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Share your internet connection from iPhone

You can use Personal Hotspot to share a cellular internet connection from your iPhone to other devices. Personal Hotspot is useful when the other devices don’t have internet access from a Wi-Fi network.

Note: Personal Hotspot isn’t available with all carriers. Additional fees might apply. The number of devices that can join your Personal Hotspot at one time depends on your carrier and iPhone model. Contact your carrier for more information.

Set up Personal Hotspot on iPhone

Go to Settings  > Cellular, tap Set Up Personal Hotspot, then follow the onscreen instructions.

If you set up your iPhone to use two SIMs, Personal Hotspot uses the line you select for cellular data. See Set up Dual SIM.

Note: If Cellular Data is turned on in Settings > Cellular, but you don’t see Set Up Personal Hotspot as an option, contact your carrier about adding Personal Hotspot to your plan.

Connect a Mac or PC to your Personal Hotspot

You can use Wi-Fi, a USB cable, or Bluetooth® to connect a Mac or PC to your Personal Hotspot. Do one of the following:

Connect iPad or another iPhone to your Personal Hotspot

On the other device, go to Settings > Wi-Fi, choose your other device from the list of available networks, then enter the Personal Hotspot password (if prompted).

For more information about connecting an iPad, see Join a Personal Hotspot in the iPad User Guide.

Turn off Personal Hotspot or change the password

Go to Settings > Personal Hotspot, then do one of the following:

  • Change the password: Tap Wi-Fi Password and follow the onscreen instructions.

  • Turn off Personal Hotspot: Turn off Allow Others to Join. All devices using your Personal Hotspot are disconnected.

When a Mac is connected to your Personal Hotspot, a blue band appears at the top of your iPhone screen, and the Personal Hotspot icon appears in the status bar of the connected Mac.

Note: If you’re signed in with the same Apple ID and you’ve turned on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on both devices, you can connect the devices without entering a password.

When you share a Personal Hotspot from your iPhone, it uses cellular data for the internet connection. To monitor your cellular data network usage, go to Settings > Cellular. See View or change cellular data settings on iPhone.

If you use Family Sharing, you can share your Personal Hotspot with any member of your family. See Set up Family Sharing on iPhone.

See alsoApple Support article: If Personal Hotspot is not workingApple Support article: About the ‘Trust This Computer’ alert
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