How to remove the three dots on iPad screen?

How about you just accept that this is user-to-user discussion forum. That’s all it is. You’ve been pointed to where you can get specialist help if you need it. If you don’t “trust” it that really isn’t our problem.

storm293 wrote:

To all who answered,

Why is this forum under "apple.com" and using volunteers that cannot send us to the proper place to get action from Apple? That is misleading.

You also won't get support if you post a question in the review section in the Apple Store, even though it uses the apple.com domain.

Really? Volunteers for Apple when the executives are extremely wealthy and refuse to pay those offering advice?

Really.

How about explaining that right off and giving us a direct link to where we can contact Apple to get action? The "Get Support" link is a page where you spend precious time trying to find the right place. Even then, I don't trust that our messages will get to the people who can make a decision,.

All of that was explained in the Terms of Use to which you agreed when you registered for this forum. The fact that you didn't read the terms before agreeing to them is all on you, not anyone here.

Time to leave iPad behind. Those three dots are a frustration every minute using the device. And no one at Apple noticed? I need a device I can actually use to do what I want and not “easily” access some feature that I never use.

Hello ~ No…Apple doesn’t participate here in this forum in that way. It was clearly stated in the Terms of Use that you agreed to when you signed up to use this forum. This is a technical forum for questions that we help each other solve. It’s not a chat or a complaint center. If you would like to leave feedback for Apple on this point or any other:

Product Feedback - Apple

Contact - Official Apple Support

Mail Feedback - Apple

~Katana-San~

I agree, I DON”T WANT IT…..Please make it possible to at least disable it. And please…….Stop with all the updates! Some of the crap you are dumping on is USELESS for many of us, these things need to ALL be made where it can be made optional or removed by the user. Quickly Please! TYIA.

Hello ~ We are fellow forum users and have no ability to make any changes to your iPad. Apple doesn’t participate here as far as feedback is concerned. I enjoy the option myself but the correct place for your feedback is below:

Product Feedback - Apple

~Katana-San~

Read other complaints here mine is similar. The button is directly on top of the “done button on a couple of apps I use. When I want to click done or something else it keeps splitting my screen. Or I want search something. Please remove it. It was there before and it was working perfectly. Or make it moveable to where we want it. No one even uses this stuff! I can just drag an app to split the screen. What’s the purpose??? How can apple put something with no choice to toggle it on and off?

Hi,

I give lessons to the elderly on how to use computers and iPads.

It’s almost impossible to learn them not to press the three dots by mistake. Even worse, when they do, it’s very hard for them to correct the mistake.

This is extremely user unfriendly for anyone not tech savvy. And just bad design for others.

Please, take note.

Hello ~ I applaud you for teaching. The best place to leave your feedback is Product Feedback - Apple. We are just fellow users and can make no changes. Apple doesn’t participate here in that way and to listen to customer feedback they created the link above for that purpose.

~Katana-San~

Not everyone reads everything like you ask.

How about you just include where to send feedback to the real Apple at the top of the pages? Do it in big red letters.

That will make it much easier for the user and you won't have to handle the complaints about the poor design?

Hello ~ This thread was started by a fellow user like you and I not by Apple. Here is the link:

Product Feedback - Apple

We are all volunteers here in this clearly defined forum and we volunteer to help with technical questions amongst ourselves so no one is upset about “complaints.” If we don’t want to help out we are under no obligation to do so. The fact if this matter is that no one here can make the change concerning the split screen and we can only participate in this thread in the same capacity that you do.

~Katana-San~

why are apple putting icons on the screen that obscure app elements? why do it at all. this is a terrible idea and means i cant actually access some functions in multiple apps.

bring back the option to disable multitasking at least.

the most baffling thing is that this completely ridiculous idea actually made it past the initial suggestion!

i suppose apple will now expect devs to work around this by redesigning their ui. rather than admit it was a terrible idea in the 1st place.

meanwhile, we will not be able to use these apps properly until devs rework their ui’s on a case by case basis.

Me too! It interferes w procreate esp when you have the full screen view. Multitasking isn’t that useful and I hit these three dots on accident all the time. Please allow us to disable 3 dots. iPad screen is small for design in the first place without dumb dots

Please please remove the 3 dots. I hit them multiple times each day. It is SO SO aggravating! I do not use split screen

Please pass these sentiments on to whatever dept makes these decisions. Thank you.

Way too easy to hit the 3 dots when you have multiple tabs open, it’s bad design and I whilst support notes that it is there to help and can’t be removed (or toggled) it should be like most things a choice whether we want that help or not, I don’t want it there I want a basic screen without buttons that I don’t need. I can sometimes hit it 3 to 4 times when trying to open a tab….does that sound like it’s helpful?