Disable app switching swipe on iPad?

I have tried enabling 'Guided access' under accessibility and disabling 'Allow Multiple Apps' and 'Gestures' under multitasking to no avail.


When playing certain games (or apps for that matter) swiping from the left side to the right switches to another app.


Can this be disabled? It's very annoying as I have to then switch back to the game and unpause it everytime.

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 3:15 AM

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Dec 13, 2020 8:00 AM in response to stoobloo

Hello stoobloo,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. It looks like you're trying to disable the "App Switcher" feature on your iPad, and we'd be happy to look into this with you.


Which iPad model, and OS version is installed on your iPad? Settings > General > About.


To get started, let's rule out simple solutions. Have you tried restarting the device normally?


Restart your iPad


Also, check this out:


Switch between apps on iPad


We hope this information is useful. Kind regards.

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