Your Apple Account gives you access to Apple services such as the App Store, the Apple Games app, the iTunes Store, Apple Books, Apple Music, FaceTime, iCloud, iMessage, and more.

If you didn’t sign in during setup, you can bring your other iPhone or iPad nearby, as long as it has iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or later, and follow the onscreen instructions. Or you can sign in manually with your email address or phone number and password.

When you create a new Apple Account in China mainland or India, you can use your mobile phone number as your Apple Account user name.

Sign in to your Apple Account

If you didn’t sign in during setup, do the following:

1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap Apple Account.
3. Tap one of the following:
   • Use Another Apple Device: Bring your other iPhone or iPad (with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or later) nearby and then follow the onscreen instructions.
   • Sign in Manually: Enter your email address or phone number, then enter your password. If you don’t have an Apple Account, you can create one.
4. If you protect your account with two-factor authentication, enter the six-digit verification code.

Change your Apple Account settings

1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap your name, then do any of the following:
   • Update Personal Information: Update your name, birthdate, and Memoji or photo associated with your Apple Account. You can also set up your preferences for communication from Apple, and see how your data is managed.
   • Change Sign-In & Security: Change your Apple Account password, turn on two-factor authentication, add or remove phone numbers and emails you can use to sign in, and set up Account Recovery or Legacy Contact.
   • Manage Payment & Shipping: Select your payment methods and shipping address for your Apple Account and purchases from the Apple Store.
   • View and manage your subscriptions: View and manage your subscriptions from Apple and subscriptions that you purchased in apps from the App Store.
   • Use iCloud.
   • Manage Family Sharing.
   • Use Find My.
   • Manage Media & Purchases: Manage the accounts linked to Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple TV, and Apple Books and select purchasing settings.
   • Use Sign in with Apple.

Add or update the payment method associated with your Apple Account

The payment information tied to your Apple Account covers Apple media purchases and services.

1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap your name, then tap Payment & Shipping. You may need to authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID.
3. Tap Add Payment Method or tap an existing payment method.

See also

• Keep your Apple Account secure on iPad

With Sign in with Apple, you can sign in to participating websites and apps with your Apple Account. You don’t need to create and remember new passwords, your account is protected with two-factor authentication, and you can share your access with family and trusted contacts.

It’s designed to respect your privacy. Websites and apps can ask only for your name and email address to set up your account, and Apple won’t track you as you use them. Some websites and apps don’t even request your name and email address, so you just authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID and start using the app.

Sign in with Apple requires two-factor authentication for your Apple Account. This protects your Apple Account, your app accounts, and your app content.

Set up or upgrade an account to Sign in with Apple

When a participating website or app asks you to set up or upgrade an account, do the following:

1. Tap Sign in with Apple.
2. Follow the onscreen instructions.

When a website or app doesn’t request your name and email address, you simply authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID, depending on your model, and start using the app.

Other apps may want your name and email address for setting up a personalized account. When an app asks, Sign in with Apple shows your name and the personal email address from your Apple Account so you can review them.

To edit your name, tap it, then use the keyboard to make changes.

Do one of the following to specify an email address:

• Use your personal email address: Tap Share My Email.

  If you have multiple email addresses associated with your Apple Account, choose the address you want.

• Hide your email address: Tap Hide My Email.

  This option allows you to receive email from the app without sharing your personal email address. When you choose this option, Apple creates a unique, random email address for you, and any email sent from the app to this address is forwarded to your personal address.

After you review your information and choose an email option, tap Continue, authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID (depending on your model), then start using the app.

Sign in to access your account

After you set up an account with a website or app using Sign in with Apple, you typically don’t need to sign in to it again on your iPad. But if you’re asked to sign in (for example, after you sign out of an account), do the following:

1. Tap Sign in with Apple.
2. Review the Apple Account that appears, then tap Continue.
3. Authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID (depending on your model).

Change the address used to forward email

With more than one address associated with your Apple Account, you can pick which one receives your forwarded email, provided you chose to hide your email address when you created the account.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap your name, tap Sign-In & Security, and tap Forward To.
3. Choose a different email address and then tap the Save button.

Review or change Sign in with Apple settings for apps

1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap your name and tap Sign in with Apple.
3. To change a setting for an app, tap it and then do any of the following:
   • Turn off forwarding email: Tap Manage Hide My Email, tap the app, and turn off Forward To. You won’t receive any further emails from the app.
   • Stop using Sign in with Apple: Tap Delete, then tap Stop Using. You may be asked to create a new account the next time you try to sign in to the app.

Share your Sign in with Apple access

1. Go to the Passwords app on your iPad.
2. Tap All, then locate and tap the account where you use Sign in with Apple.
3. Tap Group and then tap New Group.
4. Enter a name for the group, then tap Add People.
5. Type the name, email address, or phone number of the person or people you want to add and tap Add.

   Note: To add someone to your group, they must be in your Contacts app and have a device using iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14, or later. If they can be added to the group, their contact information appears in blue. If it appears in gray, their iPhone, iPad, or Mac might not support shared password groups.

6. Tap the Create button.

Your other devices signed in to the same Apple Account, including iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, iPod touch, and Apple TV 4K, can use Sign in with Apple too.

To sign in from an Android app, a Windows app, or any web browser, tap Sign in with Apple, then enter your Apple Account password.