Rename a Fingerprint on the iPad Air 2

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You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to rename fingerprints on the iPad Air 2. If you have several fingerprints saved on your iPad Air, you may want to give them different names so that you know which one is which. The reason for this is that sometimes the fingerprint may stop working properly and you might want to delete it and start again. To delete fingerprints, check out our tutorial on how to delete them.

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   Otherwise, find the "Settings" icon

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   When you find it, give a single press. This will open up the settings panel.

   

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   In "Settings" you need to scroll down on the left side of the window to find "Touch ID & Passcode"

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   Once you find "Touch ID & Passcode", give a single press on it

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   A pop-up window will appear. You will have to enter your passcode.

   

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   Enter in your current passcode

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   In my case it is "123123"

   

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   Then, go down to "FINGERPRINTS"

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   Here we have "Finger 1" and "Finger 2".

   

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   Let's press "Finger 1"

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   A keyboard and a field with the name will pop up.

   

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   Press once on little "x"

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   Now, we have our "Finger 1"

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   I'm using my right-hand thumb, so I'm just going to use "RT" as a shortcut

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    Then, tap "Done"

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    The first fingerprint will be named "RT".

    

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    To rename "Finger 2", tap on it once

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    Tap on little "x"

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    We will name this fingerprint "LT" from left thumb

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    Tap on "Done"

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    All fingerprints are now renamed.

    

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    Now, give a single press on the home button

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    You will be back on the home screen.

    

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