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Black / white bar iPad Air 4

How do you remove the black/white bar from the bottom of the screen. It gets in the way of a number of apps. This us very annoying, please help!


iPad Air, iOS 12

Posted on Mar 10, 2021 3:13 PM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2021 3:31 PM

The white bar, seen on iPad models that lack a physical home button, indicates that the App Dock can be accessed by swiping upwards from the bottom edge of the screen. This is an element of the visual User Interface - and is not configurable.


You are not the first to complain of this feature - and many might argue that given the element is not present on other models of iPad, it’s presence is an unnecessary distraction.


Apple do invite constructive feedback, comment and feature requests via the product feedback pages. Should you wish to offer comment on this feature to Apple, the feedback pages are the most appropriate avenue to make such comment:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html


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Mar 10, 2021 3:31 PM in response to Richb21

The white bar, seen on iPad models that lack a physical home button, indicates that the App Dock can be accessed by swiping upwards from the bottom edge of the screen. This is an element of the visual User Interface - and is not configurable.


You are not the first to complain of this feature - and many might argue that given the element is not present on other models of iPad, it’s presence is an unnecessary distraction.


Apple do invite constructive feedback, comment and feature requests via the product feedback pages. Should you wish to offer comment on this feature to Apple, the feedback pages are the most appropriate avenue to make such comment:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html


Black / white bar iPad Air 4

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