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Switch between keyboards when using an external keyboard with iPad

With an external keyboard on iPad, you can switch between the language keyboard for your region, an emoji keyboard, other language keyboards that you add, and the onscreen keyboard.

Switch between language keyboards and the emoji keyboard

To cycle between the language keyboard for your region, the emoji keyboard, and other language keyboards that you add, press and hold the Control key, then press the Space bar.

With Magic Keyboard for iPad and Smart Keyboard, you can also press the Switch Keyboard key to choose between keyboards. If you want to use the Switch Keyboard key to show only the emoji keyboard instead of switching languages, go to Settings  > General > Keyboard > Hardware Keyboard, then turn on Press the Switch Keyboard key for Emoji.

Tip: If you added a Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Hebrew keyboard, you can press the Caps Lock key to switch back and forth between Latin script and the other keyboard you’re using.

To prevent use of the Caps Lock key for switching languages, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Hardware Keyboard, then turn off Switch Languages using Caps Lock.

Switch to the onscreen keyboard

Tap the Keyboard Shortcut button in the Shortcuts bar (at the bottom of the screen), then tap the Show Keyboard button.

To hide the onscreen keyboard, tap the Hide Keyboard button.

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