Since I installed 26.2 on a 2nd generation iPad Pro the swipe gestures have become buggy, the apps won’t close, scrolling is erratic, and I am unable to restart as the screen won’t recognise my swipe on the button. How can I fix this? Thanks in advance for your help.
iPad Pro, iPadOS 26
Be aware that the finger corner-swipe gestures to trigger a Screenshot or open QuickNote are not available when using iPadOS 26 Windowed App or Stage Manager multitasking modes - however, these gestures are available in Full-Screen Apps mode:
Where configured, the corner-swipe Screenshot and QuickNote gestures are also available in all multitasking modes when using an Apple Pencil:
If your iPad is not operating as expected, try a forced-restart - as this will often clear an isolated software issue:
Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)
If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:
If the problem persists after performing the restart, it may be necessary to reset your iPad settings. While this reset will not cause any loss of data, as a precaution, it is always wise to ensure that you have a current iCloud or iTunes backup before performing the reset:
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
When you are happy to proceed, you can perform the reset from iPad settings:
Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Reset > Reset All Settings
If the problem still doesn’t clear, the next step is to reset the iPad to factory settings:
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support
Otherwise, you would be best advised to seek assistance directly from Apple Support. You can contact the Support Team using the Support link at top-right or bottom-left of this page. Alternatively and perhaps easier, you can initiate and manage your support cases using the excellent Apple Support App. If not already installed on your iPad, the App can be downloaded from the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-support/id1130498044
You might also visit the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store or Apple Authorised Service Provider (AASP) - where the technicians will be able to test and assess your iPad - and you can explore your available options:
Be aware that the finger corner-swipe gestures to trigger a Screenshot or open QuickNote are not available when using iPadOS 26 Windowed App or Stage Manager multitasking modes - however, these gestures are available in Full-Screen Apps mode:
Where configured, the corner-swipe Screenshot and QuickNote gestures are also available in all multitasking modes when using an Apple Pencil:
If your iPad is not operating as expected, try a forced-restart - as this will often clear an isolated software issue:
Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)
If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:
If the problem persists after performing the restart, it may be necessary to reset your iPad settings. While this reset will not cause any loss of data, as a precaution, it is always wise to ensure that you have a current iCloud or iTunes backup before performing the reset:
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
When you are happy to proceed, you can perform the reset from iPad settings:
Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Reset > Reset All Settings
If the problem still doesn’t clear, the next step is to reset the iPad to factory settings:
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support
Otherwise, you would be best advised to seek assistance directly from Apple Support. You can contact the Support Team using the Support link at top-right or bottom-left of this page. Alternatively and perhaps easier, you can initiate and manage your support cases using the excellent Apple Support App. If not already installed on your iPad, the App can be downloaded from the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-support/id1130498044
You might also visit the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store or Apple Authorised Service Provider (AASP) - where the technicians will be able to test and assess your iPad - and you can explore your available options:
The fix was to ask Siri to restart the iPad
The fix was to Ask Siri to restart the iPad as the Force restart iPad process you kindly outlines above now has an addtional step that requires the user to verify that they want to restart the iPad by swiping rather than powering down when the top button is held down.
This same bug has recently started happening on my iPad Air (4th generation), which has the same 4GB of RAM as the iPad Pro (2nd generation) that apparently is also affected. Updating to the latest 26.4 did not stop it from recurring.
At least once per day, horizontal swipe or drag gestures almost entirely stop working, and vertical swipe or drag gestures mostly stop working (vertical swipes are only recognized if you do them abruptly, and only then they’re recognized about one second after the swipe is completed).
Restarting the iPad using one of the workarounds will fix the issue briefly, but by the next day it will have recurred. This makes doing basic things including scrolling web pages very difficult. The only way you can scroll effectively is by grabbing the scroll bar (which works smoothly) rather than dragging.
It’s not a hardware issue, since if you rotate the iPad, the problem is still that horizontal swipes are fully broken and vertical are partially broken.
Turning off Windowed Apps does not help, and neither does turning off the corner swipe gestures – the answer above is a distraction. Curious if anybody has found a feature or setting that does help?
I unfortunately don't have a fix, but wanted to say I have this exact same issue. First thought was try restarting, but can't do that because iPad doesn't recognize the swipe to restart. I can't tap cancel and for that matter tapping in general seems to be fine, but anything that involves a swipe gesture is exactly as state.
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I'm having the same issue on my iPad Pro second generation. Swiping left or right does not work, and swiping up or down works with a delay. I haven't found any solution other than restarting, but the problem recurs after a while.
I even did a complete reinstall of the iPad, but the issue reappeared after a while.
iPad swipe gestures not working
