I've been looking and can't find where I can get rid of the dock at the bottom of the Ipad in IOs 11? I figured out how to get rid of apps, but not the whole thing. It might be nice, but it's not very hard for me to go back to the screen and go to another app...so I don't see the value in having it up. Or if you can't get rid of it, can you at least make it transparent?
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Its not a copy, its just a shortcut to recently used Apps and there's no real reason to want to get rid of them. They'll change on their own as you use other apps.
You can go to Settings->General->Multi-Tasking & Dock->Show Suggested and Recent Apps and turn it off if you want to though.
Beyond that, the dock has always been there, and has never been completely transparent.
It's more opaque if you have Settings->General->Accessibility->Increase Contrast->Reduce Transparency turned on, otherwise its slightly translucent. But in all versions its been there.
iOS 7
iOS 8
iOS 9
iOS 10
iOS 11
The only difference is now its not docked to the bottom of the screen, and gets rounded corners.
Its not a copy, its just a shortcut to recently used Apps and there's no real reason to want to get rid of them. They'll change on their own as you use other apps.
You can go to Settings->General->Multi-Tasking & Dock->Show Suggested and Recent Apps and turn it off if you want to though.
Beyond that, the dock has always been there, and has never been completely transparent.
It's more opaque if you have Settings->General->Accessibility->Increase Contrast->Reduce Transparency turned on, otherwise its slightly translucent. But in all versions its been there.
iOS 7
iOS 8
iOS 9
iOS 10
iOS 11
The only difference is now its not docked to the bottom of the screen, and gets rounded corners.
Nope. Since it now serves to access apps for multitasking and split view docking it is not an option.
It may be opaque and grey if you have Reduce Transparency turned on in Settings->General->Accessibility->Increase Contrast->Reduce Transparency, otherwise it should be somewhat transparent and as such take on the colors your background image has in that area.
Normal:
Reduced Transparency:
chimelle wrote:
I totally agree. There are so many other ways to access "favorites" and last used apps. The dock is just unsightly clutter. I wish I could remove it!
You can't. But, you can do something more constructive than complaining here: submit feedback to Apple.
Unfortunately you cannot get rid of the dock within apps.
However, unless you are swiping from very close to the bottom edge of the screen, the dock should not be showing up.
I need to basically put my finger almost outside the edge of the screen to get it to come up when in an app. Swiping from a little higher up should not bring it up.
We all want the option of not allowing the dock to appear while scrolling... aka swiping up.
No, not all of us want that option. And no one here can give you that option. Use the feedback page:
Scroll from a little higher up on the screen. The dock is set to appear when you start swiping almost at the very bottom edge of the screen. If you start a bit higher it will not show up.
Outside of that, it does have a purpose. You may not have any use for the Multitasking features that it provides, but other users do. It's not just a random useless item, it has a reason for working the way it does. Turning it off in Apps renders the Multitasking and Split View options unusable.
You can submit a suggestion to Apple as mentioned many times in this thread already using the Feedback page. https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
Telling us, and complaining to us, is not going to do much to change the way it works.
The Dock has been with us since iOS 7 which is now going on 5 years.
Not going to go away any time soon.
And this newer variation actualy mimics EXACTLY how the Dock looks AND works in macOS/OS X.
I have no clue why all of this hate for a very convenient feature the Dock has provided for the last 5 years.
Just use it as it was meant to be used.
Apple is NOT going to change how the Dock looks and works for a very small minority of users who refuse to use this feature as it was intended to be used.
No.
No,Icechips, your not the only one. The only reason I was on this was to see if it was possible to get rid of the dock or make it transparent. I found things, but Apple had already fixed the possibility in doing that. 😩😩😩You are not alone.
The new Dock ISN’T going away any time soon.
Better get used to it!
How is this Dock any different from the previous Dock of the last 4-5 years>
It’s not!
It’s the same height as the old Dock!
It just floats now and isn't permanently anchored to the bottom of the screen, any longer.
It works EXACTLY the same as the previous Dock did, but holds even more apps and is more integrated with iOS multitasking features.
You can send feedback to Apple here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/. This is a user to user forum. There is nothing we can do to change it.
You can send feedback to Apple here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/.
applevich wrote:
That’s useless information. The question is how do I get rid of it.
The answer is still, "You can't".
Oh, and I like the dock.
The dock was widely disliked when it arrived in iOS 9, mostly for the "ugly" grey background. After 2 years, I suppose we're used to it. You're welcome to make suggestions to Apple by posting at this link: Feedback - iPad - Apple. But they do spend some time making these decisions, so it's unlikely to change.
I've hated the home screen dock bar since my first iPad 2. Just got a 9.7" 2017 and am still hating it. I'm a photographer and use my own photos for home and lock, and that blurry, mostly opaque bar obliterates a sixth of every composition, the entire foreground. It's an eyesore on my screen. The only manipulation allowed is to make it even more opaque, gray, uglier. I recommend/am pleading for a slider in the setting that does the opposite, taking it from opaque to completely transparent. And please allow us users to set our graphic visibility our way? The movement feature is kind of cool, but I'd rather see more of my compositions. As it is, the system decides what I see, and the system's judgement is painful to view if the user is an artist/photographer. I cringe at what is being done to my art. )-: And I do get it about how to use the bar. It's the aesthetics, not the practicality of it that I object to.
Can dock be hidden IOs 11
