How to Turn Up Volume on iPad in 3 Easy Ways

How to Turn Up Volume on iPad

The first thing that you should do is locate the iPad volume buttons on your device. These buttons should be located along the side of your iPad, and you can use them to adjust both the ringer volume, which controls the sound for notifications and alerts, as well as music and video volume, which affects things like music playback or watching movies or TV shows on your iPad.

Volume issues can be frustrating!

You may also access other settings that affect the sound, such as Do Not Disturb mode, which will silence all sounds on your iPad automatically.

To do this,

1. Go to the Settings app
2. Scroll to “Do Not Disturb” and tap on it
3. Toggle On/Off the “Do Not Disturb”
4. Next, you may choose the Scheduled feature to activate the DND only for a specific period of time.

Adjusting the volume on an iPad is a quick and easy process that anyone can do with just a few simple clicks.​

But what if you do not want to use these side buttons. Read the next solution.

Use the Volume Slider in the Settings App

You can use the volume button to adjust the iPad’s volume in the Settings app. In Settings > Sounds, drag the slider to your desired level. The further you move it to the right, the louder sounds will be played on your iPad.

Changing an EQ Setting

If you’ve ever tried to watch a movie on your iPad in a noisy environment, you know that it can be difficult to hear the audio over all the ambient noise. Even cranking up the volume to the maximum level can sometimes fall short of what’s needed to make the audio truly audible. Luckily, there’s a simple solution that can help you get more volume out of your iPad:

1. Tap on the Settings app
2. Choose Music.
3. Next, tap EQ and choose one of the bass-boosting presets, such as “Late Night”

Late Night essentially tones down loud sound to make it easier to hear dialog and other important audio cues, even when there’s a lot of background noise. And since it doesn’t increase the overall volume level of your iPad, you don’t have to worry about disturbing your fellow passengers on a plane or in a waiting room.

So next time you need a little extra volume, give Late Night a try. You may be surprised at how much difference it makes.

Use Assistive Touch

Assistive Touch is a feature on the iPad that allows you to manage the device without using physical buttons. This can be helpful if you have difficulty reaching the buttons, or if you want to avoid wearing down the buttons over time. Assistive Touch can be used to control the volume on your iPad.

To do this,

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Tap Accessibility.

3. Go to Touch > AssistiveTouch.

4. Turn on AssistiveTouch. A button will appear on your screen.

5. Tap the AssistiveTouch button, then tap Device.

6. Tap and hold the Volume Up button until the volume increases to your desired level.

Now that we know different ways to turn up the volume on the iPad, let’s look at other common questions.

A nice feature to have is the ability to set a volume limit on your iPad, as well as how to restrict your child’s access to certain settings so they can’t undo them.

Most often than not, your iPad must have come with the cheap headphones included. Your kid probably loves the bass and these cheap headphones are terrible at producing those low frequencies. As a consequence, these are harmful to the ears.

Quick tip : Max Volume iPad

If you want your iPad to reach maximum volume, press and hold the Volume Up button until you hear a short beep. This will indicate that your iPad has reached its maximum volume level.

Let’s see how you can adjust the volume & lock this.

How to lower your Maximum volume?

1. Plugin the headphone on your iPad and turn on some music.
2. Now raise the volume to the maximum level possible.
3. Make a note of the volume bar that shows up at the bottom of the screen and adjust it to a maximum volume level of your choice.
4. Go to Settings and scroll down to Music.
5. Tap on Music >Volume Limit and pull the slider to the maximum level you decided on.
6. Tap the back arrow to go back to Settings
7. Now go back to that Music and turn the Sound settings to a maximum volume limit. It shouldn’t sound like it is blasting off your ears anymore!

If you are worried that your kid will go back and undo the changes, then Apple does give an option of Parental Control.

How To Lock the Volume on an iPad?

Yes, there is a way to lock the volume control. The earlier versions of iOS had the “Restrictions” feature to lock the volume control but it has given way to the newer way of achieving this.

Follow the steps closely.

1. Go to Settings >Music
2. On the left side, tap on Volume Limit to set the limit
3. Re-enter it one more time to reconfirm
4. Hit the back arrow to Move back all the way to Play Back and toggle on Sound CheckSo now, you have successfully set the volume limit.

The next part is to restrict volume so that it cannot be changed and is locked.

1. Go to Settings > Screen Time
2. Scroll to Content & Privacy Restrictions and tap on it
3. Go to Volume Limit and select Don’t Allow.
4. Hit the back arrow to come back to the Screen Time menu
5. Tap “Use Screen Time Passcode” and enter the 4-digit passcode.

Once you set the passcode your kid will no longer be able to change the Sound Limit unless he cracks the passcode.

Restart your iPad to ensure changes take effect.

Tip: Don’t forget the passcode else you will not be able to change the sound level in the future.

But if your Screen Time is not set, you need to set it up like this:

1. Tap on Screen Time
2. Simply press Continue on the pop-up window
3. Define if this iPad is for your kid or yourself
4. The menu options show up for Screen Time

To check this, go to Content & Privacy Restrictions and see if the Volume Limit is set to Don’t Allow. If so, you won’t be able to adjust the volume with the buttons. You can change this setting by tapping on the volume limit and selecting the “Allow” option.

Enable Silent or Vibrate mode

Assuming you have the Apple iPad Pro 11 iOS 12.1, you can easily enable silent or vibrate mode. Here’s how :

Enable Silent Mode on iPad

1. From the top right side of the screen pull down the screen
2. Tap the sound mode icon On to enable Silent mode
3. Again slide the screen upwards to return back to the home screen

Enable Vibrate Mode on iPad

1. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics
2. Choose: Vibrate on Ring or Vibrate on Silent
3. Toggle it on

That’s it!

Quick Tip: How to set volume limit on ipad for youtube

To set a volume limit for YouTube on your iPad, open the app and tap on Settings. Scroll down to Limits and tap Volume Limit. From here, you can adjust the sound level to whatever is comfortable for you. Don’t forget to tap “Done” when you’re finished!

FAQ: How to control Volume on iPad

Conclusion

So yeah that’s how I turn on the sound on my iPad. Which method did you like most?

Or do you have any other way of adjusting the volume? Either way, do let me know in the comments below now.

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