Can no longer add apps to my ipad dock!!

i am unable to add apps to my ipad dock. Running 11.3. Apps can be selected, they wiggle, then dragged to left side of dock, but they return to the previous spot on the homescreen everytime!

Posted on Apr 19, 2018 5:24 AM

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Posted on Apr 20, 2018 6:07 AM

Problem solved. Drag the “wiggling” app and drop on CENTER of the dock.

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Apr 19, 2018 5:38 AM in response to dougwilsonus

How many apps do you have in the dock? I think the limit is 10 and that would include recently used apps. If you have recently used apps enabled, that would allow for 7 apps in the dock.


If you are meeting those requirements, try restarting the iPad and see if that fixes it. If not, try a forced restart. To force restart your device, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

Apr 19, 2018 6:55 AM in response to dougwilsonus

I know this sounds stupid, but have you tried moving apps off of one of the screens to another screen or move to another home screen and see if you can add an app to the dock from that screen?


I know that some users were having issues with the dock moving out of place in iOS 11.xx. ( can’t remember exactly which version it was) and I wonder if this is related.

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Can no longer add apps to my ipad dock!!

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