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How to set up Touch ID on iPad

by Emily Long

On an iPad with a Home button, iPad (10th generation and later), iPad Air (4th generation and later), iPad mini (6th generation), or iPad mini (A17 Pro), you can use Touch ID to securely and conveniently unlock iPad, authorize purchases and payments, and sign in to many third-party apps.

Touch ID can also fill in passwords automatically and open password-protected apps. You can choose when to use Touch ID, add a fingerprint, and name or delete one.

To use Touch ID, you must set a passcode on your iPad.

Turn on Touch ID

  1. Open Settings and then tap Touch ID & Passcode.
  2. Turn on any of the options below Use Touch ID For. Then follow the onscreen instructions.

With iTunes & App Store turned on, your first App Store, Apple Books, or iTunes Store purchase asks for your Apple Account password. For later purchases, you’re asked to use Touch ID.

Choose when to use Touch ID

With Touch ID, you can open password-protected apps, unlock your iPad, authorize payments, and automatically fill in passwords.

Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, then turn on options below Use Touch ID For.

Add a fingerprint

You can add multiple fingerprints, for example both of your thumbs and forefingers.

  1. Open Settings and then tap Touch ID & Passcode.
  2. Tap Add a Fingerprint.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Name or delete a fingerprint

  1. Open Settings and then tap Touch ID & Passcode.

    If you added more than one fingerprint, do one of the following to identify its print:

    • On an iPad with a Home button: Rest a finger on the Home button.
    • On iPad (10th generation and later), iPad mini (6th generation), iPad mini (A17 Pro), and iPad Air (4th generation and later): Rest a finger on the top button.
  2. Tap the fingerprint and enter a name (such as “Thumb”) or tap Delete Fingerprint.

Turn off Touch ID

Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, then turn off one or more of the options.

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How to set up Touch ID on iPhone

by Moses Johnson

Use Touch ID (supported models) to securely and conveniently unlock iPhone, authorize purchases and payments, and sign in to many third-party apps with your finger or thumb on the Home button.

You can choose when to use Touch ID, add a fingerprint, name or delete a fingerprint, or turn off Touch ID. You can add more than one fingerprint, too, such as both of your thumbs and forefingers.

Here’s how to set up Touch ID on iPhone.

To use Touch ID, you must also set up a passcode on your iPhone.

Turn on Touch ID

  1. Open Settings and then tap Touch ID & Passcode.
  2. Turn on any of the options below Use Touch ID For. Then follow the onscreen instructions.

With iTunes & App Store turned on, you’re asked for your Apple Account password the first time you buy something from the App Store, Apple Books, or the iTunes Store. After that, you’re asked to use Touch ID for your purchases.

Choose when to use Touch ID

To open password-protected apps, automatically fill in passwords, authorize payments, and unlock your iPhone, you can use Touch ID.

Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, then turn on options below Use Touch ID For.

Add a fingerprint

You can add multiple fingerprints, like both of your thumbs and forefingers.

  1. Open Settings and then tap Touch ID & Passcode.
  2. Tap Add a Fingerprint.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Name or delete a fingerprint

  1. Open Settings and then tap Touch ID & Passcode.

If you added more than one fingerprint, place a finger on the Home button to identify its print.

  1. Tap the fingerprint and enter a name (such as “Thumb”) or tap Delete Fingerprint.

Turn off Touch ID

Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, then turn off one or more of the options.

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