New ipad
I’ve just bought and iPad min and would like to give my old one to my husband. Can I do this and what happens to my new iPad if he deletes stuff on the old one?
iPad mini 6, iPadOS 15
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If you are giving away your iPad to anyone, husband or otherwise, you should follow this process to properly prepare the iPad for a new user:
What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Following this procedure with securely remove all data, including sensitive and private information, from the iPad. In addition the Activation Lock will be removed/reset - allowing the new user to set-up the iPad “as new”.
Your new iPad - and any data thereon - will not be affected.
Before erasing your old iPad, these support pages should get you started with setup of your new iPad - and the methods of transferring your existing data and settings from old to new iPad:
Set up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch – Apple Support
Transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Use Quick Start to transfer data to a new iPhone, iPad or iPod touch – Apple Support
If the donor iPad, from which you are transferring your data precedes iOS12.4, QuickStart will not be available.
“Transfer” is rather a misnomer. In reality, your data and setup is merely cloned to the new device. Nothing is moved or removed from the original device.
An alternative is to restore either an iCloud or iTunes backup to the new device:
How to back up your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – Apple Support
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
When your data has been transferred, When you are ready, you can prepare you old device for disposal as initially described.