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iPad User Guide

Use and customize Control Center on iPad

Control Center on iPad gives you instant access to useful controls—including Airplane Mode, Do Not Disturb, volume, screen brightness, and more.

Open Control Center

Swipe down from the top-right edge. You can jump to specific groups of controls by swiping down through the icons on the right edge of the screen. Swipe up through the icons to go back to the first group.

To close Control Center, swipe up from the bottom center of the screen.

Access more controls in Control Center

Many controls offer additional options. To see available options, touch and hold a control. For example, you can do the following in Control Center:

Customize controls

You can rearrange, add, or remove controls in Control Center.

  1. Open Control Center.

  2. Tap 👁 the Add button
    at the top left of Control Center to begin editing the controls.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • Rearrange controls: Drag a control to a new position.

    • Remove a control or a set of controls: Tap 👁 the Remove button
      at the upper left of the control.

    • Resize a control: Drag the handle at the lower right edge of the control.

    • Create a new section of controls: Tap the bottommost icon (the little circle) along the right edge of the screen, then tap Add a Control, and choose which controls to add to your custom group. Or you can drag a control off the bottom of the page to create a new section.

    • Add more controls: Tap Add a Control to open the controls gallery, then tap a control to add it to Control Center.

  4. When you finish customizing, close Control Center by swiping up from the bottom center of the screen.

Temporarily disconnect from a Wi-Fi network

In Control Center, tap 👁 the Wi-Fi Switch button
; to reconnect, tap it again.

To see the name of the connected Wi-Fi network, touch and hold 👁 the Wi-Fi Switch button
.

Because Wi-Fi isn’t turned off when you disconnect from a network, AirPlay and AirDrop still work, and iPad joins known networks when you change locations or restart iPad. To turn off Wi-Fi, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Wi-Fi. (To turn on Wi-Fi again in Control Center, tap 👁 the Wi-Fi Switch button
.) For information about turning Wi-Fi on or off in Control Center while in Airplane Mode, see Choose iPad settings for travel.

Temporarily disconnect from Bluetooth devices

In Control Center, tap 👁 the Bluetooth Switch button
; to allow connections, tap the button again.

Because Bluetooth® isn’t turned off when you disconnect from devices, location accuracy and other services are still enabled. To turn off Bluetooth, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Bluetooth, then turn it off. To turn on Bluetooth again in Control Center, tap 👁 the Bluetooth Switch button
. For information about turning Bluetooth on or off in Control Center while in Airplane Mode, see Choose iPad settings for travel.

Turn off access to Control Center in apps

Go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Control Center, then turn off Access Within Apps.

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