Annoying shortcut icons

Hello chuckfromleander,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

I understand from your post that you would like to remove the icons from the iPad dock. The following article has information on how to customize the dock on your iPad that you may find helpful:

Use Multitasking on your iPad - Apple Support

Use the Dock to work with more apps simultaneously

The Dock lets you instantly open and switch apps from any app you're in. You can even customize the left side of the Dock with your favorite apps. And on the right side, you can see apps that you recently used and apps that are open on your iPhone and Mac.

You can find the Dock at the bottom of the Home screen. To see the Dock while you're using an app, slide one finger up from the bottom edge of the screen until the Dock appears, then release. 

To customize the Dock with your favorite apps, touch and hold an app on the Home screen, then immediately drag it to the left side of the Dock.

To remove an app from the Dock, touch and hold an app on the left side of the Dock, then immediately drag it off."

Best Regards.

Those icons are a function/features of the websites themselves. We live in a social media world and heaven forbid you not be able to post to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or what have you from the site that you are currently visiting.

That’s not the iPad or the browser, it’s the website. Let the people that run website know how you feel.

Try using the Kill Sticky bookmarklet to zap the floating, scrolling social media share bar on webpages.