How to remove the green ring that appears in my Numbers application

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Single click (or or touch) the object, then type delete or, on a mobile device, touch "Delete".

Have tried your instructions but still there on iPad.

Hi Wayne, tried but to no avail, still there? Does nothing when you touch 🤷‍♂️

I'm having the same problem and have not found an answer yet

Same here and it’s mighty annoying.

just one thing … I note on this forum that the screen dumps with the oval ring are all spreadsheets and in my case the problem began while using Numbers.

Is this peculiar to Numbers or are other programs involved?

I couldn't find an answer so I tried just quitting Numbers and when I reopened the circle was gone.

Thanks, that solved the problem for me too.

I have a blue box that pops up when I start to type and will not allow spaces between words!

PEEFMDS wrote:

I have a blue box that pops up when I start to type and will not allow spaces between words!

Post a screenshot so we can see what you mean.

I shut my system down and restarted to eliminate the green oval in the Numbers application.

It’s only Numbers which is why it is green. It’s happened to me on iPad and a friend on iPhone. Only way to make it go away so far is close Numbers and reopen. Very annoying, seems impossible to move. Happened to me while I was trying to move the cursor to a specific location with the text of a cell.

That’s exactly what I did because nothing else worked.

FIXED,

I had the problem. It occurred when I was trying to zoom text.

This is what I did.

went into Accessibility - Zoom - and turned off “Follow focus”.

My “zoom” showed “off” but my “Follow Focus” was turned on. Once I turned that off, the focus magnifier circle has not returned. must be a program glitch.

Hope this is settled.