How to Use Apple Wallet

Apple Wallet is a mobile wallet app you can use for making mobile payments, boarding a flight, saving coupons, and more. In tandem with Apple Pay, the Apple Wallet app is a secure way to handle all your payment needs without the need for physical cards or cash.

Store a Wide Range of Items in Your Apple Wallet App

Apple Wallet stores a range of digital payment options and other paperless items, including credit and debit cards, rewards cards, store coupons and offers, boarding passes, movie tickets, gift cards, student IDs (for select campuses), and more.

Cards other than credit or debit cards are called passes. Passes include information such as your gift card balance, expiration dates, seat numbers for concerts and flights, how many rewards you have for a retailer, and more.

How to Add Passes to the Apple Wallet App

To use Apple Wallet, add the important passes you like to use from your device. There are several ways to add passes. Add passes from within Wallet by tapping Edit Passes and then scanning a loyalty, reward, coupon, or gift card. Or, select Find Apps for Wallet and see a list of gift cards, coupons, and rewards from retailers that use Wallet.

Add passes by tapping wallet notifications after paying with Apple Pay, sharing through AirDrop, in Mail or Messages, or from a Mac or web browser.

Add passes to your Wallet during a transaction. For example, Delta allows you to add your boarding pass to your Wallet after you check in for your flight.

Add a Pass With a Barcode or QR Code

One commonly used method is adding a pass using a barcode or QR code. To add a pass with a barcode or QR code, locate the pass you want to add and then follow these steps:

1. Open the Wallet app on your device.

2. Scroll down and tap Edit Passes > Scan Code.

   The QR code scanner is available only on devices with iOS 12 or iOS 11.

3. Wait for the scanner to start, then scan the barcode or QR code. The pass is added to your Apple Wallet.

   

How to Use an Apple Wallet Pass

Once you add a pass to your Apple Wallet, it's easy to access and use it.

Use a Retail Store Pass

Most Wallet passes are retail store rewards cards, coupons, or offers. After adding these cards to your Wallet, using a card in a brick-and-mortar store is simple.

1. Open the Wallet app.

2. Locate the pass you wish to use by scrolling through your Wallet.

3. Tap the pass to view its details, including the barcode or QR code.

   

4. When you're in a store, the cashier scans the code from your device.

Use a Boarding Pass

Some airlines, including Delta and American Airlines, allow you to save your boarding pass to your Apple Wallet after you check in. You don't have to carry your physical boarding pass with you. Other passes, such as movie or concert tickets and IDs, work the same way.

1. Locate your boarding pass in your Apple Wallet.

2. Scan your mobile boarding pass before you enter security and at the gate before you board your flight.

3. Swipe left and right to view your available boarding passes. If your trip has multiple legs or flights, the Wallet keeps your boarding passes together.

How to Remove a Pass From Your Wallet

Whether you used the last of a gift card or a coupon expired, there's an easy way to remove passes from your Wallet.

1. Open your Wallet app and locate the pass you want to remove.

2. Tap the pass, then tap More (three dots) in the upper-right corner of the screen.

3. Tap Remove Pass > Remove to delete it from your Wallet.

   

   Alternatively, from your Wallet's main screen, tap Edit Passes, tap the red minus icon, and then tap Delete.

Add a Credit Card to Apple Wallet

Besides the ability to track and keep passes in your Wallet, the app also allows you to store your credit and debit card information to be used in conjunction with Apple Pay. Add new cards to your Wallet and use those cards to make mobile payments online or in-person wherever Apple Pay is accepted.

Here's how to add a credit or debit card:

1. Open the Wallet app and tap Add (plus sign) in the upper-right corner.

2. Tap Credit or Debit Card.

3. Tap Continue.

   

4. Scan your card or enter the credit card details manually. Tap Next to verify your card information.

5. Enter your security code and tap Next.

6. Tap Agree to agree to the Terms and Conditions. Wallet verifies your card.

   

7. Choose a verification method and tap Next.

   Or, tap Complete Verification Later.

8. Your card is added to your Wallet. Tap Use as Default Card or tap Not Now.

   

   You can also go to the iPhone Settings, tap Wallet & Apple Pay, and tap Add Card.