This wikiHow teaches you how to add other apps and remove recently accessed apps on the iPad Dock, as well as change their settings. The Dock is the app bar that appears at the bottom of the iPad screen.
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Part 1 of 3: Removing Recently Accessed Apps
Step 1. Press the “Home” button
This button is at the bottom of the device screen. After that, the open app windows will be hidden so you can see the iPad Dock.
Step 2. Touch and hold the recently accessed app
Recently accessed apps will appear on the right side of the iPad Dock, in the gray bar at the bottom of the screen. After a few seconds, the app icons will jiggle.
Step 3. Touch -
It's in the top-left corner of the app icon. After that, the selected app will be removed from the Dock.
Step 4. Press the “Home” button again
After that, the app icons will stop jiggling.
Part 2 of 3: Adding Apps to the Dock
Step 1. Locate the app you want to add to the Dock
You can add any app on iPad to the Dock at the bottom of the screen.
Step 2. Touch and hold the app icon
After a few moments, the app icon will be enlarged and ready to drag.
Step 3. Drag the app icon to the Dock
Make sure you hold the app in the desired space in the Dock (eg between two apps or at the end of the Dock bar).
Step 4. Lift your finger from the screen
After that, the app icon will be dropped to the selected location in the Dock. Now, the app can be accessed from any page on the iPad.
- You can add up to 10 apps to the Dock, and this does not include the apps shown in the "Recent" section.
- You can bring up the Dock while you're using another app by dragging the bottom of the screen slightly upwards.
Part 3 of 3: Disabling the List of Recommended and Recently Accessed Apps
Step 1. Open the iPad settings menu
(“Settings”).
Tap the gray gear icon on the iPad home screen.
Step 2. Touch
"General".
It's in the upper-left corner of the “Settings” page.
Step 3. Touch Multitasking & Dock
It's in the center of the screen.
Step 4. Touch the green “Show Suggested and Recent Apps” switch
The switch color will change to white
which indicates that the Dock will no longer show a list of apps you've recently accessed/opened.