Pinching or flicking doesn’t make the small keyboard change to the bigger one. I don’t want the stupid small keyboard, I am not one of those people that can only press the keys with one finger.

Hello Myakka Steven.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you'd like to remove the floating iPadOS keyboard and use the regular size keyboard instead. Allow us to assist in any way we can. We also notice that you're coming from a helpful resource below:

Use the floating keyboard on your iPad - Apple Support

If you're currently looking at your iPad and you're able to see the floating iPadOS keyboard, you can get your regular size keyboard by following these steps:

1. Place your finger at the bottom of the floating keyboard (there's usually a little line under the space bar)
2. While keeping your finger on that section, drag the floating keyboard to the bottom of your iPad display

These steps should bring back the regular size iPadOS keyboard.

We hope this information is useful. Cheers.

After ANY iOS/iPadOS upgrade/update, you should ALWAYS perform a simple hard reset of your Apple mobile device.

For older iPad models with a Home button, do a simple hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake/power button simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.

OR

For much newer design iPad models, without a Home button, try the new simple hard reset procedure for the new 2018/2020/2021 iPad Pros, 2020 iPad Air 4 and 2021 iPad Mini 6 models.

1. Press and release the volume up button.

2. Then immediately press and release the volume down button.

3. Then, press and hold the single sleep/wake/power button You will see the Slide to Power off button, but keep on holding down the power button until you see the Apple logo, then let it go.

Once you have performed all the steps, wait for a few seconds and your 2018 iPad Pro will boot up completely to the iPad Pro’s Lock screen.

Best of Luck to You!

After ANY iOS/iPadOS upgrade/update, you should ALWAYS perform a simple hard reset of your Apple mobile device.

For older iPad models with a Home button, do a simple hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake/power button simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.

OR

For much newer design iPad models, without a Home button, try the new simple hard reset procedure for the new 2018/2020/2021 iPad Pros, 2020 iPad Air 4 and 2021 iPad Mini 6 models.

1. Press and release the volume up button.

2. Then immediately press and release the volume down button.

3. Then, press and hold the single sleep/wake/power button You will see the Slide to Power off button, but keep on holding down the power button until you see the Apple logo, then let it go.

Once you have performed all the steps, wait for a few seconds and your 2018 iPad Pro will boot up completely to the iPad Pro’s Lock screen.

Best of Luck to You!

After ANY iOS/iPadOS upgrade/update, you should ALWAYS perform a simple hard reset of your Apple mobile device.

For older iPad models with a Home button, do a simple hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake/power button simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.

OR

For much newer design iPad models, without a Home button, try the new simple hard reset procedure for the new 2018/2020/2021 iPad Pros, 2020 iPad Air 4 and 2021 iPad Mini 6 models.

1. Press and release the volume up button.

2. Then immediately press and release the volume down button.

3. Then, press and hold the single sleep/wake/power button You will see the Slide to Power off button, but keep on holding down the power button until you see the Apple logo, then let it go.

Once you have performed all the steps, wait for a few seconds and your 2018 iPad Pro will boot up completely to the iPad Pro’s Lock screen.

Best of Luck to You!

Once the simple resets are done, EVERYONE here try the pinch outward or the two finger spread outward in the mini floating keyboard and see if the keyboard expands back to its full size.

Good Luck to All!

Hi, I am having the same problem and it will not enlarge when I drag the floating keyboard to the bottom of the iPad display or if I pinch outwards. I have an iPad Air 4th Gen.

I am having the same issue and nothing works. Can I completely disable the feature