apple Account Card
- Add and use passes
- Manage passes
- Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
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- Share your internet connection
- Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
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- Transfer files between devices
- Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
- Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
- Transfer files with an external storage device
- Use a file server to share files between your iPhone and computer
- Share files with a cloud storage service
- Sync content or transfer files with the Finder or iTunes
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- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
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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 iPhone when VoiceOver is on
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type onscreen braille
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver for images and videos
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Keep your Apple ID secure
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- Sign in with passkeys
- Sign in with Apple
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
- Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges on iPhone
- Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
- Use security keys
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Lockdown Mode
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Unauthorized modification of iOS
- Copyright
Use VoiceOver on iPhone with an Apple external keyboard
If you use Magic Keyboard with iPhone, you can use keyboard shortcuts to activate VoiceOver commands.
Additionally, you can use VoiceOver Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with various key combinations. VoiceOver Help speaks keys and keyboard commands as you type them, without performing the associated action.
Choose the VoiceOver modifier
The modifier is a key or set of keys you press with one or more other keys to enter VoiceOver commands. You can set the modifier to be the Caps Lock key or the Control and Option keys pressed at the same time.
Go to Settings
> Accessibility > VoiceOver > Typing > Modifier Keys.Choose the modifier for VoiceOver commands: the Caps Lock key or the Control and Option keys.
This modifier is abbreviated as “VO” in the tables below.
VoiceOver keyboard commands
VO = modifier keys
Action | Shortcut |
Turn on VoiceOver Help | VO-K |
Turn off VoiceOver Help | Esc (Escape) |
Select the next or previous item | VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow |
Activate the selected item | VO-Space bar |
Touch and hold the selected item | VO-Shift-M |
Read from the current position | VO-A |
Read from the top | VO-B |
Pause or resume reading | Control |
Copy the last spoken text to the clipboard | VO-Shift-C |
Search for text | VO-F |
Mute or unmute VoiceOver | VO-S |
Go to the Home Screen | VO-H |
Move to the status bar | VO-M |
Open the notifications screen | Move to the status bar (VO-M), then Option-Up Arrow |
Open Control Center | Move to the status bar (VO-M), then Option-Down Arrow |
Open Search | Option-Up Arrow |
Open the App Switcher | VO-H-H |
Open the Item Chooser | VO-I |
Change the label of the selected item | VO-/ |
Start, stop, or pause an action | VO-Hyphen |
Swipe up or down | VO-Up Arrow or VO-Down Arrow |
Turn the rotor left or right | VO-Command-Left Arrow or VO-Command-Right Arrow |
Adjust the setting specified by the rotor | VO-Command-Up Arrow or VO-Command-Down Arrow |
Turn the screen curtain on or off | VO-Shift-F11 |
Return to the previous screen | Esc |
Quick Nav using the arrow keys
Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys.
Action | Shortcut |
Turn Quick Nav on or off | Left Arrow-Right Arrow |
Select the next or previous item | Right Arrow or Left Arrow |
Select the next or previous item specified by the rotor | Up Arrow or Down Arrow |
Select the first or last item | Control-Up Arrow or Control-Down Arrow |
Tap an item | Up Arrow-Down Arrow |
Scroll up, down, left, or right | Option-Up Arrow, Option-Down Arrow, Option-Left Arrow, or Option-Right Arrow |
Adjust the rotor | Up Arrow-Left Arrow or Up Arrow-Right Arrow |
Single-key Quick Nav for web browsing
To navigate a webpage quickly, turn on Quick Nav (VO-Q), then press keys on the keyboard to navigate to specific item types, such as headings or links. To move to the previous item, hold the Shift key as you press a key for the item type.
Item type | Shortcut |
Heading | H |
Link | L |
Text field | R |
Button | B |
Form control | C |
Image | I |
Table | T |
Static text | S |
ARIA landmark | W |
List | X |
Item of the same type | M |
Level 1 heading | 1 |
Level 2 heading | 2 |
Level 3 heading | 3 |
Level 4 heading | 4 |
Level 5 heading | 5 |
Level 6 heading | 6 |
Text editing
Use these commands (with Quick Nav turned off) to work with text. VoiceOver reads the text as you move the insertion point.
Action | Shortcut |
Go forward or back one character | Right Arrow or Left Arrow |
Go forward or back one word | Option-Right Arrow or Option-Left Arrow |
Go up or down one line | Up Arrow or Down Arrow |
Go to the beginning or end of the line | Command-Left Arrow or Command-Down Arrow |
Go to the beginning or end of the paragraph | Option-Up Arrow or Option-Down Arrow |
Go to the previous or next paragraph | Option-Up Arrow or Option-Down Arrow |
Go to the top or bottom of the text field | Command-Up Arrow or Command-Down Arrow |
Select text as you move | Shift + any of the insertion point movement commands above |
Select all text | Command-A |
Copy, cut, or paste the selected text | Command-C, Command-X, or Command-V |
Undo or redo last change | Command-Z or Shift-Command-Z |