Apple Pencil Gen 2 won’t drag up to swipe out the current app

My Apple Pencil 2 won’t drag up to swipe out of the current app. I’m also using it with a magic keyboard. I’m not sure if that is in some way affecting this. The pencil used to be able to swipe up and it just stopped working one day.

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jun 13, 2020 8:19 PM

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Jun 13, 2020 8:26 PM in response to Haramonica

I just tested using the Apple Pencil to swipe up apps in the app switcher and it works just fine on the Magic Keyboard.

Perhaps Force Restart your iPad to see if that helps.

Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Then press and hold the Power button (keep holding even past the swipe to power off) until the Apple Logo appears, then let go

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