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iPad: How to Insert or Remove SIM Card

February 27, 2023 by Morgan Lange 21 Comments

If you obtained your Apple iPad from a wireless provider, it likely comes with a SIM card inside. You may need to insert or remove this card at some point.

In this post, we’ll show you how to insert and remove the SIM card from the SIM card slot.

Note: Not all iPad models have a SIM card slot. Wi-Fi only models do not require a SIM card.

  1. Power the iPad off then place it on a flat surface with the screen facing downward.
  2. Locate the SIM tray eject hole on your device. It will be located in various spots depending on the model of your iPad.
    iPad SIM eject hole
  3. Using the SIM eject tool that was provided with your iPad or a paper clip, gently press the button in the hole.
  4. The tray will eject. You can insert or remove the SIM card from the tray as desired. When inserting the card, ensure that the gold contacts are facing toward the back of the device, not the screen, before sliding it back into the iPad.
    iPad SIM card tray

SIM slot image by William Hook.
SIM tray image by Brett Jordan.

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Comments

  1. Sandra says

    May 15, 2022 at 4:30 pm

    I put SIM card in new iPad Air without the tray. How do I get the SIM card out? Such a ridiculous mistake I made

  2. kym says

    February 20, 2022 at 10:21 pm

    i have an ipad 6th generation does it take a sim

  3. Rose says

    February 19, 2021 at 2:46 pm

    I can’t get the sim into the sim to stay in the tray

  4. David says

    August 16, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    I have a ipad it has a hole to put syms card tool but I don’t see the door

  5. Dave says

    April 30, 2020 at 3:36 pm

    I can just get the door to move out, about 12 thou of an inch protruding. No way can I get anything under it to move it further, and my new nano arrives on Saturday. I am not a lot of force with doorpin removal tool. At a loss?

  6. Nancy says

    April 2, 2020 at 3:00 pm

    I can’t get mine to click once in, can’t close the door. Now what?

  7. Lani Korewha says

    January 24, 2020 at 8:24 pm

    It is a firm push to eject tray

  8. Ce says

    October 24, 2019 at 8:43 am

    I’m not able to get sim tray to open on iPad 6th gen32gb

  9. Nwadiuto says

    October 17, 2019 at 1:24 am

    An iPad that uses wifi, does it mean it’s not used with SIM?, how can one make calls with it?

  10. Trevor says

    September 21, 2019 at 10:12 am

    Using a Safety Pin works better than a Paper clip; thank you!

  11. Kay says

    August 18, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    Ihave insert ed the sim card but im still getting message I’m low on space

  12. Larry Cardona says

    August 15, 2019 at 11:18 pm

    Can’t find the Sims card on the Apple iPad 2 model a1395 can you help didn’t come with a manual it’s brand new but need imei #to put some data on it or the serial#can’t find ether

  13. Md. Tanvir Ahsan says

    April 11, 2019 at 4:17 am

    Is there any sim tray in ipad of model A1219?

  14. Mitch Bartlett says

    November 21, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    Perhaps you have a model that is Wi-Fi only?

  15. Roberta Stewart says

    November 21, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    Mine does not appear to have a tray or a hole.

  16. Walter Close says

    October 24, 2018 at 7:46 pm

    Yes this helped a lot.
    Thanks

  17. Jaynita says

    October 11, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    No I don’t think my iPad has one.

  18. Kenneth says

    June 6, 2018 at 10:06 pm

    This was helpful. Thank you.

  19. Erik Windrich says

    January 12, 2018 at 4:08 pm

    Hi,
    I got the tray to open using a paperclip – but it was hard to use my nail to slide the tray open further. I then used a penknife blade to jiggle the tray gently and it popped out. Use gentle force!
    good luck,
    Erik

  20. Lisa says

    April 27, 2017 at 7:27 pm

    It wasn’t easy but you kind of have to rock it a bit to get it to open

  21. Abu says

    May 28, 2015 at 2:18 am

    Its much tricky than that, I lost the SIM eject tool that was provided by apple and using a paper clip instead, but I cant get the Sim tray out. Don’t know what to do.

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