How to Connect Apple Pencil to iPad

The Apple Pencil is the most useful device for iPad users. It helps to perform different types of tasks, such as drawing, writing, selecting, and multiple tasks. If you are buying a new Apple Pencil and want to connect it to the iPad, then this blog will help you.

In this post, we teach you how to connect an Apple Pencil to an iPad in detail. Before connecting the pencil, know some factors about the Apple Pencil. There are two generations of Apple Pencils, both of which are compatible with different models of iPads. Below we provide model names and generations of pencils with whom they can connect.

1st Gen Apple Pencil

Below are the names of the iPad modem with whom the 1^st generation pencil is connected.

• iPad Mini
• iPad 6th Gen
• iPad 3^rd Gen
• iPad Pro 12.9’
• iPad Pro 10.5’
• iPad Pro 9.7’

2nd Gen Pencil

Models which are connected with 2^nd generation apple pencil

• iPad mini 6 Gen
• iPad Air 4 Gen
• iPad pro 12.9’
• iPad pro 11’

Connect Apple Pencil to iPad (1^st Generation)

Now we discuss step by step how to connect Apple pencil to iPad. Follow all the steps properly. Steps are:

1. Take apple pencil and open it cap.

1. Attach the pencil with the Lightning port of the iPad.
2. When you attach the pencil, a Bluetooth prompt is shown on the screen of the iPad.
3. Click on the Pair option, and the pencil is paired with the iPad.
4. Now go to the settings option, scroll down, and find the option named Apple Pencil.
5. Tap on it; a screen will open; here, turn on the gesture.
6. There is another option: ‘Only draw with Apple Pencil.’

If you want to use the pencil only for drawing and writing, then turn this option on. But if you are using pencil for all other tasks, then keep this option off.

8. Click on the option Scribble if you want to convert handwritten text into text.
9. Here you find two other options. ‘Left Corner Swipe” and ‘Right Corner Swipe’ will assign an action while clicking on it.
10. When you swipe left with a pencil, then the action you choose will perform.

By following these steps, you can connect a 1st generation Apple Pencil to an iPad. Read the further section to connect the 2^nd generation pencil.

Connect Apple Pencil to iPad (2nd Generation)

The process of connecting the 2nd generation Apple Pencil to the iPad is a little different from the 1st generation pencil. Here you will connect the pencil to the magnetic connector of the iPad. Follow the steps given below to connect:

• Attach the pencil with the magnetic connector that is present on the side of the iPad.
• A prompt will be displayed on the iPad’s screen; tap on the Pair option.

1. Now the pencil is connected with the iPad via Bluetooth.
2. Go to the settings option, find and click on the Apple Pencil option.
3. Then you will enter into the screen; here you will see the gestures, languages, and battery percentage of the pencil.
4. Here you will also find an extra action named ‘Double Tap.’ Assign the task you want, and when you double-tap on the side of the pencil, then the task that you assigned will open.
5. The rest of the options are the same as the 1^st generation pencil.

‘Only draw with Apple Pencil.’

‘Scribble’

‘Left Corner Swipe’ and ‘Right Corner Swipe’

Check the 1^st generation section to understand the work of these options. This way you can connect the Apple Pencil to the iPad.

Disconnect Apple Pencil from iPad

You can easily disconnect both generation pencils in the same way. Some users do not want to use pencil more. In this case, you can disconnect the pencil by following the steps given below:

1. Open the settings, and then click on the Bluetooth option.
2. Here go to My Devices and find the name of your Pencil.
3. Select the name and click on the Forget option.

Now your Apple Pencil is disconnecting from the iPad. You can connect this pencil with another compatible iPad.

Conclusion

Hope you read the blog carefully and learnt how to connect the Apple Pencil to  the iPad. Above, you also know how to disconnect the pencil from the iPad.