Remove or switch the SIM card in your iPad

Find out how to remove or transfer the SIM card in your iPad (Wi-Fi Cellular models).

If you have purchased an iPad Pro 13" (M4), iPad Pro 11" (M4), iPad Air 13" (M2), iPad Air 11" (M2) or iPad mini (A17 Pro), your iPad won’t have a SIM tray. Find out how to set up an eSIM instead.

Find your model below to locate the SIM tray. To pop open the SIM tray, insert a paper clip or a SIM-eject tool into the hole beside the tray. Push in, towards the iPad, but don’t force it. If you’re having difficulty ejecting the SIM tray, take your device to your network provider or an Apple Store for assistance.

After you’ve removed your SIM card from the tray, notice the notch in one corner of the new SIM card. Place the new SIM card into the tray – it will only fit one way because of the notch. Then insert the tray into the device completely and in the same orientation that you removed it. The tray also only fits one way.

Image of iPad with SIM tray location near the bottom right-hand corner.

Find the SIM tray on the right side, near the bottom:

  • iPad mini (6th generation)

  • iPad Pro 11-inch (all models)

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)

  • iPad (10th generation)

  • iPad Air (5th generation)

  • iPad Air (4th generation)

Image of iPad with SIM tray near the bottom right-hand corner

Find the SIM tray on the right side, near the bottom:

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)

  • iPad Pro (10.5-inch)

  • iPad Pro (9.7-inch)

  • iPad (9th generation)

  • iPad (8th generation)

  • iPad (7th generation)

  • iPad (6th generation)

  • iPad (5th generation)

  • iPad Air (3rd generation)

  • iPad Air 2

  • iPad Air

  • iPad mini (5th generation)

  • iPad mini 4

  • iPad mini 3

  • iPad mini 2

  • iPad mini

Image of iPad with SIM tray near the top left-hand corner

Find the SIM tray near the top left-hand corner:

  • iPad (4th generation)*

  • iPad (3rd generation)*

  • iPad 2 Wi-Fi 3G (GSM model)*

* When you insert your paper clip or included SIM-eject tool, use a 45° angle.

Image of iPad with SIM tray near the bottom left-hand corner

On iPad Wi-Fi 3G, you can find the SIM tray near the bottom left-hand corner.

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