Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Tablets
  3. Mobile
  4. Legacy Archives

How To: Lock Screen Rotation on the iPad

Add as a preferred source on Google
Image used with permission by copyright holder

One of the nice features on Apple’s iPad and iPad 2 is the screen rotation which flips the screen from portrait to landscape when you turn the iPad or orients the screen to whichever side of the iPad you’ve designated as down. 

However, there are times when you don’t want the screen to rotate when you move the iPad. We’ve got some simple instructions to help you lock the screen down.

Recommended Videos

1. Before you lock the screen you’ll need to know which way you want to lock it. Do you want it in portrait mode or landscape mode? Choose one and hold the iPad to that orientation. 

2. Next locate the screen rotation lock switch. This is directly above the volume controls on the right-hand side of the iPad (when viewed with the Home button on the bottom). 

3. Switch the screen rotation lock button to the down and locked position. You should see a lock icon at the top of the screen indicating that the screen orientation is locked. 

When you don’t want the screen locked anymore just switch the screen rotation lock button back to up.

Scott Younker
Former Content/Database Specialist
The iPhone Duo taught the iPad a much-needed lesson in multitasking. iPadOS 27.2 makes Split View less of a chore.
A small iPad tweak that fixes a big daily annoyance.
Electronics, Mobile Phone, Phone

It’s funny when a brand-new phone teaches an old tablet a lesson. That’s exactly what the iPhone Duo seems to have done for the iPad. I’m genuinely glad somebody at Apple was paying attention, as it was overdue.

iPadOS 27.2 makes setting up side-by-side apps on an iPad much easier, and it is an iPad multitasker’s dream come true if you ask me.

Read more
Affinity’s all-in-one creative app is finally here for iPad, and it costs nothing
You can now sketch, edit photos, and create vector artwork without switching between different apps.
Affinity UI on iPad

Canva has finally released the new Affinity app for iPad, nearly a year after it brought the redesigned creative suite to Mac and Windows. To go with it, the company has also introduced a bunch of new tools that take advantage of Apple Pencil and the iPad's touchscreen. And the good news is that the app is free, at least for the core creative tools.

As we reported last week, Affinity already offered separate Photo, Designer, and Publisher apps for iPad. The new version brings all those capabilities into a single app, allowing users to work on illustrations, photos, vectors, and page layouts without switching between different apps.

Read more
The iPad is finally getting the Affinity app creatives have been asking for
Affinity brings photo editing, vector design, page layout, and sketching together in one free iPad app.
Affinity UI on iPad

Affinity’s new all-in-one creative app is finally coming to the iPad, nearly a year after Canva launched the redesigned desktop version for Mac and Windows. Creatives have been asking for the iPad release ever since, especially because files created in the new Affinity app cannot be opened in the older V2 iPad apps.

Affinity already has Photo, Designer, and Publisher apps on iPad, but the new release combines those tools into the same unified app that Canva launched on desktop last year.

Read more