How to fax from an iPad

An iPad has no fax function of its own, and Apple's fax steps are for a Mac with a multifunction printer. The fastest way with no fax machine is to save the document as a PDF on the iPad, then upload that PDF to a browser fax service.

Can you fax from an iPad?

Yes, through a browser fax service, because an iPad has no fax of its own. Apple's fax steps are for a Mac: from the Mac's Print dialog you choose your multifunction printer under Faxes, and that requires a printer that supports faxing. Apple's iPad pages on exporting notes and printing PDFs do not mention fax. Fax Pigeon sends from the browser or from email, so you can send from a browser or an email account on the iPad.

The iPad route therefore runs through a browser fax service. The steps below show how to get the document into a PDF on the iPad first.

How do I save a document as a PDF on an iPad?

Apple's iPad guide documents exporting a note as a PDF, so the Notes app is the route these steps use. Follow the steps in order.

1. Open the note in Notes.
2. Export the note as a PDF, following Apple's iPad guide on exporting notes.
3. Tap the control that saves the PDF.
4. Upload the PDF to your browser fax service in the iPad's browser.
5. Enter the receiving fax number.
6. Send the fax.

Apple's guide says the export uses the note's current view settings, so set the note's view before you export it. For a multipage attachment, only the first page is exported, so this route does not carry the other pages. Apple's guide also says you can mark up the exported PDF's pages before you save it. Open the exported PDF and check every page you need before you upload it.

A PDF, a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file uploads to Fax Pigeon as it is, so a document already in one of those formats needs no export step. Each page sent or received counts toward your plan's page allowance. If you already have a PDF on the iPad, read how to fax a PDF.

Which ways suit patient documents?

Two ways on an iPad send a document through a fax service, and each suits patient documents when that fax service signs a business associate agreement (BAA). The table compares the three ways on what each needs and whether it suits patient documents.

Read Fax Pigeon's business associate agreement before you send patient records, and get a copy of the signed BAA from any fax service before the first patient record goes through it. If you also fax from a phone, read how HIPAA applies when you fax from a phone.

How do I confirm the fax arrived?

Delivery proof is how you confirm that a fax sent from an iPad arrived, and Fax Pigeon gives every delivered fax one. Save that proof with the fax record your practice keeps. To check a sent fax beyond the proof, read how to tell if a fax went through.

* Apple's support pages were read on October 13, 2026. Fax Pigeon prices and plan terms as of October 16, 2026.