Huge red dot without number on apps and settings icon
why does some of my apps (including settings) show a huge red dot without any numbers on it? I saw this only after upgrading to the latest iPad OS a few days ago.
iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi
why does some of my apps (including settings) show a huge red dot without any numbers on it? I saw this only after upgrading to the latest iPad OS a few days ago.
iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi
I can’t give a definitive answer as to why this occurred in your specific circumstances, but this behaviour is relatively rare. It is usually linked with an iCloud synchronisation issue. We occasionally see similar reports in this Support Community.
I too have experienced something similar on one occasion - where the “unread messages” badge on the Mail icon differed between my iPad and iPhone - despite synchronisation being otherwise correct. In my case, a forced-restart was insufficient in clearing the problem, instead requiring that I log-out from iCloud (and then restart) to clear the issue. This is where we were heading next if the restart didn’t initially help you.
In conclusion, this issue is generally benign - and is believed to be a simple synchronisation glitch between the iCloud back-end resources and the affected device.
I hope this reassurance is helpful - and that your problem is now resolved.
I can’t give a definitive answer as to why this occurred in your specific circumstances, but this behaviour is relatively rare. It is usually linked with an iCloud synchronisation issue. We occasionally see similar reports in this Support Community.
I too have experienced something similar on one occasion - where the “unread messages” badge on the Mail icon differed between my iPad and iPhone - despite synchronisation being otherwise correct. In my case, a forced-restart was insufficient in clearing the problem, instead requiring that I log-out from iCloud (and then restart) to clear the issue. This is where we were heading next if the restart didn’t initially help you.
In conclusion, this issue is generally benign - and is believed to be a simple synchronisation glitch between the iCloud back-end resources and the affected device.
I hope this reassurance is helpful - and that your problem is now resolved.
The badge that appears on icons usually indicates the number of items needing attention. Something is clearly amis...
A force-restart iPad should resolve the problem:
Hi LotusPilot,
Thanks for the prompt response. Your recommendation to clear the red dot is correct, as the red dot went away after a soft reset. This is what I did when safari showed it initially and it won’t go away, no matter what I did (closed all Safari tabs on all my devices). However, a few hours after, the settings app showed the same huge (annoying) empty red dot. I did another restart, and it did go away again, but it still doesn’t answer the question “why is it showing it in the first place?” Is it perhaps a bug on the latest 13.4 iPad OS?
Thanks again
No,it just comes back after an hour or so. I’m not reassured
Huge red dot without number on apps and settings icon