IOS 15 disable split screen

It doesn't matter what I think. I'm a user like you. I don't have any insight into what Apple thinks either.

And you're right. Apple does not respond to feedback. But they do read what people who legitimately take their time to write them.

I think you don't understand my position. I'm HUGELY in favor of the new multitasking features on iPad Pro. I use them a lot. And I recently bought the 2021 iPad Pro M1. I have absolutely no interest in owning a dumber tablet.

That said, if you want a less capable tablet, you certainly have other options out there.

I am not against multitasking on iPad. I have a specific gripe about where the Control Panel is at the top center of the screen. When I want to share an image in the Signal app, for instance, the Split Screen control panel overlaps where I choose a specific album to select the photo I want to share. So when I try to select an album, I open the split screen feature instead. Over and over again - very annoying. I don't know if this layout situation is unique to the Signal app, but that is where it creates a problem for me, and I need to use Signal, and I need to share images there. So I want to be able to move the Control Panel or disable the multitasking feature, which I never have a need for, entirely. We can both be happy if they retain the multitasking functionality but let us move the Panel if desired.

I think your position is abundantly clear oh defender of the multitasking nightmare. For a group of people this is an accessibility issue. We just come hoping someone has found a way to DISABLE the feature as was possible in previous iOS. Fantastic for everyone-like you-who love and utilize it. For our family, with a special needs child-this permanent and poorly placed feature causes accidental nonsense that is very frustrating. So, we will probably continue to check in to new posts hoping for a miracle, you do not need to tell each person they are fighting a losing battle. Just use your multitasking joyfully...while the rest of us hope for the kindness of a stranger to solve our dilemma. Yes, I get, we all get it once we've posted, there isn't a current solution. But since people are continuing to be frustrated by this -since November of 2021-it continues to be a problem. And many of us, I think, have posted to the feedback link so we have done our due diligence. Now we wait....and hope for common sense to prevail at Apple.

I’m glad this feature helps you with your disability, but as you’ve read, it interferes with other peoples’. Fortunately, there is a simple solution that gives everyone what they want. If apple wishes to be an inclusive and responsive company, they’ll listen to their customers, both on the feedback forms and in discussions like this (it would be very poor business to overlook the value of the comments left in these message boards).

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Luvent657 wrote:

I also plan to buy a different tablet—Apple does not change things to help everybody—-just the tech nerds. Goodbye!!

That's fine. As users on a user to user only forum, it really matters little to us what tablet you think best meets your needs. And you should always purchase what makes the most sense for you personally.

Why would you put a feature like this on our iPad with no way of disabling it? I know you think you are 15 levels smarter than the rest of us plebeians (in my case at least 16) but at least give us an option. Please fix split screen with a disable button.

Split screen is a nightmare. I want to be able to disable it. I often get it in Safari while browsing or reading. I constantly lose all my open tabs in my original browsing window when I select to close the unwanted window and then later close my browser. I no longer get the option to restore them. Why does Apple think this is a functional feature????

I find it a very useful feature. For years, people have been begging Apple to provide more useful laptop like features on iPad as opposed to just a tablet experience, which is honestly not much more than a bigger screened iPhone.

As IdrisSeabright correctly suggests, no one here can speak for Apple and since you clearly don't like the feature, you should provide Apple your thoughts with Feedback link provided.

Threatening to move to another brand gets you nothing here. And to say Apple doesn't value their customers, isn't fact. I had asked them for something like this. So too did lots of other users. I guess they do listen when many ask for a feature.

Enjoy whatever else you determine better fits your needs. It doesn't matter at all to anyone else here what that may be.

I hate the split screen. It always seems to get triggered at the worst possible moment unexpectedly and not having the option to remove it altogether seems ludicrous. I have sent in a complaint to apple.com/feedback however it’s been over a year and people are still flocking here to express their displeasure over this unwanted feature. I know the moderators of this forum are powerless to solve this problem, but perhaps it’s time that our complaints were forwarded en masse to the company itself.

The moderators only moderate the forum. They do not forward complaints at all to Apple. Providing the feedback via the feedback link is the only way you'll be heard.

I provided feedback too. Only my feedback thanked Apple for brining this feature, which is something many many many more people asked for over the years.

I dislike the split screen so much that I plan to purchase something other than an iPad. I have now lost all of my open tabs in safari more than once because of the split screen. Why can’t I disable it? I DO NOT want it.

I am having difficulty understanding what the issue is. If you don’t use the split screen it won’t be in your way. For those who do want it, they use it by manipulating it from the three dots at the top of the screen. It’s handy sometimes for me and I imagine for others it’s often handy. If a person doesn’t like it, why complain? Just don’t use it. I can’t understand from this rather emotional thread going back to November 2021 what the fuss is about. Could you explain why it is you dislike it so much?

Maybe you are not even talking about Split Screen? Maybe it is actually something else? I have on occasion seemingly “lost my tabs”, only to find them when I tap in the right place and they reappear. I am but a student myself, but I see there is great frustration and I know what that feels like. Maybe if you could describe what actually happens that is frustrating you and what you are doing at the time the issue happens, someone here could help.

I always accidentally trigger the multitasking function (those three dots on top) when I try to pull down the window and switch to the others. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add an option to disable this stupid feature that’s sometimes very confusing and frustrating. You may be proud of it but really not everyone is enjoying.