How to Fax from an iPad (App or Safari)

To fax from an iPad, use the FaxUp app (it runs on iPad, iPadOS 15.5 or later) or open faxup.net/send in Safari, add the document, enter the fax number and send. One fax is $2.99, any length.

An iPad makes a comfortable fax machine: a full page fits on the screen at readable size, the camera doubles as a scanner, and Apple Pencil makes signing easy. The FaxUp app runs on iPad, and faxup.net works in Safari, so you can use either.

With the FaxUp app

FaxUp is a single App Store app for iPhone and iPad. It needs iPadOS 15.5 or later, and the latest version notes list improvements for iPad.

1. Install FaxUp from the App Store on the iPad and open it.
2. Start a fax. Scan paper with the camera, or pick a PDF or image from Files or Photos.
3. For scanning, lay the page on a dark surface and hold the iPad flat above it, with the light behind the page rather than behind you, so the iPad's shadow stays off the paper.
4. Review the pages at full size. Crop, rotate and reorder as needed.
5. Fill in and sign with Fill & Sign: type with the keyboard, draw the signature with a finger or Apple Pencil, add the date.
6. Enter the fax number and, if wanted, a cover page with a subject and message.
7. Send and pay for that one fax, or use a credit. The status updates until it says delivered.

You can also share a PDF or photo to FaxUp from another app, such as Mail or Files, with the Share button.

With Safari

1. Open faxup.net/send.
2. Add files from Files, Photos or the camera: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPEG, PNG or HEIC, up to 10 files of 25 MB each.
3. Check each page in the black-and-white preview.
4. Enter the number, add a cover page if you need one, and send.

Safari suits a document that is already a file. For a paper form, the app's scanner gives cleaner pages; in a browser, the free phone document scanner is the alternative.

iPad-specific tips

• Keyboard case: typing into forms is quicker on a hardware keyboard. The free fill and sign PDF tool works in Safari if you prefer the browser.
• Big files: scanned multi-page PDFs from an iPad camera can be large. Over 25 MB? Shrink it with compress PDF first; the fax prints at fax resolution either way.
• iPhone and iPad together: sign in with the same email on both and your credits and fax history are shared. Scan on one, check on the other.
• Abroad: sending to the 62 countries FaxUp reaches works from Safari now and arrives in the app with version 2.2.0. See international faxing.

The iPhone version of these steps, with more on scanning, is in the iPhone fax guide.