Black square icon on iPad screen after iPadOS 26 update

Hi there. Does anyone know how to get rid of the annoying black square icon on my ipad screen ? I don’t know what it is for it suddenly popped up after updating to IOS26. Thanks.


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Original Title: Floating black icom

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Sep 16, 2025 9:34 PM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2025 10:00 PM

This looks like the "Hover Text" feature. You can disable it in the settings for Accessibility -> Vision -> Hover Text -> Off

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Black square icon on iPad screen after iPadOS 26 update

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