What does the little clock on an app mean in the new dock on iPad and how do I shut it off?

I had the same issue. It showed off under the main page for suri suggest but when I went into the subpage for the app that kept coming up on my dock; I only had one coming up; it was still on. Turned it off and it still didn’t go away so I turned my iPad off and back on. That has worked for now.

I did the same steps and FB app is still in the dock with clock icon. I’m on ios 11.1. But it seems that when I removed Siri suggested apps widget, icon with the clock was gone.

Under Siri and Search I have the siri suggestions turned off and then under each app I have the suggestions turned off and I have yet to see the little clock. I do also have recent apps turned off.

So when you’re playing, there are other things you can play with.

and yeah, wouldn’t it be nice if these little things were explained?

I despise this issue myself, however, I have found that if you open the unwanted app that is in the dock then shut off your device and turn it back on, the app will disappear. It’s a pain but it gets rid of it for a while. Hope this helps. 😊

First ever reply to a thread - I sorted this...

1. Press and hold until the icon jiggles.

2. Move it in to your MAIN dock area

3. Press the home button to stop the jiggling

4. Swipe it out of the main dock on to your home screen or in to a folder.

Don’t ask how I did this, it was just a case of trial and error but that unliveably annoying feature is no more 🙂

I have a work-around solution. When this occurred on my iPad after installing the OS11.4 upgrade, it appeared on my Optimum App. Like all those who posted, it would not go away no matter how hard I tried to make it go away or delete it. But, when I plugged headphones in, the alarm clock turned into a headphone badge. Once that occurred, the app was delete-able. So, until Apple can fix it, you can uncluttered your dock using this work-around. Hope this works for you! Good luck.

I did all that, too, and I still had one app with the clock icon. So I powered off my iPad and then powered it on and it is gone. Hopefully, it stays that way.

Try turning off the Siri App Suggestions widget.

Like so many iPad issues try shutting the device down and then back on. This hid the clock for me. Good luck.

Turning off the offending app under Siri has worked for me so far. Thanks!

I had to switch the Location-Based Suggestions back off again. (See earlier post.) No problems since.

Actually, there is a setting to turn off suggestions, Settings > General > Multitasking and Dock > Show Suggested and Recent Apps. Unfortunately, it does not seem to affect these time suggestions. They may have missed out on integration. Personally, this stuff doesn't bother me at all, but you can report it to Apple at the feedback link: Feedback - iPad - Apple.

I too tried turning off the various settings but icon with clock persisted, but turning my iPad off and on removed it. Perhaps this particular item requires a restart to remove it after you have changed settings. I hope it does not return.

I just started noticing this as well. Not a fan of Apple’s mentality these days. Always giving us something we don’t want, and no option to turn them off. Annoying. Back in the day, there was always an option to turn features off.

That being said, I tried the Siri & Search suggestion. I turned both off. But still saw the little clock icon on the top right of the Music app icon, in the taskbar. Then I decided to reboot my iPad, and voila, clock icon gone. In fact, Music app icon doesn’t populate in the taskbar anymore. Good riddance. And to test, I launched Music again, and it hasn’t come back...yet. So will see if it holds up. If it comes back, I’ll post.

Swipe right, scroll to bottom. Touch edit and then touch the red minus sign next to the Siri suggestion widget. By doing that, I haven’t seen the clock on an app in the dock.