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User profile for user: adamdesautel
adamdesautel Author
User level: Level 1
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Disable swipe from left to switch apps

When you swipe from the left of the iPhone screen, the phone removes you from your current app and shows all apps.


How do I disable this feature?


iPhone 8, version 15.3.1


This has been asked several times in the community, with hundreds clicking the button indicating they also want this feature disabled, and only a small handful saying the answer helped. I also found all previous answers unhelpful. If the ability to disable this "feature" did not exist before, surely it does now as Apple continues to adjust products based on feedback.


If someone gives me incorrect iPAD instructions like nearly every other time this has been asked about the iPHONE, I will be very displeased that you are answering questions on a forum yet cannot read.

iPhone 8, iOS 12

Posted on Apr 16, 2022 3:58 PM

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User profile for user: ChrisJ4203
ChrisJ4203
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Apr 16, 2022 4:21 PM in response to adamdesautel

This is not a way to communicate directly with Apple; it is a user-to-user technical support forum and Apple does not participate here. If you have a question or issue that you think another user can help you with please describe it in as much detail as you can and a user who sees your request and thinks they can help will answer, but that might not be immediate; it could be hours later. Here is some advice on how to do that effectively→Writing an effective Apple Support Communities post.


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While I understand that swiping from right to left will bring you to the App Library, I've not seen the behavior you describe where swiping from the left while in an app takes you to the app library. The ability to access the App Library cannot be disabled on the iPhone. You can provide feedback to Apple requesting a change by going to Feedback - iPhone - Apple

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Disable swipe from left to switch apps

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