What changed: the screenshots are now our own iPhone 17e on iOS 27.0.1, dark mode, and the wording is checked against those screens.

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-turn-on-keyboard-vibration-on-an-iphone/ · Checked October 2026 · iPhone 17e · iOS 27.0.1

In this guide

Open Settings and tap General
Tap Keyboard
Switch on Haptic Feedback
Or: open Sounds & Haptics and tap Keyboard Feedback
Switch on Haptic
If you do not see this option
If this does not work
Good to know
Sources

Quick answer

Open Settings, tap Sounds & Haptics, then Keyboard Feedback, and switch on Haptic. The iPhone then gives a light tap for every key you press. There is also a Haptic Feedback switch under Settings, General, Keyboard.

5 of 5 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device: iPhone
Shown on: iOS 27.0.1 (iPhone 17e)
App: Settings
Path: Settings › Sounds & Haptics › Keyboard Feedback
Real screenshots: 5 of 5 steps
Checked: October 2026
Sources: 1 official, linked below

Step by step

Open Settings and tap General
General is the first row of the group below Battery, after Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Done
Tap Keyboard
It is just below Fonts on the General page. The page that opens is titled Keyboards.
Done
Switch on Haptic Feedback
It is in the group with Character Preview and Sound. On our iPhone 17e it was off and Sound was on.
Done
Or: open Sounds & Haptics and tap Keyboard Feedback
The same setting is also under Settings, Sounds & Haptics. Keyboard Feedback is in the group with Lock Sound and System Haptics; ours read Sound.
Done
Switch on Haptic
On the Keyboard Feedback page the same setting is called Haptic. Here it is switched on.
Done

What changed: the screenshots are now our own iPhone 17e on iOS 27.0.1, dark mode, and the wording is checked against those screens.

If you do not see this option

Change it from the keyboard. While typing, touch and hold the emoji or globe key and tap Keyboard Settings. On our iPhone 17e the menu listed Keyboard Settings, English (US) and Emoji. Source: Type with the onscreen keyboard on iPhone
Search for it. Open Settings, tap the search field at the bottom and type Haptic. Apple notes that the sections in Settings depend on the iPhone model. Source: Find settings on iPhone

If this does not work

You hear clicks but feel no taps. Sound and Haptic Feedback are separate switches. Ours had Sound on and Haptic Feedback off at first.
You only want the taps, not the clicks. Switch off Sound, just below Haptic Feedback, or on the Keyboard Feedback page. Source: Type with the onscreen keyboard on iPhone

About this guide

Apple puts it this way: you can hear clicks or feel taps as you type. The taps are called haptic feedback. On our iPhone 17e the Haptic Feedback switch was off until we turned it on.

The screenshots are our own, taken on an iPhone 17e running iOS 27.0.1, in dark mode.