Tap a text field to bring up the keyboard.

On the keyboard, long-press theKeyboardicon in the lower-right corner of the screen.

Press down anywhere on the keyboard and drag it up or down to the position of your preference.

Notes app in iPad.

Moving the keyboard up too high could obstruct the text space in an app when you jot down.

Once you release the keyboard, it stays in the location you set.

To adjust the keyboard further, redo the previous steps.

A screenshot of an iPad with an indication to tap and hold the keyboard button

The split keyboard option is not available on the 11-inch or 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

initiate the keyboard in a text supported iOS app.

Long-press theKeyboardicon in the lower-right corner of the screen

ChooseSplit.

A screenshot of an iPad keyboard with the Undock option highlighted

Lightly pressKeyboardand drag to your desired position.

To return the keyboard to a single keyboard, long-pressKeyboard, then selectMerge.

Or, if you want to dock the keyboard as well, selectDock and Merge.

A screenshot of an iPad with the keyboard moving

Long-press theKeyboardicon in the lower-right corner of the screen.

From the pop-up menu, selectDock.

A screenshot of an iPad keyboard with the Split option highlighted

A screenshot of an iPad keyboard showing the Split function.

A screenshot showing an iPad keyboard with the “Merge” and “Dock and Merge” options highlighted

A screenshot of an iPad keyboard with the Dock command highlighted