Does anybody else get this icon and what is it?

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Does anybody else get this icon and what is it?

Hi there. I have an IPhone XR which I purchased in 2018, and as of recently, I have been noticing this bar of icons appears on the screen (this happens in all apps, not any particular one). The only functions that work are the forward and backspace and will only generally remove or add one word. I have only just started noticing this, does anyone else have this appear and what does it mean, please? Am I being hacked??

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Posted on May 25, 2020 8:13 PM

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epic5468

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May 25, 2020 9:52 PM in response to Community User

Hi,

You're not being hacked. This is a new feature in iOS 13. To activate it, you tap three fingers two times in any text field.

The first one is undo. It undoes your last text input.
The second one is cut. It removes all selected text.
The third one is copy. It copies all selected text.
The fourth one is paste. It pastes copied text.
The last one is redo, it will redo any accidentally removed text.

Hope this helps!

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May 25, 2020 10:16 PM in response to epic5468

Ah, amazing! Thank you so much for the speedy reply and thank you for your answer too! Very helpful :)

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