How to Access the Caps Lock Key on an iPhone: 6 Steps

Questions and Answers

Are you trying to type “HELP!” on your iPhone fairly quickly, but don’t understand the process? Like a computer, an iPhone has a Caps Lock key too. This article will lead you in the direction you’ll need to go, if you don’t know how to access this key.

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Steps

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   Power on and unlock your iPhone.

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   Ensure your iPhone currently has the Caps Lock key feature enabled.

   • Ensure you are on the Home screen by pressing the Home button at the bottom of your device. This will retrieve the screen of default apps.
   • Tap the “Settings” button.
   • Tap the General selection.
   • Tap the Keyboard selection.
   • Look for the setting labelled “Enable Caps Lock”.
   • If it’s on, OK. Press Home.
   • If not, slide your finger from the left edge of the button on this level to the right.

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   Go to the program that requires you to type in all caps.

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   Type the text before the ALL CAPS are needed.

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   Tap the shift key twice, quickly, with no pause between. If you are successful, you’ll see the key change to a dark arrow, with a light background and the dark arrow underlined.

   • If this button is just a dark arrow and light background, you’ll type the first letter in caps and the rest will be in lowercase.

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   Test the Caps Lock key by typing your text.