Cant swipe up and close apps after ios 13 upgrade IphoneX

My screen is 100% the one I got when I got my iPhone X brand new so this can’t be true. My phone doesn’t have one scratch on it anywhere and I still cannot swipe up to close apps or to get to the home screen. I can swipe up to unlock my phone though and to exit the Siri screen but that is all. Doesn’t make any sense. It worked perfect rly before the update to iOS 13.0 and 13.1.

I just got the iPhone Xr with iOS 13.1 yesterday and had the same issue. I played around a bit (I'm an experimentalist) and after a few minutes I found the answer. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen like you normally would. But instead of swiping and letting go, keep your finger on the screen for a second or so. The open apps will start to peek in on the left hand side of the screen. When you remove your finger from the screen, all the open apps will move to the center of the screen. You can then swipe up on each open app to delete as normal.

Thanks, but doesn't work for me. In fact when I do swipe up while in an app it just scrolls the page. So my swipe up from the bottom gesture is really not registering except for when I unlock the home screen.

I cannot seem to swipe out of apps after updating to IOS 13.1, however, before even the update appeared I was somewhat skeptical on downloading because the same issue appeared while updating to IOS 13 beta. Furthermore, even while experiencing these issues I trusted the new update with hopes to not coming across this same issue but unfortunately even while my instincts kept telling me not to update I decided to anyway. Apple, I do not want to restore or even downgrade to another software and willing to use assistive touch until this issue is fully resolved but when is the next update going to be available??? Also, I have seen that myself along with other 165 IphoneX users are also experiencing this issue but please resolve this issue for us faithful customers.

Thank you,

Christian.

P.S For those experiencing this issue, how have you been able to cope with this problem, assistive touch has seem to be working for me but I am sure that it is only a matter of time before frustration and irritability appears.

Umm, there is no Home button on an iPhone X, so what is the point of your post?

I wasn't responding to you, I was responding to WafflesMcDuff who posted:

https://www.imore.com/how-remedy-bad-home-button-or-power-button-iphone-using-assistive-touch

I am aware of that. If you look above this is a reply to the Q: cant swipe up and close apps after IOS 12 upgrade Iphone X, so I do not see where you get Home button from when clearly neither the question nor my reply to this post even mention a home button issue besides not being able to swipe out of apps when updating to newest software update that is the point of this post.

Yes I am aware of that and they have answered all my questions on this post. Clearly, my post was open to discussion and has worked for open interpretation of people experiencing the same issue rather than schooling me on how apple support community threads work.

Christian.

Wasn't schooling you in the least. The way you wrote your post indicated you might not understand this is a forum of users only. People come here every single day and think they are communicating directly with Apple. With 8 points to your profile, it wouldn't be unreasonable to think you might not know.

Have a great night!

I spoke with apple before creating this post, so I do get your concern on my level and point scale as a new user on apple communities but sometimes assumptions of what users bring into the thread is clearly unreliable as to which direction I was headed on while creating this post. The post was created for open to interpretation to those who are experiencing the issue while incorporating some apple directives of positive feedback and criticism with the least intention of caring if they will be seeing this post.

So, hooray and bravo I applaud to you that you are level 9 and with (50,906) points and hope to some day reach your level, but in the least I will most certainly not direct or reply to users into levels of understanding unless asked to while making sure that I can assist them with their level of question and/or concern.

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” -- Plato

I am having the same issue. If you go to SETTINGS, ACCESSIBILITY, TOUCH and turn ON ASSISTIVE TOUCH. You will be able to switch between apps. Issue is not resolved but at least you can use your phone.

So this circle appears on your screen. Acts as your home button.

You click on it and press the home button to go to your main screen.

you click it, click device, then more, then app switcher. Then you can close apps.

Oh man! Apple should get it together. I feel like they do all this just so we can buy the newest iPhone every time they come up with a new one. If they don’t fix this, I am just gonna start buying android from now on. They just care about their sales now.