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how to remove the screen recording icon on ipad.

After i disabled screen recording in the Control Center on iPad, the button stays on the screen, cannot be removed. That seems to be a bug.

Is there anyway at all to remove it?

iPad mini 4, iPadOS 14

Posted on Sep 15, 2021 11:57 AM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2021 6:50 AM



Panno wrote:

… acquired a new function popping up a new black square window with 6 options Notification Centre, Custom, Device, Control Centre, Home and Siri and remains annoying..😒


The “new function” of which you complain is Assistive Touch. This can be easily disabled from your Accessibility Settings:

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Assistive Touch > Assistive Touch - set to OFF

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Sep 16, 2021 6:50 AM in response to Panno



Panno wrote:

… acquired a new function popping up a new black square window with 6 options Notification Centre, Custom, Device, Control Centre, Home and Siri and remains annoying..😒


The “new function” of which you complain is Assistive Touch. This can be easily disabled from your Accessibility Settings:

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Assistive Touch > Assistive Touch - set to OFF

Sep 16, 2021 1:46 AM in response to Panno

Have you actually removed the Screen Recording button from the Control Centre?


Settings > Control Panel > [Included Controls] Control Centre - tap the associated red “-“ button to remove the item from the Control Centre.


Simply disabling Screen Recording function from Screen Time settings will not remove Screen Time from the active Control Centre panel. Permissions are set here:

Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Content Restrictions > [Game Centre] Screen Recording > Disallow | Allow

Sep 16, 2021 2:30 AM in response to Panno

Setting the permission to Don’t Allow will not remove the control from the Control Centre. Setting to Don’t Allow simply inhibits use of Screen Recording.


Removal of the Control must be performed using Control Panel Settings - as outlined in my previous reply.


The key learning-point here is that settings for the Screen Recording control/button - and the permissions to use Screen Recording - are entirely independent of eachother.


In summary, to remove the control from Control Centre:

Settings > Control Panel > [Included Controls] Screen Recording - tap the associated red “-“ button to remove


Sep 16, 2021 6:37 AM in response to LotusPilot

Thanks but that is exactly what I tried first. The Screen Recording is no longer among my INCLUDED CONTROLS but the button is still around and seems to have acquired a new function popping up a new black square window with 6 options Notification Centre, Custom, Device, Control Centre, Home and Siri and remains annoying..😒

how to remove the screen recording icon on ipad.

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