With AirTag, you can keep track of everyday items like your keys or a backpack. Learn how to set up your AirTag with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Before Setup Make Sure
- An iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 14.5 or iPadOS 14.5 or later and two-factor authentication turned on.
- Find My turned on.
- Bluetooth turned on.
- A strong Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
- Location Services turned on: Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
- To be able to use Precision Finding and to see the most accurate location for your AirTag, turn on Location Access for Find My. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, then scroll down and tap Find My. Check While Using the App or While Using the App or Widgets. Then turn on Precise Location.
Set up your AirTag
- Make sure that your device is ready for setup.
- If your AirTag is new, remove the wrap around the product and pull out the tab to activate the battery. Your AirTag will play a sound.
- Hold your AirTag near your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, then tap Connect.* If you have multiple AirTags and see “More than one AirTag detected”, make sure that only one AirTag is near your device at one time. AirTag not connecting?
- Select an item name from the list, or select Custom Name to name your AirTag and choose an emoji. Then tap Continue.
- To register your AirTag with your Apple ID, tap Continue again.
- Tap Done.
Now you can attach your AirTag to your item and see it in the Find My app.
Change the name of your AirTag
- Open the Find My app, then tap the Items tab.
- Tap the AirTag whose name or emoji you want to change.
- Scroll down and tap Rename Item.
- Select a name from the list or select Custom Name.
- Type a custom name for your AirTag and select an emoji.
- Tap Done.
If you can’t set up your AirTag
- Make sure that your device is ready for setup.
- If you have multiple AirTags to set up, make sure that only one is near your device at one time.
- Remove and then replace the battery in your AirTag.
- If your AirTag still won’t connect to your device, reset your AirTag.
Learn what to do if you see a message that says the AirTag is connected to another Apple ID.
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