Transfer or convert your current SIM to an eSIM on your new iPhone

Learn how to transfer an eSIM or physical SIM from your previous iPhone to an eSIM on your new iPhone. You can too catechumen your physical SIM to an eSIM on your iPhone.

What you demand

  • Transfer eSIM during setup

  • Transfer concrete SIM or eSIM to eSIM after setup

  • Convert physical SIM to eSIM on same iPhone

Transfer your eSIM or physical SIM during setup

If you're asked to Transfer Cellular Programme during Quick Kickoff setup, follow these steps to transfer your eSIM or convert the physical SIM* from your previous iPhone to an eSIM on your new one:

  1. Select the numbers that you want to transfer to your new iPhone and tap Continue, at the bottom of the page. If you cull to make up one's mind later, you can still complete the programme transfer after you fix your iPhone.
  2. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish setting upwards your device.
  3. Brand a call on your new iPhone to check its cellular connectivity earlier removing your cellular plan from your previous iPhone. Contact your carrier if you have any questions.

When your cellular plan is activated on your new iPhone, the plan on your previous iPhone will conciliate. If your deactivated program used a physical SIM, you can discard that SIM.

* You lot can convert a concrete SIM to an eSIM during Quick Start setup when yous're transferring to an iPhone xiii model or an iPhone SE (third generation).

Transfer a physical SIM or eSIM on your current iPhone to an eSIM on your new iPhone after setup

  1. On your new iPhone, go to Settings > Cellular > Add Cellular Programme.
  2. Tap Convert Cellular Program.
  3. Tap Convert to eSIM.
  4. Tap OK on the alert that says you must approve the transfer on your previous iPhone.
  5. On your previous iPhone, tap Transfer.
  6. Expect for the cellular plan to actuate on your new iPhone. Your previous SIM card is deactivated when the cellular program on your new iPhone activates.
  7. If a banner appears on your new iPhone that says Cease Setting Upward Your Carrier'due south Cellular Plan, tap it.
  8. Tap Continue. Yous will exist redirected to your carrier's webpage to transfer your eSIM. If you demand help, contact your carrier.

Convert your concrete SIM to an eSIM on the same iPhone

  1. On your iPhone, become to Settings > Cellular.
  2. Tap Catechumen to eSIM.
  3. Tap Convert Cellular Plan.
  4. Tap Convert to eSIM.
  5. Wait for your eSIM to actuate. Your previous SIM card is deactivated when the cellular plan on your iPhone activates.
  6. Remove the physical SIM from your iPhone.

Learn more

  • Learn more than about using eSIM on iPhone.
  • To use Dual SIM on an iPhone XR, iPhone XS model, iPhone xi model, or iPhone 12 model, yous need to utilise one physical SIM and one eSIM. If you upgrade to one of these devices, you might need either to go on your physical SIM or transfer your physical SIM to an eSIM. Information technology depends on whether your 2nd line is a concrete SIM or eSIM. With iPhone 13 models, Dual SIM works with either two eSIMs or a physical SIM and an eSIM.

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