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  • Welcome
  • Your iPod touch
  • What’s new in iOS 15
  • Set up and get started
    • Turn on and set up iPod touch
    • Wake and unlock
    • Connect to the internet
    • Apple ID and iCloud
      • Apple ID settings
      • Turn iCloud features on or off
      • Subscribe to iCloud+
    • Find settings
    • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
    • Learn the meaning of the status icons
    • Charge and monitor the battery
      • Charge the battery
      • Show the battery percentage
      • Check battery usage
    • Download or bookmark the user guide
  • Basics
    • Learn basic gestures
    • Adjust the volume
    • Use your apps
      • Open apps
      • Find your apps in App Library
      • Switch between open apps
      • Quit and reopen an app
    • Enter, select, and revise text
      • Dictate text
      • Type with the onscreen keyboard
      • Select and edit text
      • Use predictive text
      • Use text replacements
      • Add or change keyboards
    • Multitask with Picture in Picture
    • Access features from the Lock Screen
    • Perform quick actions
    • Search with iPod touch
    • Use AirDrop to send items
    • Take a screenshot or screen recording
    • Mark up files and photos
      • Draw in apps
      • Add text, shapes, and signatures
      • Zoom in or magnify in Markup
    • Get information about your iPod touch
    • Travel with iPod touch
  • Personalize your iPod touch
    • Change or turn off the sounds
    • Change the wallpaper
    • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
    • Change the name of your iPod touch
    • Change the date and time
    • Change the language and region
    • Customize the Home Screen
      • Organize your apps in folders
      • Add widgets
      • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
      • Remove apps
    • Use and customize Control Center
    • Change or lock the screen orientation
    • Set up Focus, notifications, and Do Not Disturb
      • View and respond to notifications
      • Change notification settings
      • Set up a Focus
      • Turn a Focus on or off
  • Apps
    • App Store
      • Get apps
      • Play games
      • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
      • Use App Clips
      • Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
      • Install and manage fonts
    • Books
      • Buy books and audiobooks
      • Read books
      • Listen to audiobooks
      • Set reading goals
      • Organize books
      • Read PDFs
    • Calculator
    • Calendar
      • Create and edit events
      • Send and receive invitations
      • Change how you view events
      • Search for events
      • Customize your calendar
      • Keep track of events
      • Use multiple calendars
      • Use the Holidays calendar
      • Share iCloud calendars
    • Camera
      • Take photos
        • Camera basics
        • Set up your shot
        • Take Burst mode shots
        • Take a selfie
      • Adjust HDR camera settings
      • Record videos
      • Save camera settings
      • View, share, and print photos
      • Scan a QR code
    • Clock
      • See the world clock
      • Set an alarm
      • Use the timer or stopwatch
    • Contacts
      • Add and use contact information
      • Edit contacts
      • Add your contact info
      • Use other contact accounts
      • Hide duplicate contacts
    • FaceTime
      • Set up FaceTime
      • Make and receive calls
      • Create a FaceTime link
      • Take a Live Photo
      • Use other apps during a call
      • Make a Group FaceTime call
      • View participants in a grid
      • Use SharePlay to watch and listen together
      • Share your screen
      • Change the video settings
      • Change the audio settings
      • Add camera effects
      • Leave a call or switch to Messages
      • Block unwanted callers
    • Files
      • Connect external devices or servers
      • View and modify files and folders
      • Organize files and folders
      • Send files
      • Set up iCloud Drive
      • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
    • Find My
      • Find people
        • Share your location
        • Add or remove a friend
        • Locate a friend
        • Get notified when friends change their location
        • Notify a friend when your location changes
      • Find devices
        • Add your iPod touch
        • Get notified if you leave a device behind
        • Locate a device
        • Mark a device as lost
        • Erase a device
        • Remove a device
      • Find items
        • Add an AirTag
        • Add a third-party item
        • Get notified if you leave an item behind
        • Locate an item
        • Mark an item as lost
        • Remove an item
      • Adjust map settings
    • Health
      • Fill out your Health Details
      • Collect, view, and share health data
        • Automatically collect data
        • Manually add data
        • View your health data
        • Share your health data
        • View health data shared by others
      • Get health records from your providers
        • Download health records
        • Download verifiable COVID-19 records
        • View health records in Health on iPod touch
      • Track your menstrual cycle
      • Use headphone hearing safeguards
        • Use headphone audio level features
        • Check your headphone levels
      • Prioritize your sleep
        • Intro to sleep schedules
        • Set up your first sleep schedule
        • Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
        • Add or change sleep schedules
        • Use iPod touch during your Sleep Focus
        • Quickly turn your Sleep Focus on or off
        • Change Sleep Focus and other options
        • View your sleep history
      • Back up your Health data
    • Home
      • Intro to Home
      • Set up accessories
      • Control accessories
      • Add more homes
      • Configure HomePod
      • Configure cameras
      • Face Recognition
      • Configure a router
      • Create and use scenes
      • Control your home using Siri
      • Control your home remotely
      • Create an automation
      • Share controls with others
    • iTunes Store
      • Get music, movies, and TV shows
      • Get ringtones
      • Manage purchases and settings
    • Magnifier
      • Magnify nearby objects
      • Change settings
    • Mail
      • Add or remove email accounts
        • Add and remove email accounts
        • Set up a custom email domain
      • Check your email
      • Write and send email
        • Send email
        • Reply to and forward emails
        • Save an email draft
      • Work with attachments
        • Add email attachments
        • Download email attachments
        • Annotate email attachments
      • Set email notifications
      • Search for email
      • Organize email in mailboxes
      • Use Hide My Email
      • Flag and filter email
        • Flag emails
        • Filter emails
      • Change email settings
      • Use Mail Privacy Protection
      • Delete and recover emails
      • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
      • Print emails
    • Maps
      • View maps
      • Find places
        • Search for places
        • Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
        • Get information about places
        • Mark places
        • Share places
        • Rate places
        • Save favorite places
        • Explore new places with Guides
        • Organize places in My Guides
        • Get traffic and weather info
        • Delete significant locations
        • Quickly find your Maps settings
      • Get directions
        • Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
        • Select other route options
        • Things you can do while following a route
        • Get driving directions
        • Report traffic incidents in Maps on iPod touch
        • Get cycling directions
        • Get walking directions
        • Get transit directions
        • Delete recent directions
        • Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
      • Take tours
        • Look around streets
        • Take Flyover tours
      • Get rides
    • Measure
      • Measure
      • Use the level
    • Messages
      • Set up Messages
      • Send and receive messages
      • Send a message to a group
      • Send and receive photos, videos, and audio
      • Receive and share content
      • Animate messages
      • Use iMessage apps
      • Use Memoji
      • Send a Digital Touch effect
      • Change notifications
      • Block, filter, and report messages
      • Delete messages
    • Music
      • Get music
      • View albums, playlists, and more
      • Play music
      • Queue up your music
      • Listen to broadcast radio
      • Apple Music
        • Subscribe to Apple Music
        • Listen to lossless music
        • Listen to Dolby Atmos music
        • Find new music
        • Add music and listen offline
        • Get personalized recommendations
        • Listen to radio
        • Search for music
        • Create playlists
        • See what your friends are listening to
        • Use Siri to play music
      • Listen to music with Apple Music Voice
      • Change the way music sounds
    • News
      • Get started with News
      • Use News widgets
      • See news stories chosen just for you
      • Read stories
      • Listen to Apple News Today
      • Apple News+
        • Subscribe to Apple News+
        • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
        • Download Apple News+ issues
        • Listen to audio stories
      • Search for news stories
      • Save news stories for later
      • Subscribe to news channels
    • Notes
      • Take notes
      • Draw or write
      • Scan documents
      • Add photos, videos, and more
      • Search and organize notes
      • Use tags and Smart Folders
      • Share and collaborate
      • Lock notes
      • Change settings
    • Photos
      • View photos
      • Play videos and slideshows
      • Delete and hide photos and videos
      • Edit photos and videos
      • Trim video length and adjust slow motion
      • Edit Live Photos
      • Make photo albums
      • Edit and organize albums
      • Filter and sort photos in an album
      • Search in Photos
      • Share photos and videos
      • View photos and videos shared with you
      • Watch memories
      • Personalize memories
      • Find people in Photos
      • Show a person or place less often
      • Browse photos by location
      • Use iCloud Photos
      • Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
      • Import photos and videos
      • Print photos
    • Podcasts
      • Find podcasts
      • Listen to podcasts
      • Follow your favorite podcasts
      • Organize your podcast library
      • Download, save, or share podcasts
      • Subscribe to podcasts
      • Change download settings
    • Reminders
      • Add reminders
      • Organize lists
      • Use tags and Smart Lists
      • Set up accounts
      • Share and assign reminders
      • Print reminders
    • Safari
      • Browse the web
      • Customize your Safari settings
      • Change the layout
      • Search for websites
      • Use tabs in Safari
      • Bookmark favorite webpages
      • Save pages to a Reading List
      • View links shared with you
      • Automatically fill in forms
      • Get extensions
      • Hide ads and distractions
      • Browse the web privately
      • Clear your cache
      • Use Hide My Email
    • Shortcuts
    • Stocks
    • Tips
    • TV
      • Connect apps and add your TV provider
      • Subscribe to Apple TV+ and Apple TV channels
      • Get shows, movies, and more
      • Watch sports
      • Control playback
      • Watch together using SharePlay
      • Manage your library
      • Change the settings
    • Voice Memos
      • Make a recording
      • Play it back
      • Edit or delete a recording
      • Keep recordings up to date
      • Organize recordings
      • Search for or rename a recording
      • Share a recording
      • Duplicate a recording
    • Wallet
      • Add and use passes
      • Manage passes
      • Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
    • Weather
      • Check the weather
      • View the weather icons
  • Siri
    • Ask Siri
    • Find out what Siri can do
    • Tell Siri about yourself
    • Have Siri announce calls and notifications
    • Add Siri Shortcuts
    • About Siri Suggestions
    • Change Siri settings
  • Family Sharing
    • Set up Family Sharing
    • Add or remove Family Sharing members
    • Share subscriptions
    • Download family members’ purchases
    • Stop sharing purchases
    • Share locations with family and locate lost devices
    • Set up parental controls
  • Screen Time
    • View your Screen Time summary
    • Set up Screen Time for yourself
    • Set up Screen Time for a family member
    • Get a report of your device use
  • Accessories
    • Accessories for charging iPod touch
    • AirPods and EarPods
      • Use AirPods
      • Use EarPods
    • Apple TV, smart TVs, and video displays
      • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
      • Connect to a display with a cable
    • HomePod and AirPlay 2 speakers
    • Magic Keyboard
      • Pair Magic Keyboard
      • Enter characters with diacritical marks
      • Switch between keyboards
      • Dictate text
      • Use shortcuts
      • Choose an alternative keyboard layout
      • Change typing assistance options
    • External storage devices
    • Bluetooth accessories
    • Printers
  • Use iPod touch with iPhone, Mac, and PC
    • Make and receive phone calls
    • Hand off tasks between devices
    • Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
    • Cut, copy, and paste between iPod touch and other devices
    • Connect iPod touch and your computer with a cable
    • Sync iPod touch with your computer
    • Transfer files between iPod touch and your computer
  • Accessibility
    • Get started with accessibility features
    • Vision
      • VoiceOver
        • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
        • Change your VoiceOver settings
        • Learn VoiceOver gestures
        • Operate iPod touch using VoiceOver gestures
        • Control VoiceOver using the rotor
        • Use the onscreen keyboard
        • Write with your finger
        • Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
        • Use a braille display
        • Type onscreen braille
        • Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
        • Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
        • Use VoiceOver for images and videos
        • Use VoiceOver in apps
      • Zoom
      • Display & Text Size
      • Motion
      • Spoken Content
      • Audio Descriptions
    • Physical and Motor
      • AssistiveTouch
      • Touch accommodations
      • Call Audio Routing
      • Switch Control
        • Set up Switch Control
        • Use Switch Control
      • Voice Control
      • Home button
      • Apple TV Remote
      • Pointer Control
      • Keyboards
      • AirPods
    • Hearing
      • Hearing devices
      • Live Listen
      • Sound recognition
      • Mono audio and balance
      • LED flash for alerts
      • Headphone audio
      • Background sounds
      • Subtitles and captions
      • Transcriptions for Intercom messages
    • General
      • Guided Access
      • Siri
      • Accessibility shortcuts
      • Per-app settings
  • Security and privacy
    • Use built-in security and privacy protections
    • Protect your iPod touch
      • Set a passcode
      • Control access to information on the Lock Screen
    • Protect your accounts
      • Keep your Apple ID secure
      • Sign in with Apple
      • Automatically fill in strong passwords
      • Change weak or compromised passwords
      • View your passwords and related information
      • Share passwords securely with AirDrop
      • Make your passwords available on all your devices
      • Automatically fill in verification codes
      • Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
    • Privacy protections on iPod touch
      • Control access to information in apps
      • Control access to hardware features
      • Control app tracking permissions on iPod touch
      • Control the location information you share
      • Turn on iCloud Private Relay
      • Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
      • Use a private network address
      • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
  • Restart, update, reset, and restore
    • Turn iPod touch on or off
    • Force restart iPod touch
    • Update iOS
    • Back up iPod touch
    • Return iPod touch settings to their defaults
    • Restore all content from a backup
    • Restore purchased and deleted items
    • Sell or give away your iPod touch
    • Erase iPod touch
    • Install or remove configuration profiles
  • Safety, handling, and support
    • Important safety information
    • Important handling information
    • Find more resources for software and service
    • FCC compliance statement
    • ISED Canada compliance statement
    • Apple and the environment
    • Disposal and recycling information
  • Copyright

Use the Sleep/Wake button to turn on iPod touch. You can use the top button (along with either volume button on some models) or Settings to turn off iPod touch.

If your iPod touch isn’t working as expected, you can try restarting it by turning it off, then turning it back on. If turning it off and on doesn’t fix the issue, try forcing it to restart.

Turn on iPod touch

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.

Turn off iPod touch

Do one of the following:

  • Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the slider.

    An illustration of iPod touch with the screen facing up. The Sleep/Wake button is shown on the top of iPod touch.
  • Go to Settings  > General > Shut Down, then drag the slider.

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