How can I get rid of the small keyboard symbol in iMessage app on iPad?

Hi Swoon,

Yes Apple are annoying by introducing new clever but horribly useless features, then not allowing the user to turn them off after two weeks of forced trial (which would allow Apple to monitor how popular they are).

Your message worries about people being respectful during times of stress. May I help you out here?

There is no stress except what the hidden hand are delivering to us on purpose to stress us out. There is no need to worry about ANY of the major stories running in the newspapers because they are all misrepresented at the deepest levels. A great way to look behind the veil is to listen to either Mark Passio at WOEIH or ProbablyAlexandra on Odysee.com

Thank you. This was driving me nuts. 👍🏻

Thank you - that was MASSIVELY annoying, and was ruining using messages on my ipad!

I hate the keyboard in lower right and cannot make it go away, apple do something.

You can try the solution at the very bottom of page 1 of this posting.

oh thanks a lot !! it was really annoying

Except in some apps this removes the entire chat area from the screen. So, it’s not a solution in all cases. See video captures in other comment.

Thank you!!! You have solved this problem that has been annoying me for quite a long time. Bless you!!!

Thank you so much. It was driving me crazy. Not sure whose idea it was to put that box there, but it wasn’t well thought out.

@Darklingwaterfae

THANK YOU!!!

Thank GOD! That icon was so annoying, and always in the way!

This did not work for me.

That did the trick.

Thank you!

Huge thank you! This thing was driving me nuts! Sorta sucks because I previously used dication frequently. How on earth they are letting this fly?

Reinke,

People like Michael are VOLUNTEERING their time to come here and try to help their fellow users. They do not work for Apple.

In addition, he is correct in that, beyond the community specialists and the hosts/moderators everyone else here is also just a user like you….and as such have ZERO ability to really fix anything or change anything. All they can do is offer their assistance. (And honestly, the community specialists just offer answers to questions that have gone unanswered and the hosts simply work to keep posts within the confines of the rules and terms of service, none of them are programmers and none of them can actively alter anything in the operating systems of the devices.)

If anyone does not like a new feature of the operating system then the best thing to do to bring those thoughts to Apple is to fill out the feedback form. Those are logged and read and may have some impact upon how Apple does things in the future.

I have filled out a few of those forms and likely will fill out more as I explore iOS15 further. I invite everyone to do the same.