iPad Pro 10.5 / iOS 11
an icon for one specific APP keeps appearing on right hand side in the (annoying) dock, the icon also has a tiny alarm clock on it.
General >Multitasking&Dock>Show Suggested and Recent Apps.... is set to off.
General > Handoff.... is set to off.
Handoff is not enabled on any other device.
I‘m not sure how long it will last, but here is what I did in addition to setting the Show Suggested and Recent to Off:
From the Home screen, swipe right to bring up the Widgets page.
Scroll to the bottom and select “Edit”
Remove ”Siri App Suggestions” from your widgets
So far, this has worked for me. Haven’t had any apps show up on the right side of the Dock for over a week now.
Hope this helps!
I’m seeing this issue as well, and I’m finding it to be very irritating, as I‘m also seeing that when the icon with the alarm clock (for me it’s ibooks) appears, it starts rotating on and off with another icon in the iPad doc, so one moment it’s one icon, then the iBooks icon with the alarm clock, then the other icon, etc. I’ve read that it’s Siri recommending an app based on time of day, but I also don’t see how to turn it off, again as it’s so irritating. I also have those same settings as you disabled, yet it persists for me as well. Hopefully a bug? Bug reporting: Product Feedback - Apple
This is what it looks like for me:
I have Siri turned off, as well as siri’s suggestions in search and other places and I have yet to see the alarm clock icon. So if a person does not use siri perhaps turning her off can make that ’helpful’ icon go away
iOS 11 - Dock... Why does an App icon keeps appearing?
