Many iPad users have started to regret the day they upgraded to iOS 15. They hate the new split-screen feature and would do anything to get rid of it. Let’s see if you can turn this option off on your iPad.
How to Disable Split Screen on iPads Running iOS 15
You cannot disable split-screen mode completely on iPads running iOS 15 and newer. Unlike previous iOS versions, the option to disable Split View is no longer available. Split-screen activates automatically when the system detects you’re multitasking.
As you can see, you cannot turn off multitasking and split-screen directly from Settings on iOS 15 and newer. To access additional multitasking options, use the three-dot button located at the top of the screen.
How to Exit Split-Screen on iPad
To exit split-screen on your iPad, simply tap and drag the bar dividing the screen to the left or the right. Release the bar when it’s most of the way across the screen. If you want to close the left side of the screen, drag the split-screen bar to the left. If you want to close the right side of the screen, simply drag the bar to the right.
Split Screen Confuses Users
While Apple proudly says the new options have simplified split-screen use, not everybody agrees. Many iPad users, especially old people are confused when they see two screens on their iPads. For example, when you’re writing in the Safari URL field, split-screen activates automatically. Instead of offering people a very simple interface, Apple gives them two screens.
The company added multitasking because many users have been begging for it since the iPad was launched. The problem is that not everybody needs such features. Apple should let users decide how they want to use their devices.
Judging by users’ reports, split-screen makes the iPad harder to use and causes frustration among users.
Split-screen constantly popping up on a tiny iPad Mini display can disrupt your workflow. Overall, these changes often cause a poor user experience. Some people may think twice before getting a new iPad following this experience.
To make things worse, many apps have a button right under the split-screen pop-up button. As a result, many users accidentally enable the split-screen mode when using their apps.
What Should Apple Do?
Apple should give users the option of moving the split-screen button or removing it completely. Give Apple feedback and tell them how much you hate the automatic split-screen feature. The more reports they receive, the higher the chances of triggering a change.
Conclusion
There is currently no option to completely disable the split-screen feature on iPads running iOS 15 and newer. Split View activates automatically when your iPad detects you’re multitasking. To exit Split View, slide the split-screen bar all the way to the left or right, depending on which app you want to close.
Do you think the upcoming iOS updates will support an option that lets iPad users disable Split View entirely? Let us know in the comments below.
The split screen fearure is the most annoying feature Apple has ever come up with. It completely ignores the basic reason for an ipad…quick and easy access to the internet. If I want a split screen, i’ll go to my windows based desktop. I am done with apple, and going back to my windows tablet.
I’m not a big fan of split view, and I really hate overlay floating window appearing on Safari here and there that is so hard to close. And most of all, I hate inability to turn entire functionality off.
I am very disappointed with a screen that gets in the way of writing text. Having to reduce and bring up the key board in order to see what I’ve written is very inefficient.
Please find a way to get rid of the split screen on my iPad and phone. It’s really annoying and it interferes with my ability to use them so please just get it fixed thank you Am
It seems Apple has people who make a decision on changing features for their devices without concern on how that affects the user. The most recent updates for iPad and iPhone make changes that reduce ease of operation and just add tweaks that programmers think are neat.
The split screen gives a small screen on top of the parent screen and makes it difficult to read articles. I have not seen any information on the workings of this feature.
There are several changes on ios16 that took time to figure out how to accomplish previous workings. I thought security cganges and fixing bugs were being done on the update. It seems some cider had different ideas.
It seems Apple has people who make a decision on changing features for their devices without concern on how that affects the user. The most recent updates for iPad and iPhone make changes that reduce ease of operation and just add tweaks that programmers think are neat.
The split screen gives a small screen on top of the parent screen and makes it difficult to read articles. I have not seen any information on the workings of this feature.
There are several changes on ios16 that took time to figure out how to accomplish previous workings. I thought security cganges and fixing bugs were being done on the update. It seems some cider had different ideas.
I wish to totally disable split screen? It is cumbersome and not helpful at all for what I do! How can I permanently delete this feature? In plain language, “it sucks ass”!
When the split screen appears it really frustrates me and I hate it! I’m a 77 year old and my eyesight isn’t wonderful so when the split screen appears I have to use my phone as it’s bigger and this is the only real reason I’ve got an iPad at all. After months of frustration my daughter has found an easier way to take it away but I would have never have found it. Please would you make it easier for us oldies.
C. Edwards.
Split screen & multi screen functionality buttons, and such a prominent placement in center screen “ sucks a#)! The fact that users are unable to disable such an obnoxious feature also “sucks a#&!!!
I HATE, HATE, HATE the compulsory split screen and multitasking features on iPad. This should be a user choice and not an imposed intrusion. By thinking that it is smart and helpful, it has become a tiresome tyrant instead. This will be a make-or-break issue when I decide on which tablet to purchase next time.
The split screen option without the facility to permanently disable it is a nightmare and infuriating.
I use Flightradar24 and without exception, the screen will always split by accident.
Whoever at Apple made the decision to remove should be removed him/herself.
Not to do so is a display of arrogance and contempt for those that pay Apples salaries
I wish you could delete all the new “wonderful “ ideas and only keep what is of benefit to you. Some of these new ideas such as split screen should be optional. I hate it
While I’m at it, another asinine decision on the iPad design was to put the home button/swipe and power connector at the bottom of the ipad for normal use.
I use mine a lot in bed, it frequently needs charging, and it’s doesn’t work to have the lightning connector sticking into your stomach for an hour. It’s hard on the connector as well. Even using it at work I have the same problem.
If I need to use the home button or upswipe, it’s difficult to get to it if it’s on the bottom. A “Downswipe” would work a lot better.
I use my screen inverted so I can have the home button /swipe at the top, and also plug in the lighting connector and remain comfortable.
Usually this works, but there are a significant number of programs who probably don’t follow coding conventions and the display is inverted under these circumstances.
The system would be a lot more logical and easy to use if the home button/swipe worked while the lightning connector was on the top of the ipad.
An old geezer complaining, but I think it would work a lot better.
Apple doesn’t always know best. There are a lot of people with brains who don’t work for Apple!
The split screen option, as it is, sucks.
I rarely use it, and for every time I use it, it gets accidentally activated 20 times and then I have to deal with closing it. I have big hands, and probably activate it more easily than average.
If they aren’t going to give you the ability to turn it on/off, then they should reprogram it so that it can be activated from only one spot on the screen, making it almost impossible to activate accidentally.
I’ve been in IT for almost 60 years, and I absolutely hate it when the company thinks they know better than I do what will work for me.
Please make an option to disable completely the split screen. I find it too small to read and a frustration when working. Next tablet won’t be an iPad if this is not removed
Split screen makes me cry. I feel really oppressed by it. It’s out of my control. I can’t easily continue with what I need to do. I can’t possibly read the screen it’s far too small. Who the he’ll does it help? It’s completely nonsensical.
This split screen is driving me up the wall!
It is too small to read and when you go to enlarge it it is necessary to scroll back and forward on each line.
Not Happy, John
I have a difficult time with the split screen returning each time I think I have done away with it. Please return to multitasking as it was prior to OS 15.
I am one of those who hate multitasking and split screen with a passion. I don’t need it, don’t want it and despise the way in which it keeps obtruding itself, particularly when I’m browsing in Safari.
You write “Give Apple feedback and tell them how much you hate the automatic split-screen feature. The more reports they receive, the higher the chances of triggering a change.” I wouod gladly do so, but what is the best way to do this?
It’s not so much that it is confusing but the three dots at the top are always on the way and by trying to select something nearby those dots most of the time i accidentally get the split screen menu.
I cannot see where this is an improvement. I definitely hate it and wish Apple can think twice before making this type of decision. Optional is always a safe decision.
HATE the split screen, especially as the button is at the top. Always pressing it by accident when using Safari. Need the option to disable this function in updates! Poorly thought out option for many of us.
Who’s the maroon that put automatic split screen on my iPad update. When will a turn off button for this feature, be available ? This is the must unwanted feature I’ve ever had.
I really dislike the small window that keeps appearing, disrupting my full screen. The print is just too small for my old eyes, which is why I bought the big iPad Pro in the first place. In my case, it’s not needed, so please could there be provision to turn it off permanently? Maybe something that can toggle on &off?
I’m getting rid of my iPad and going to a Samsung tablet. I’m 75 and just use my tablt for fun things. Usually I’m just reading the news or playing games. I never multitask. I don’t even know how I got to split screen. The fact that you can’t turn it off is ridiculous.
Please for pity sake restore the option to disable split screen in safari on ipad function like that I SHOULD AVE THE OPTION TO SWITCH IT OFF OR ON NOT THE ipad
I hate the split screen on my Ipad pro 11. Every document that I call up in a letter or doctor’s report, it is presented in a very narrow STRIP OF SCREEN TWO INCHES WIDE. To make it fit alongside the email in which the doctor’s email, the font is decreased in size so that it cannot be read. I’ve tried sweeping away the email. Doesn’t work. Tried sweeping my little strip of tiny tint text to the left. Bounces right back. Please disable this in your next upgrade.
I hate split screen, Apple please dump it. I am forever hitting the three dots at the top by mistake then having to spend ages getting rid of the second screen. Not once have I actually made good use of it.
Dear Sirs
I would just like to request,that you give the customer the option to remove the split screen if so wished.I personally find it very infuriating and would appreciate the choice to remove it.
I look forward to a swift change to this issue.
Please have a disable option for split screen. It is not needed on my ipad. It’s very irritating to have to work around the split screen choices every time I go to search bar on safari.
If you have a split screen – look for three grey dots in the top middle of both open apps. Press that on one of the screens and it shows 3 options for your screen. Press the full screen option. Problem solved for me. Hope it works for you, too.
I hate split screen in my Mail. I use an iPad instead of my phone for easier viewing and this defeats the purpose. How could you possibly not add an option to disable this? A MUST – this is a dealbreaker for those with aging eyes.
Ihate the split screen option only because it happens accidentally often. I want to be able to disable permanently as I wint ever use it. Please fix this in your next update.
Since the 15.6.1 update my ipad 8th generation has changed dramatically, battery drain, keypad change etc.etc. and yes the 3 dot split screen feature is particularly annoying. Why can’t Apple list the changes it’s updates are going to make to the performance of users ipads and iphones instead of just saying it’s for security and bug fixing.
I want the choice to have the split screen or not…..Forcing split screen on us Apple users continues to remind me constantly of Bidens failed policies that we all have to live with whether we like them or not….I will vote him out of office, and will drop my use of Apple products also if they don’t start giving us choices ! My productivity has continued to plummet….Sorry Apple, but you’re making Android look a lot more appealing!
Split screen drives me nuts. I’ve spent hours trying to get rid of it. Then I read this post and found out that I’m stuck with it .Thanks apple for a pain in my ass
The split screen programming by Apple for my new iPad mini 6 is super annoying. I’m thinking of getting rid of it after just 2 months not buying this new one.
Will Apple give us a choice in next update? Unlikely is my guess.
I HATE the slide over app. It’s an awkward feature that for me is infuriating. It has made me stop using my iPad whenever i need to click a link. I just go to my windows computer. I want Apple to creat a setting to permanently disable the feature.
It’s awful. Drives me nuts and wastes so much time. Apple definitely needs to give users the option. And I spent at least an hour trying to figure out how to disable it when you can’t!!
I hate not having the option of avoiding the split screen. The split screen makes things so small when I try to read them. You are right that old people may be affected by this change because I am 74 and a long time Apple juicer. Come on, Apple, wake up!
I am in my 70’s with arthritis in my fingers. I hate the split screen which appears when I am using my ipad. It is difficult for me to swipe across to remove it. I am considering getting a different make of tablet that allows you to remove this function.
Regards
Jane Phillips
Apple has to give users the option to disable split screen at USER’ s choice !
No respect for seniors let alone vision impaired and many other challenged users.
Give us the choice.
I suspect the majority of apple users consider this feature annoying and useless. The problem must arise from computer nerds and constant users that like to switch back and forth. We’ll the majority of us middle class users, who by the way buy new upgrade versions, thinks it’s a pain in the a*s. The screen is too sensitive to chance “touches” that disrupt our on line experience.
Please enable ipad users to disable split screen. I am 80 years old and cannot easily read what I want to know when it goes to split screen. I was planning to purchase a new ipad but will purchase a laptop if this cannot be corrected. That way I can easily read the information I need. No it will not be an Apple laptop.
Please enable ipad users to disable split screen. I am 80 years old and cannot easily read what I want to know when it goes to split screen. I was planning to purchase a new ipad but will purchase a laptop if this cannot be corrected. That way I can easily read the information I need. No it will not be an Apple laptop.
Can you please develop an update to turn off the split screen in 15. It was made by the devil and never had used it and it is a pain in the ass because it constantly, Thank you. Rev. Rick Robbins
My wife wasted 10 minutes of my day yesterday with her unwanted split screen function.
I could disable it before, but no longer. Fortunately I did not have enough space on my older iPad to get 15!
Fix it now Apple!!!!!!!!
I think I should be able to turn all this crap off. It’s annoying – just like that automatic music on memories. I believe Apple has a whole department that does nothing but think of un needed changes no one wants. Like focus- something that worked simply is now complicated and unnecessary.
Thanks
Fire the idiot who approved the split screen. It is a hate crime against those wth vision impairment and advanced age so jail should also be cobsidered. Apple has never been good but ios 15 is terminally stupid
As a Director of a large cruise line I worked closely with our IT Dept. After initially wasting a lot of time and effort we established a User Group represented by each Department, who in turn discussed any program changes with the Users who were effected, and program changes ran much more smoothly. I detest the Split Screen and it would be interesting to find out what percentage of users are using it. As the author said above, I feel quite sure that older users find it unnecessary, distracting and just annoying !
Please consider a change that would allow each user to disable it in their device.
Thank you.
I will really consider looking for another device instead of iPad as I hate the split screen and can’t get rid of it.. probably a good time to get an android phone and watch as well. I’m regretting getting all Apple products The split screen is very annoying.
Tina Eterman
Split screen multitasking is totally disruptive to one’s train of thought! Many people do not need this “feature” nor do they want it. We should be given the choice, as was previously the case, to disable it. When we spend a large sum for an iPad, we should have some leeway to optimize settings to meet our preferences.
I absolutely hate the automatic two screen feature with ios15. Can you please give us a choice of whether we want this feature on or not. It is very annoying with mail especially. Thank you for your consideration of this annoying feature.
I don’t like split screen and it is so hard to get out off, and there are other elements that I could do without and the iPad is so sensitive and runs out of battery faster
You have got to get rid of this split screen stuff, I pay money for my daily newspaper and can no longer read it in a three inch column, that’s ridiculous, I am trying very hard to figure out how to read my paper and your upgrade is horrible. Please go back to prior version
I’m helping an 85-year-old us an iPad Mini. Split screen is a tremendous frustration; even for a younger person, it’s of no use on a Mini. Tell Apple to PROVIDE A WAY TO DISABLE IT.
I absolutely HATE the new split screen function, especially in my email! That should be by choice only, as many of us appear to agree. And, for the record, age is not a factor — I simply don’t need or want this function.
If this is Apple’s idea of improving usage and it happens automatically with updates, it really angers me. I want to go back to the previous iOS — can I do that?
I DESPISE split screen. Pops up when trying to open a new tab. Forcing it on us makes the iPad far less enjoyable and shows how little regard apple has for its customers.
Have the option to turn off the split scree. It is so annoying and sliding it to one side or the other does not always work. Keeps popping back in. While some users find the split screen useful, not everyone agrees. Having the option in iOS 15 of turning on or off, would make everyone happy. Apple: listen to your users!
The split screen function is probably the most irritating feature I have experienced in over 30 years of computing. Why Apple would not allow it to be disabled shows how out of touch they are with what their customers want!!
I am constantly activating the split screen option. Webpages are already teaming with buttons, pop-ups and now Apple adds some more annoying buttons. If people want a split screen, let them, but give the vast majority the option to turn it off. Why thrash that option in IOS 15??
please let me disable split screen feature. it is frustrating to constantly
interfere what i am reading to make the move to do it manually over and
over through the time i’m on line.
thank you
I am visually impaired and am finding the split screen feature frustrating as I lose my place on the screen. Please Apple give us the option to turn it off.
Obviously most of the times new features are welcomed …
but that SPLIT SCREEN IS A NIGHTMARE specially when you want to go over any kind of description, whether on amazon , ebay , walmart…etc…
Please let us decide if we want the split screen or not … ASAP
Just spent an hour on the phone to my elderly mum trying to help her get rid of the split screen. I’m still on ios14 so I had no idea what she was talking about and why she couldn’t switch it off. What on earth were apple thinking?
Sadly Apple is arrogant and imposes concepts in accordance with the whims of individuals with ‘power.’
I find obligatory split screen to be an intrusion. Apple should not impose this
Judging from the numerous replies for Apple to get rid of the split screen option, I’m in complete agreement. The screen on my iPad is not very big for one and it is also annoying when I am online to have to share the screen with something I am not interested in. Please come up with a simple way to delete the split screen option besides simply dragging the border between the split screens either to the right or the left.
I hate the new split-screening feature which has infested my device since its last up-date.
I don’t see well and this latest AND unannounced feature is making using my i-Pad a
miserable experience. Please, Apple, give we faithful followers the option to turn it OFF.
Thank you.
This iPad cost me a lot of money ,the split screen is very annoying I do not want it or need it. People should have a choice if they want it or not….I DO NOT WANT iT. Tell me how to get rid of it.
I am 74 and at my age am not interested in having a split screen facility on my iPad.I can understand why it is available due to its benefit for people who do want to multitask.
That should not affect millions of people who do not want this facility!
It should be an option and not compulsory
Please advise if I can pay anyone to remove this item permanently before I go and buy a different piece of equipment
Microsoft failed big time when it provided no fix for disabling split screen feature on its newer iPads. You don’t have to be multi-tasking for the screen to automatically split on my iPad Air 4th generation. Moreover, when I try to remove split screen by touching the bar and siding to right or left it is unresponsive more times than it is responsible. PLEASE help those who don’t want this pesky feature!!
Unless I am given the option to remove the annoying split screen and the stupid line of pop-up windows that appear in mail, I will never purchase another Apple product again!!
Dear Apple, Please give me the option to turn off split screen on my iPad. I am sick of trying to watch a quilting video on a 2” wide screen. This option is imperative to be made available now. Thank you.
I am so frustrated with this new iPad and wish I’d never bought it. The worst thing is this split screen on the email. I need full screen and it seems this is not available for mail. Also my ord search puzzles, don’t work on this new one, and to play solitaire, the face cards are dreadful. Terrible, very expensive purchase.
I don’t like these silly little screens at the bottom of my iPad which result in unwanted split screens and make it more time consuming to use. It needs to be optional or better still removed altogether for me!
I will purchase a windows tablet before I get another iPad in the future because of this “feature” alone. Why would you want to split screen a 10 inch display?
I NEVER use the multitasking view! On my 6th generation IPad the 3 dots are so close to the URL box that whenever I try to copy a link the damned multitasking view pops up. It it extremely disruptive to my work and communicating links for information sources that are required for my workplace discussions.
Additionally, any screenshot image includes the damnable 3 dots, often compromising the image in such a way that it corrupts the image content and cannot be corrected via editing. This is 100% unacceptable.
WHY ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TOGGLE OFF MULTITASKING FOR OS 15 WHEN YOU ALLOWED IT TO BE REMOVED ON THE OS UPDATE WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED?!
PLEASE NOTE: I’d get a windows tablet before I get another iPad in the future because of this “feature” alone. Why would you want to split screen a 10 inch display?
Thank you for clarifying that it is currently impossible to disable this feature.
I regret upgrading to iOS 15.
The inability to disable this feature is a safety risk for people who use the iPad for a dedicated purpose, such as aeroplane and helicopter pilots. When I’m navigating around a busy airport using a dedicated aviation app, the last thing I want is for half the map (including the oncoming traffic) to be obscured.
True split screen feature is the most disruptive element of using the I pad for serious work. I did not realise that this had been included as part of an upgrade, had I known of the issues this would give me, I would not have allowed an upgrade.
Very disappointed with the outcome.
The split screen that is constantly popping up needs to be dragged away for good. It is confusing to have this split screen appear then I have to drag it away. Why cant we disable this function? This annoying function should be at the users discretiin. Pls take this into account on future updates, this is my third Ipad
and I just hate having my thought process interrupted to drag the split screen away.
I personally hate split screen. It makes it hard to read for one thing. Not having the option to disable this feature is maddening. I had being forced to accept something that I didn’t want to change.
Absolutely hate the split screen option. Make it optional with the ability to turn it off completely. When reading, if you accidentally tap the side of the screen, another window pops up. This is very disconcerting as well as irritating.
I hate the split screen facility, it spoils my experience of using my IPad and I will not buy another one until the option of removing the function is returned
I hate the split screen !!!! My old apple I pad died. I just received a new 9th generation..I hate hAte it as I am a senior citizen and I think you should have the option if you want it or not…I will never get another I Pad from apple as I do not think they have any regard for senior citizens….
This has to the most horrible feature ever imagined. Unless it’s given the ability to disable my next purchase for a tablet and phone will NOT be Apple products and just when I was considering a Apple Watch! Just NO.
And that’s my fix!
Please disable the split-screen feature. All I want to do is turn my page when I am reading my i-book, not activate a split screen in the middle of my book.
I’m an “old person” who hates the split screen, but no, I’m not “confused” by it. (Ageism, anyone?)
If people liked to read things in very narrow columns, books would be laid out that way!
Take a survey…see if anyone likes the fact that one can’t turn OFF that feature in settings.
And, you know what? Many people miss having a HOME button on their iPhones! (Or are those many just “confused old people”? )
I agree. “features” are had to get rid of… especially when they think that it’s an old persons problem.
I want to have options. I don’t want to be in jail again with apple making the choices for me
I would whole heartedly support the option of disabling split screen. Its just a nuisance. I tap a tab that is adjacent and suddenly the split screen comes up. It slows my productivity not enhances it.
If only split screen would occur when I am multitasking I might be OK with it. However it jumps up in the middle of anything: reading on my Kindle, reading my mail, playing a game, etc. I hate it.
I hate split screen. The “drag the interloping s Rene away” often doesn’t work. It has an evil life of its own.
Give users this option to use or not to use it.
Split screen is frustrating,unnecessary, and unwanted.
You should at least warn users before luring us into downloading software updates.
I rue the day I fell for it. You tricked us!
Apple should allow user to return their split screen Ipad and exchange for no split screen model ?i hate this feature. When writing an email, it arbitrarily jumps to split screen, erases my email and i have to start all over again. Furthermore, the tap and haul over to side does not work. Nothing happens when I do that. Can’t explain how frustrated and disappointed I am in this product. Wish I could get my money back.
I hate the split screen! I should have the right to disable in a couple simple steps. I did not request split screen so I should not need to worry with deleting it
Get rid of the split screen. You have to have X-ray vision to see anything. It only aggravates people. I’d like to see what I am reading. Very poor choice to force people to use it.
This is one of the most annoying features on the iPad. I can count the number of times on one hand that I’ve wanted to use the split screen option. Unfortunately, the number of times it’s been enabled accidentally is to numerous to accurately count. Additionally, with elderly parents, I’m constantly having to undo the feature for them as well after it has accidentally appeared. I’m beginning to wonder how well Apple knows their user base, or do they only look at those people who beta test their products – the mega users.
Thank You for showing me how to go from split screen to one screen, I so truly appreciate your help,
Your guidance & instructions were perfect, uncomplicated & fast & that is rarely given given these days!!
Manny Manny Thanks for today’s work accomplished and ready days to follow.
My very best wishes,
Diana
Often cannot get out of split screen..
You say “To exit split-screen on your iPad, simply tap and drag the bar dividing the screen to the left or the right.”
IT VERY VERY RARELY WORKS! HELP
I would rather it opens up a new full sized screen when I want
to work on it. Usually it is a shopping basket and it is only 1/4 screen and is too small and I am concerned I may accidentally press the wrong thing ie ‘fat fingers’ as it is so small. That will really annoy me. M x
New 256 iPad 2. Split screen is raising my blood pressure. If I am reading a paper and tap on a sub article I want to read that article appears partly covered on the same screen. If I try to spread it open it hides behind the original. This is my 3rd iPad and if it didn’t cost me almost $800 and would throw it in the trash (after destroying it with a hammer). More importantly I have wasted hours of my life trying to work around this Desperate, I trolled the internet to find a workaround only to discover that there is none and that numerous other purchasers have the same complaint.
This iPad was just purchased and I intend to return it. I still have my very first iPad which, though heavier, still works “ normally”. And my second iPad (air) may just need a new battery.
Disappointing and disgraceful. And inconvenient.
I would welcome the option on IPads to disable the Split Screen. As a senior citizen I find it quite inconvenient to have to constantly go back and forth to. Not that it is a big chore, just un-necessary as I don’t really muti-task like the young kids.
89 year old mum is being driven to distraction by split screen – she hates it,
She also keeps ringing me up to tell me she can’t get rid of it.
Apple please do your thing and give us a disable button.
I cannot get the black divider line to move. It does not respond to my tapping on it and trying to drag it across. I use my search mode a lot. Have no idea how the screen got split. Yes, Apple should supply a button to easily correct this issue.
I will keep trying but this is ridiculous. I am one of those old people , only 88 years young. Love my ipad. Please help me fix it.
Please stop adding features that the user did not ask for, but if you add features, you should always provide a way to to disable it. Note that supposedly, split screen is auto launched when the system decides that the user is multitasking. I don’t do that, so why am I constantly trying to get rid of the extra screen? I don’t think that process has been fully developed yet…..
Lol the split bar doesn’t slide. I don’t mind the multitask option in some instances I really like it but I’d like to have an option. So why isn’t it sliding
Split screen is useful for some people, but others don’t need it, so give us the option to disable it like before and please everyone. You did it before, you can do it again.
Split screen is confusing and I suspect most users don’t want it. Apple need to
Give the option of disabling it. I have owned several iPads but would not buy another one.
I have an iPad mini. I’m retired and “old” but the split screen doesn’t confuse me, I just find it annoying. Plus it’s easy to accidentally use it. Apple should def give us a choice. At least now I know there isn’t a fix and I can stop scouring the net for solutions.
I hate, hate the split screen. I am very frustrated and annoyed with it. Please, please provide a way to shut it down. I am 80, love my Apple products, but not this iPad which is the tech I use the most.
I cannot tell you how much I HATE the split screen and nice it comes up, I cannot get rid of it. My hands are arthritic and weak and it is hard for me to slide the screen I don’t want off and neither can I disable this feature in settings.
I rely on my iPad a lot but when this one dies, I will not be replacing it with another and I will certainly be recommending iPad to my friends.
I do not like the split screen. The print is too small to read! Why not let me decide if I want a spit screen and not someone else who doesn’t know what know me?
Split screen is constantly getting in the way and is ruining my experience of being on-line. I have been a devoted apple person for 40years, but unless they make multi-tasking cancellable Ihave no more use for Apple products. Iuse my ipad pro for drawing/painting and use the internet for reference, but everything is,pointlessly arduous with split screen. I also need to be able ro disable it when using Sketchbook, as it interferes with selection of the drawing tools.
Could you please please please deactivate split screen on my iPad .I’m 88 and I find it so confusing and distracting,further when we are talking about small ptint ,there are instances where even with a magnifying glass you cannot comprehend the subject.
Peter Mitchell
The automatic split screen feature on my IPad Pro is such a nuisance. iPad users should have the option to turn it off if not required.
When the time comes to update ny device I will definitely be rethinking my decision to stay with apple.
Apple, for the love of God, please give us an option to disable split screen or at the very least, move those three pestilent, obtrusive, migraine inducing, party crashing dots somewhere else! PLEASE!
I am 79 years old and I hate this split screen feature. It is not even readable. This is the worst feature that we are stuck with. You need to give us an option to not use this and not assume everyone likes your latest add in 15.
I hate split-screen. I accidentally trigger it dozens of times a day. It’s possibly the most annoying, time-wasting, and unwanted feature that Apple has ever forced on its users. Please Apple, give us the option to disable this or find a way to prevent accidentally triggering it. I’ve never had this problem with any other OS.
The option to disable the split screen is an accessibility issue for my elder parents with cognitive decline. They rely on their ipads for so many things and the confusion that arises from the split screen is significant and impacts their lives negatively. Apple should consider how important their devices are to elderly and impaired people and update their systems with compassion and understanding of their users.
I also hate seeing the split screen. All of the sudden if you want to look at an advertisement it is now compressed into a small space, should be optional. I hate it.
I hate the split screen option that pops up unasked, I would like to remove this option. I never require it. Often I cannot remove it despite trying to drag the black line across the screen.
Please add the feature to disable the split screen mode….
It constantly interferes with my work flow…..I was ready to purchase a new ipad until this so called feature reared it’s ugly head…..
Don’t give us the opportunity to switch from split screen or not, After a long love of iPad I have replaced it with windows. I was going to buy another iPad before you introduced split windows. I am one of many old farts with bad eyesight.
The three dots at the top of the screen are not only very annoying, in the way, and totally useless to me, they also make the browser lower down so the bottom part of my game is missing!
I find split screen an intrusive nuisance and have in the past disabled it. But not only is it intrusive, should you allow someone else to use your ipad briefly, often a screen which has been used previously will pop in from the side displaying private information, which is inexcusable.
Should this problem not be fixed, I will never purchase an iPad again.
I cannot tell you how frustrating the split screen is. I have spent so much time trying to get rid of it and now I learn I cannot. Come on Apple; credit us with the intelligence to choose and not be dictated to. This is the first time I have had to complain about Apple in all the years I have been using their products which should tell them something.
I hate the split screen. I bought a 12 inch IPad so I could read the newspaper. There is no bar that splits the screen so when I move the small screen it slides side to side and the print is 3 inches wide. Not acceptable. Should be an option only. Thank you
Get rid of split screen auto. I accept some people need it but many don’t. Even if you use it occasionally it is frustrating when it occurs when you don’t want it and the split screen is so small frustration is the principal outcome. I have IOS 15 and was looking to upgrade my iPad but not any more. I will look at alternatives.
I am not happy about having the split screen keep popping up while I’m working. iPad screens are already small and having to loose half it abruptly is extremely annoying. Alas, I am a senior citizen and I need the whole screen so that I can see everything properly, as in big enough for my eyes to see. This is a horrible feature and I hope to see a change in settings so that I can turn it off.
I also dislike intensely the way that a new screen in iPhone format pops up in many applications when I click for more information. Again, if I wanted a small screen I would have bought an iPhone. Think about it Apple, you were there for us baby boomers during the development of your early devices and you made a lot of advances from our patronage. Now that we have grown into “second class citizens” we deserve to be catered to properly! Wait until you become “second class citizens” in the cyber world and see how you feel about future installations of new features that the next generation create in the interest of making a better product. What goes around comes around.
Man, I hate split screen or multitasking view. It’s super annoying and a major time waster. I NEVER use the option and constantly have to click on the multitasking button to full screen a spilt screen display. Grrr. In fact, I’d get a windows tablet before I get another iPad in the future because of this “feature” alone. Why would you want to split screen a 10 inch display?
Split screen is the most annoying ‘feature’ I have ever encountered. I want to see linked screens entirely separately and I would go back to earlier IOS if I could.
I am 85 and not being able to completely disable this annoying feature is not living up to your reputation “Mr.Apple People “. How simple a feature to turn something on or off is it???
I would like to disable slit screen option…it is of not use to me. I want to request the option of permanently deleting if I choose that option….others who like the split screens should have that choice
Automatic split screen makes me want to scream – I hate it. Apple should be REQUIRED to provide security only updates with out having to also update with other features they incorrectly image we want. Apple does not know best.
There is no “feature” that users should be unable to turn off. Split screen illustrates this perfectly. It is worst in mail but pretty much always annoying. By all means let those who like it have it. But to lose a disabling option for no reason is galling.
Lobbying for option to disable split screen in iOS15. There are moments when I want an AI input before continuing with current task – that is not multi-tasking!
Please fix recent update TO INCLUDE the ability to disable split screen/multitasking function.
This function is certainly not needed by everyone and therefore should be activated as an option and not a mandate. Please!!!
I hate the split screen, especially when I am not given the option to turn it off completely. It occasionally pops up out of the blue and I have to stop what I’m doing to work out how to get rid of it, very frustrating.
I do not like the split screen! I don’t know why you made such a decision for me! I should always have a choice. The three buttons at the top do not work. All of my emails are split. Please, please, please give me back my choice!
Why would they put something which is not wanted by many with no mechanism to get rid of it? Do not understand the thought process of this dictatorial decision.
The split screen function is useless. The tab is in the way and annoying. I know how to multifunction without Apple’s Help. Would love to turn it off. One day these updates will drive me to another product.
Want to open a new tab? Nope, that’s too close to the split screen dots. Are you sure you don’t want split screen? We know you like it. Here, use this all the time, it’s good. Multitasking is what users crave.
There is NO reason that apple should not give haters of split screen the option to disable it. Then the lovers and haters can both be happy! Why would apple not do this? Very very strange
I bought my wife a newer iPad because I thought it would be easier for her. She has Parkinson’s and this iPad is her favorite entertainment. Needless to say, she can’t control this split screen feature that I discovered can’t be deleted. Should I buy her a windows iPad?
The split screen feature is particularly annoying and ruined has many sessions on YouTube when I lose the link trying to get back to single screen view then find I’ve lost the link altogether with no return
Apple should give users the option of disabling split screen. Why would they think every iPad user wants to use split screens? Give us the choice! Very remiss of them.
I am very unhappy with the split screen
Feature and frustrated that I can’t remove it
Permanently. You shouldn’t have
Introduced it until you had options for removal.
Please, please, please give an option to disable “split screen” .
Let those who enjoy it keep it , but give us who don’t, a simple
disable option. Thank you.
It’s very frustrating not to be able to get rid of Split View whenever we wish to do so.
I don’t consider that Split View is a real improvement if we don’t have the choice to use it or not.
Apple should give us this option.
Split View is drivers frustrating. I have no use for it, but I somehow keep activating it. It decrease my enjoyment of the iPad. Please give me a way to disable it.
Yes definitely should have a option, hate that u can’t turn it off completely.
I hate the split screen! Take it away!!!
P L E A S E !!!! Help get us a split-screen disable option, PLEASE !
Get rid of split screen. Always an annoying surprise!
The split screen fearure is the most annoying feature Apple has ever come up with. It completely ignores the basic reason for an ipad…quick and easy access to the internet. If I want a split screen, i’ll go to my windows based desktop. I am done with apple, and going back to my windows tablet.
I’m not a big fan of split view, and I really hate overlay floating window appearing on Safari here and there that is so hard to close. And most of all, I hate inability to turn entire functionality off.
I am very disappointed with a screen that gets in the way of writing text. Having to reduce and bring up the key board in order to see what I’ve written is very inefficient.
Split screen on a small ipad is TERIBLE
Please find a way to get rid of the split screen on my iPad and phone. It’s really annoying and it interferes with my ability to use them so please just get it fixed thank you Am
Hate the split screen. Wish you would make update where we can turn it off. Thank you.
Eliminate split screen
It seems Apple has people who make a decision on changing features for their devices without concern on how that affects the user. The most recent updates for iPad and iPhone make changes that reduce ease of operation and just add tweaks that programmers think are neat.
The split screen gives a small screen on top of the parent screen and makes it difficult to read articles. I have not seen any information on the workings of this feature.
There are several changes on ios16 that took time to figure out how to accomplish previous workings. I thought security cganges and fixing bugs were being done on the update. It seems some cider had different ideas.
It seems Apple has people who make a decision on changing features for their devices without concern on how that affects the user. The most recent updates for iPad and iPhone make changes that reduce ease of operation and just add tweaks that programmers think are neat.
The split screen gives a small screen on top of the parent screen and makes it difficult to read articles. I have not seen any information on the workings of this feature.
There are several changes on ios16 that took time to figure out how to accomplish previous workings. I thought security cganges and fixing bugs were being done on the update. It seems some cider had different ideas.
Wish I could go back
I wish to totally disable split screen? It is cumbersome and not helpful at all for what I do! How can I permanently delete this feature? In plain language, “it sucks ass”!
When the split screen appears it really frustrates me and I hate it! I’m a 77 year old and my eyesight isn’t wonderful so when the split screen appears I have to use my phone as it’s bigger and this is the only real reason I’ve got an iPad at all. After months of frustration my daughter has found an easier way to take it away but I would have never have found it. Please would you make it easier for us oldies.
C. Edwards.
Split screen & multi screen functionality buttons, and such a prominent placement in center screen “ sucks a#)! The fact that users are unable to disable such an obnoxious feature also “sucks a#&!!!
I really hate the split screen Make it go away! It makes it difficult to see anything clearly. Distracting!
I HATE, HATE, HATE the compulsory split screen and multitasking features on iPad. This should be a user choice and not an imposed intrusion. By thinking that it is smart and helpful, it has become a tiresome tyrant instead. This will be a make-or-break issue when I decide on which tablet to purchase next time.
The split screen option without the facility to permanently disable it is a nightmare and infuriating.
I use Flightradar24 and without exception, the screen will always split by accident.
Whoever at Apple made the decision to remove should be removed him/herself.
Not to do so is a display of arrogance and contempt for those that pay Apples salaries
Get rid of split screen or a way to turn itoff
I wish you could delete all the new “wonderful “ ideas and only keep what is of benefit to you. Some of these new ideas such as split screen should be optional. I hate it
While I’m at it, another asinine decision on the iPad design was to put the home button/swipe and power connector at the bottom of the ipad for normal use.
I use mine a lot in bed, it frequently needs charging, and it’s doesn’t work to have the lightning connector sticking into your stomach for an hour. It’s hard on the connector as well. Even using it at work I have the same problem.
If I need to use the home button or upswipe, it’s difficult to get to it if it’s on the bottom. A “Downswipe” would work a lot better.
I use my screen inverted so I can have the home button /swipe at the top, and also plug in the lighting connector and remain comfortable.
Usually this works, but there are a significant number of programs who probably don’t follow coding conventions and the display is inverted under these circumstances.
The system would be a lot more logical and easy to use if the home button/swipe worked while the lightning connector was on the top of the ipad.
An old geezer complaining, but I think it would work a lot better.
Apple doesn’t always know best. There are a lot of people with brains who don’t work for Apple!
The split screen option, as it is, sucks.
I rarely use it, and for every time I use it, it gets accidentally activated 20 times and then I have to deal with closing it. I have big hands, and probably activate it more easily than average.
If they aren’t going to give you the ability to turn it on/off, then they should reprogram it so that it can be activated from only one spot on the screen, making it almost impossible to activate accidentally.
I’ve been in IT for almost 60 years, and I absolutely hate it when the company thinks they know better than I do what will work for me.
Maybe it time to give a non-Apple Pad a try!
Please make an option to disable completely the split screen. I find it too small to read and a frustration when working. Next tablet won’t be an iPad if this is not removed
Split screen makes me cry. I feel really oppressed by it. It’s out of my control. I can’t easily continue with what I need to do. I can’t possibly read the screen it’s far too small. Who the he’ll does it help? It’s completely nonsensical.
This split screen is driving me up the wall!
It is too small to read and when you go to enlarge it it is necessary to scroll back and forward on each line.
Not Happy, John
I hate split screen, please give use the option to turn it OFF!
Dump the split screen feature!!
I would not have bought a iPad if I had known it had a split screen that I couldn’t turn off.
I have a difficult time with the split screen returning each time I think I have done away with it. Please return to multitasking as it was prior to OS 15.
There is an option. Buy a different brand of tablet
More user friendly and cheaper
Hate hate hate the split-screen constantly engaging. Please allow me to turn it off
I am one of those who hate multitasking and split screen with a passion. I don’t need it, don’t want it and despise the way in which it keeps obtruding itself, particularly when I’m browsing in Safari.
You write “Give Apple feedback and tell them how much you hate the automatic split-screen feature. The more reports they receive, the higher the chances of triggering a change.” I wouod gladly do so, but what is the best way to do this?
It’s not so much that it is confusing but the three dots at the top are always on the way and by trying to select something nearby those dots most of the time i accidentally get the split screen menu.
I cannot see where this is an improvement. I definitely hate it and wish Apple can think twice before making this type of decision. Optional is always a safe decision.
HATE the split screen, especially as the button is at the top. Always pressing it by accident when using Safari. Need the option to disable this function in updates! Poorly thought out option for many of us.
Who’s the maroon that put automatic split screen on my iPad update. When will a turn off button for this feature, be available ? This is the must unwanted feature I’ve ever had.
I really dislike the small window that keeps appearing, disrupting my full screen. The print is just too small for my old eyes, which is why I bought the big iPad Pro in the first place. In my case, it’s not needed, so please could there be provision to turn it off permanently? Maybe something that can toggle on &off?
Thank you
I’m getting rid of my iPad and going to a Samsung tablet. I’m 75 and just use my tablt for fun things. Usually I’m just reading the news or playing games. I never multitask. I don’t even know how I got to split screen. The fact that you can’t turn it off is ridiculous.
I think spit screen is garbage. It’s annoying especially in mail. The so-called improvements apple keeps done is turning me off their products.
Please for pity sake restore the option to disable split screen in safari on ipad function like that I SHOULD AVE THE OPTION TO SWITCH IT OFF OR ON NOT THE ipad
I hate the split screen on my Ipad pro 11. Every document that I call up in a letter or doctor’s report, it is presented in a very narrow STRIP OF SCREEN TWO INCHES WIDE. To make it fit alongside the email in which the doctor’s email, the font is decreased in size so that it cannot be read. I’ve tried sweeping away the email. Doesn’t work. Tried sweeping my little strip of tiny tint text to the left. Bounces right back. Please disable this in your next upgrade.
Marianne Lenti
Miserable and angry IPad user…
I hate split screen, Apple please dump it. I am forever hitting the three dots at the top by mistake then having to spend ages getting rid of the second screen. Not once have I actually made good use of it.
Dear Sirs
I would just like to request,that you give the customer the option to remove the split screen if so wished.I personally find it very infuriating and would appreciate the choice to remove it.
I look forward to a swift change to this issue.
Kind Regards
Maria Andrews
Please have a disable option for split screen. It is not needed on my ipad. It’s very irritating to have to work around the split screen choices every time I go to search bar on safari.
iPad Pro should provide option to “Turn-Off” completely Split-Screen feature.
As user if iPad Pro I should be in control of how I use my iPad … not Apple!!!
If you have a split screen – look for three grey dots in the top middle of both open apps. Press that on one of the screens and it shows 3 options for your screen. Press the full screen option. Problem solved for me. Hope it works for you, too.
I hate split screen in my Mail. I use an iPad instead of my phone for easier viewing and this defeats the purpose. How could you possibly not add an option to disable this? A MUST – this is a dealbreaker for those with aging eyes.
Ihate the split screen option only because it happens accidentally often. I want to be able to disable permanently as I wint ever use it. Please fix this in your next update.
Since the 15.6.1 update my ipad 8th generation has changed dramatically, battery drain, keypad change etc.etc. and yes the 3 dot split screen feature is particularly annoying. Why can’t Apple list the changes it’s updates are going to make to the performance of users ipads and iphones instead of just saying it’s for security and bug fixing.
I want the choice to have the split screen or not…..Forcing split screen on us Apple users continues to remind me constantly of Bidens failed policies that we all have to live with whether we like them or not….I will vote him out of office, and will drop my use of Apple products also if they don’t start giving us choices ! My productivity has continued to plummet….Sorry Apple, but you’re making Android look a lot more appealing!
Split screen drives me nuts. I’ve spent hours trying to get rid of it. Then I read this post and found out that I’m stuck with it .Thanks apple for a pain in my ass
The split screen programming by Apple for my new iPad mini 6 is super annoying. I’m thinking of getting rid of it after just 2 months not buying this new one.
Will Apple give us a choice in next update? Unlikely is my guess.
I HATE the slide over app. It’s an awkward feature that for me is infuriating. It has made me stop using my iPad whenever i need to click a link. I just go to my windows computer. I want Apple to creat a setting to permanently disable the feature.
It’s awful. Drives me nuts and wastes so much time. Apple definitely needs to give users the option. And I spent at least an hour trying to figure out how to disable it when you can’t!!
I dislike the split screen feature on my iPad.
Could you remove at the next upgrade?
I hate the right split screen opening often when I’m near the right border with finger. How do I stop this from happening.
I hate not having the option of avoiding the split screen. The split screen makes things so small when I try to read them. You are right that old people may be affected by this change because I am 74 and a long time Apple juicer. Come on, Apple, wake up!
I HATE the split screen!!! I wish Apple would give an option to turn it off! It makes me Leary of upgrading any new Apple features.
I do not like the split screen! I like to read on my iPad because it’s larger, With the split screen it is smaller. Why would anyone want this??
Split screen a nightmare, should be able to turn off big mistake APPLE
I hate split screen on my mini ipad
I am in my 70’s with arthritis in my fingers. I hate the split screen which appears when I am using my ipad. It is difficult for me to swipe across to remove it. I am considering getting a different make of tablet that allows you to remove this function.
Regards
Jane Phillips
Hate split screen. Must give us way to permanently get rid of it
Apple has to give users the option to disable split screen at USER’ s choice !
No respect for seniors let alone vision impaired and many other challenged users.
Give us the choice.
I suspect the majority of apple users consider this feature annoying and useless. The problem must arise from computer nerds and constant users that like to switch back and forth. We’ll the majority of us middle class users, who by the way buy new upgrade versions, thinks it’s a pain in the a*s. The screen is too sensitive to chance “touches” that disrupt our on line experience.
Please enable ipad users to disable split screen. I am 80 years old and cannot easily read what I want to know when it goes to split screen. I was planning to purchase a new ipad but will purchase a laptop if this cannot be corrected. That way I can easily read the information I need. No it will not be an Apple laptop.
Please enable ipad users to disable split screen. I am 80 years old and cannot easily read what I want to know when it goes to split screen. I was planning to purchase a new ipad but will purchase a laptop if this cannot be corrected. That way I can easily read the information I need. No it will not be an Apple laptop.
Split screen is ridiculous and no way to disable it is even more ridiculous. Am dropping apple and going android
Split screen sucks get rid of it
I hate the iPad split screen feature.
Please let me disabled it
Can you please develop an update to turn off the split screen in 15. It was made by the devil and never had used it and it is a pain in the ass because it constantly, Thank you. Rev. Rick Robbins
I loudly request Apple that in future ios updates they give an option to turn off split screen!!
Dear Appletoolbox,
I agree that in the present situation, users should have the ability to disable split screen
Don King
I cannot believe that the Apple people thought the split screen was a good idea. WRONG!?
My wife wasted 10 minutes of my day yesterday with her unwanted split screen function.
I could disable it before, but no longer. Fortunately I did not have enough space on my older iPad to get 15!
Fix it now Apple!!!!!!!!
I also hate the split screen especially when I am opening a document from email. Please make it optional so we can turn off.
I think I should be able to turn all this crap off. It’s annoying – just like that automatic music on memories. I believe Apple has a whole department that does nothing but think of un needed changes no one wants. Like focus- something that worked simply is now complicated and unnecessary.
Thanks
Fire the idiot who approved the split screen. It is a hate crime against those wth vision impairment and advanced age so jail should also be cobsidered. Apple has never been good but ios 15 is terminally stupid
As a Director of a large cruise line I worked closely with our IT Dept. After initially wasting a lot of time and effort we established a User Group represented by each Department, who in turn discussed any program changes with the Users who were effected, and program changes ran much more smoothly. I detest the Split Screen and it would be interesting to find out what percentage of users are using it. As the author said above, I feel quite sure that older users find it unnecessary, distracting and just annoying !
Please consider a change that would allow each user to disable it in their device.
Thank you.
I will really consider looking for another device instead of iPad as I hate the split screen and can’t get rid of it.. probably a good time to get an android phone and watch as well. I’m regretting getting all Apple products The split screen is very annoying.
Tina Eterman
I hate the split screen. Considering ditching Apple because of the tyranny. Don’t want the split screen, I should have a choice.
Split screen multitasking is totally disruptive to one’s train of thought! Many people do not need this “feature” nor do they want it. We should be given the choice, as was previously the case, to disable it. When we spend a large sum for an iPad, we should have some leeway to optimize settings to meet our preferences.
I HATE split screen and can’t get it off my iPad!! The line in the middle does not move. It just opens another APP in SPLIT SCREEN!!!
I absolutely hate the automatic two screen feature with ios15. Can you please give us a choice of whether we want this feature on or not. It is very annoying with mail especially. Thank you for your consideration of this annoying feature.
I don’t like split screen and it is so hard to get out off, and there are other elements that I could do without and the iPad is so sensitive and runs out of battery faster
hate the new split screen feature which appears automatically. there should be a way to delete it permanently
Get rid of split screen completely it is an absolute nightmare. I’m visually impaired amd need full screen on my iPad always.
The split screen doesn’t suit everyone. There should be an option, maybe in settings, to choose between turning it on or off.
You have got to get rid of this split screen stuff, I pay money for my daily newspaper and can no longer read it in a three inch column, that’s ridiculous, I am trying very hard to figure out how to read my paper and your upgrade is horrible. Please go back to prior version
I’m helping an 85-year-old us an iPad Mini. Split screen is a tremendous frustration; even for a younger person, it’s of no use on a Mini. Tell Apple to PROVIDE A WAY TO DISABLE IT.
Hate tge split screen
So small can’t read it
Hate split view I absolutely don’t want it how do I disable it heeeeelllp
Please give us iPad users the option of deleting the split screen. It is not helpful only annoying.
I absolutely HATE the new split screen function, especially in my email! That should be by choice only, as many of us appear to agree. And, for the record, age is not a factor — I simply don’t need or want this function.
If this is Apple’s idea of improving usage and it happens automatically with updates, it really angers me. I want to go back to the previous iOS — can I do that?
Do not like the auto split screen feature which has occurred after install of latest iOS update. Please advise if there is a way to disable?
I DESPISE split screen. Pops up when trying to open a new tab. Forcing it on us makes the iPad far less enjoyable and shows how little regard apple has for its customers.
I find the split screen so annoying that I use my iPad less and less. I’m contemplating breaking the whole screen.
I hate the new IOS split screen feature. Please let me disable it.
I absolutely HATE split screen. Apple folks: How do I disable it forever. (Wishful thinking it seems)
I guess the only way to get rid of it is to sell my iPad
Have the option to turn off the split scree. It is so annoying and sliding it to one side or the other does not always work. Keeps popping back in. While some users find the split screen useful, not everyone agrees. Having the option in iOS 15 of turning on or off, would make everyone happy. Apple: listen to your users!
Awful!
Get rid of auto split screen. Make it an option!
Split screen is very irritating and spoils what is otherwise a great device
The split screen function is probably the most irritating feature I have experienced in over 30 years of computing. Why Apple would not allow it to be disabled shows how out of touch they are with what their customers want!!
I am constantly activating the split screen option. Webpages are already teaming with buttons, pop-ups and now Apple adds some more annoying buttons. If people want a split screen, let them, but give the vast majority the option to turn it off. Why thrash that option in IOS 15??
please let me disable split screen feature. it is frustrating to constantly
interfere what i am reading to make the move to do it manually over and
over through the time i’m on line.
thank you
I am visually impaired and am finding the split screen feature frustrating as I lose my place on the screen. Please Apple give us the option to turn it off.
Obviously most of the times new features are welcomed …
but that SPLIT SCREEN IS A NIGHTMARE specially when you want to go over any kind of description, whether on amazon , ebay , walmart…etc…
Please let us decide if we want the split screen or not … ASAP
I HATE the split screen. It slows me down and is mucho irritating. Please, please give us an option to disable this time gobbling monster!!!!
This is my device and I should have control of this pricey resource.
Just spent an hour on the phone to my elderly mum trying to help her get rid of the split screen. I’m still on ios14 so I had no idea what she was talking about and why she couldn’t switch it off. What on earth were apple thinking?
I purchased an apple ipad in June 2022. I dislike the split screen it is very confusinf and interrupts my work flow.
Sadly Apple is arrogant and imposes concepts in accordance with the whims of individuals with ‘power.’
I find obligatory split screen to be an intrusion. Apple should not impose this
I hate the split screen and would love the option to turn it off.
Judging from the numerous replies for Apple to get rid of the split screen option, I’m in complete agreement. The screen on my iPad is not very big for one and it is also annoying when I am online to have to share the screen with something I am not interested in. Please come up with a simple way to delete the split screen option besides simply dragging the border between the split screens either to the right or the left.
I hate the new split-screening feature which has infested my device since its last up-date.
I don’t see well and this latest AND unannounced feature is making using my i-Pad a
miserable experience. Please, Apple, give we faithful followers the option to turn it OFF.
Thank you.
Split screen drives me insane, I hate it and don’t see why I shouldn’t have the option to disable it.
This iPad cost me a lot of money ,the split screen is very annoying I do not want it or need it. People should have a choice if they want it or not….I DO NOT WANT iT. Tell me how to get rid of it.
I am 74 and at my age am not interested in having a split screen facility on my iPad.I can understand why it is available due to its benefit for people who do want to multitask.
That should not affect millions of people who do not want this facility!
It should be an option and not compulsory
Please advise if I can pay anyone to remove this item permanently before I go and buy a different piece of equipment
I heartily dislike split screen … add a choice to opt out soon. It is irritating and frequently interrupts flow of thought.
Please allow disable split screen. Very frustrating to use.
Microsoft failed big time when it provided no fix for disabling split screen feature on its newer iPads. You don’t have to be multi-tasking for the screen to automatically split on my iPad Air 4th generation. Moreover, when I try to remove split screen by touching the bar and siding to right or left it is unresponsive more times than it is responsible. PLEASE help those who don’t want this pesky feature!!
Make split screen optional. Takes away space on ipad and is annoying distraction.
I would definitely like to be able to cancel split screen entirely. It is a nuisance, why can’t there be an option to use?
Unless I am given the option to remove the annoying split screen and the stupid line of pop-up windows that appear in mail, I will never purchase another Apple product again!!
I am frustrated beyond belief!!!!
Split screen use is of no use to me. In your next update, please include a way to disable this feature on my iPad.
Dear Apple, Please give me the option to turn off split screen on my iPad. I am sick of trying to watch a quilting video on a 2” wide screen. This option is imperative to be made available now. Thank you.
HATE THE SPLIT SCREEN. HATE THEY DO NOT ALLOW US TO DELETE THAT OPTION
I don’t like the split screen. Please eliminate it.
Thank you.
I hate split screen and would like to be able to disable it. I realise it could be a great option for most but not for me…..
I hate the split screen function. Please remove it.
I completely dislike split screen on iPad
and would like to DISABLE IT COMPLETELY!!!
Please remove automatic split screen. Literally hate it. Get rid of it before I buy a tablet.
I hate split screens please give us the option to choose.
Thank you,
Patricia Escamilla
I am so frustrated with this new iPad and wish I’d never bought it. The worst thing is this split screen on the email. I need full screen and it seems this is not available for mail. Also my ord search puzzles, don’t work on this new one, and to play solitaire, the face cards are dreadful. Terrible, very expensive purchase.
Hate split screen, it drives me nuts
I DONT EVER want a split screen on my ipad
Always some little niggles when upgrading, the split screen is a big regret, maybe it is time to look at the competition.
I would greatly prefer not to have the split screen as I have no use for it at all. I just find it extremely annoying.
I don’t like these silly little screens at the bottom of my iPad which result in unwanted split screens and make it more time consuming to use. It needs to be optional or better still removed altogether for me!
I will purchase a windows tablet before I get another iPad in the future because of this “feature” alone. Why would you want to split screen a 10 inch display?
I NEVER use the multitasking view! On my 6th generation IPad the 3 dots are so close to the URL box that whenever I try to copy a link the damned multitasking view pops up. It it extremely disruptive to my work and communicating links for information sources that are required for my workplace discussions.
Additionally, any screenshot image includes the damnable 3 dots, often compromising the image in such a way that it corrupts the image content and cannot be corrected via editing. This is 100% unacceptable.
WHY ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TOGGLE OFF MULTITASKING FOR OS 15 WHEN YOU ALLOWED IT TO BE REMOVED ON THE OS UPDATE WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED?!
PLEASE NOTE: I’d get a windows tablet before I get another iPad in the future because of this “feature” alone. Why would you want to split screen a 10 inch display?
I find split screen an intrusive annoyance and cannot fathom why there’s no option to shut it completely off.
Thank you for clarifying that it is currently impossible to disable this feature.
I regret upgrading to iOS 15.
The inability to disable this feature is a safety risk for people who use the iPad for a dedicated purpose, such as aeroplane and helicopter pilots. When I’m navigating around a busy airport using a dedicated aviation app, the last thing I want is for half the map (including the oncoming traffic) to be obscured.
Yes please allow disabling of split screen. It’s messing with games I like to play. It’s horrible!
True split screen feature is the most disruptive element of using the I pad for serious work. I did not realise that this had been included as part of an upgrade, had I known of the issues this would give me, I would not have allowed an upgrade.
Very disappointed with the outcome.
Please dump the split screen or make it much easier. An awful idea.
What a royal pita this multi tasking. Why is there no way to turn it off?
Wish I had not upgraded I just hate the split screen is it possible to return to previous system
Split screen is annoying. Apple, please provide a facility to delete it.
The split screen that is constantly popping up needs to be dragged away for good. It is confusing to have this split screen appear then I have to drag it away. Why cant we disable this function? This annoying function should be at the users discretiin. Pls take this into account on future updates, this is my third Ipad
and I just hate having my thought process interrupted to drag the split screen away.
I personally hate split screen. It makes it hard to read for one thing. Not having the option to disable this feature is maddening. I had being forced to accept something that I didn’t want to change.
GET RID OF SPLIT SCREEN!!!!
Give users the option to activate this function. I DON’T need split screen at this point.
Tell apple to disable this awful split screen! It slows down productivity because it pops up keep getting in the way. What a pain.
Absolutely hate the split screen option. Make it optional with the ability to turn it off completely. When reading, if you accidentally tap the side of the screen, another window pops up. This is very disconcerting as well as irritating.
I hate the split screen facility, it spoils my experience of using my IPad and I will not buy another one until the option of removing the function is returned
The split screen is a disaster for me and my older IPad, not democratic to not allow user to disable it.
I hate the split screen !!!! My old apple I pad died. I just received a new 9th generation..I hate hAte it as I am a senior citizen and I think you should have the option if you want it or not…I will never get another I Pad from apple as I do not think they have any regard for senior citizens….
This has to the most horrible feature ever imagined. Unless it’s given the ability to disable my next purchase for a tablet and phone will NOT be Apple products and just when I was considering a Apple Watch! Just NO.
And that’s my fix!
Please red this I pad of spit screens I dislike this feature and would like it removed completely!!! PLEASE!!!
I have no use for the annoying splt screen intruding in my mini iPad. Please allow the user to decide!
I agree. The automatic split screen function with iOS 15 is very annoying. Users should have an option to disable this.
Please disable the split-screen feature. All I want to do is turn my page when I am reading my i-book, not activate a split screen in the middle of my book.
I’m an “old person” who hates the split screen, but no, I’m not “confused” by it. (Ageism, anyone?)
If people liked to read things in very narrow columns, books would be laid out that way!
Take a survey…see if anyone likes the fact that one can’t turn OFF that feature in settings.
And, you know what? Many people miss having a HOME button on their iPhones! (Or are those many just “confused old people”? )
I agree. “features” are had to get rid of… especially when they think that it’s an old persons problem.
I want to have options. I don’t want to be in jail again with apple making the choices for me
I am 78 years old and my vision is bad, I HATE this double screen tablet. Please remove it or give me the option to do it myself, Thank You sonla
My iPad mini screen is too small to accommodate split screen. Allow us to disable it. Please!
PLEASE make it possible to turn off split screen on ipadpro using
ios > 15.0. PLEASE. The older I get the more I need more screen
space.
I would whole heartedly support the option of disabling split screen. Its just a nuisance. I tap a tab that is adjacent and suddenly the split screen comes up. It slows my productivity not enhances it.
I hate split screen. Updated to 15.5 and now unable to delete permanently.
No choice. PLEASE give us an option.
If only split screen would occur when I am multitasking I might be OK with it. However it jumps up in the middle of anything: reading on my Kindle, reading my mail, playing a game, etc. I hate it.
I hate split screen. The “drag the interloping s Rene away” often doesn’t work. It has an evil life of its own.
Give users this option to use or not to use it.
Split screen is frustrating,unnecessary, and unwanted.
You should at least warn users before luring us into downloading software updates.
I rue the day I fell for it. You tricked us!
My wife and I are retired and hate the IOS15 split screen feature. Have absolutely no need for it.
Apple should allow user to return their split screen Ipad and exchange for no split screen model ?i hate this feature. When writing an email, it arbitrarily jumps to split screen, erases my email and i have to start all over again. Furthermore, the tap and haul over to side does not work. Nothing happens when I do that. Can’t explain how frustrated and disappointed I am in this product. Wish I could get my money back.
The split should be optional. In any case it should not pop up automatically.
Hate the split screen. Maddening
I hate the split screen! I should have the right to disable in a couple simple steps. I did not request split screen so I should not need to worry with deleting it
Get rid of the split screen. You have to have X-ray vision to see anything. It only aggravates people. I’d like to see what I am reading. Very poor choice to force people to use it.
This is one of the most annoying features on the iPad. I can count the number of times on one hand that I’ve wanted to use the split screen option. Unfortunately, the number of times it’s been enabled accidentally is to numerous to accurately count. Additionally, with elderly parents, I’m constantly having to undo the feature for them as well after it has accidentally appeared. I’m beginning to wonder how well Apple knows their user base, or do they only look at those people who beta test their products – the mega users.
Thank You for showing me how to go from split screen to one screen, I so truly appreciate your help,
Your guidance & instructions were perfect, uncomplicated & fast & that is rarely given given these days!!
Manny Manny Thanks for today’s work accomplished and ready days to follow.
My very best wishes,
Diana
After loading iOS 15 absolutely hate the split screen and can’t disable it . I am 77 and don’t need all this stress .
Split screen very annoying. Should have option to remove it.
Often cannot get out of split screen..
You say “To exit split-screen on your iPad, simply tap and drag the bar dividing the screen to the left or the right.”
IT VERY VERY RARELY WORKS! HELP
I really dislike the split screen. I do think if you could turn it off and on in
Settings it would be helpful.
It seems to activate automatically. Which is very annoying ..
Get rid of the split screen on ipad
I would rather it opens up a new full sized screen when I want
to work on it. Usually it is a shopping basket and it is only 1/4 screen and is too small and I am concerned I may accidentally press the wrong thing ie ‘fat fingers’ as it is so small. That will really annoy me. M x
I only want to see one window on a screen no matter how big the device is I am using, neither my phone, iPad nor laptop nor desktop
I do not want split screen at any time
Please advise way to delete it
New 256 iPad 2. Split screen is raising my blood pressure. If I am reading a paper and tap on a sub article I want to read that article appears partly covered on the same screen. If I try to spread it open it hides behind the original. This is my 3rd iPad and if it didn’t cost me almost $800 and would throw it in the trash (after destroying it with a hammer). More importantly I have wasted hours of my life trying to work around this Desperate, I trolled the internet to find a workaround only to discover that there is none and that numerous other purchasers have the same complaint.
This iPad was just purchased and I intend to return it. I still have my very first iPad which, though heavier, still works “ normally”. And my second iPad (air) may just need a new battery.
Disappointing and disgraceful. And inconvenient.
I hate split screen appearing on my iPad and when I try and swipe right or left on the dividing bar nothing happens.
I hate the split screen on my iPad #9.
I absolutely hate the auto split screen feature in version 15.5! Is there any way I can totally eliminate this feature? Thanks
I would welcome the option on IPads to disable the Split Screen. As a senior citizen I find it quite inconvenient to have to constantly go back and forth to. Not that it is a big chore, just un-necessary as I don’t really muti-task like the young kids.
Thank you for listening.
Hate the arrival of split screen,annoying beyond belief ,can’t get rid
89 year old mum is being driven to distraction by split screen – she hates it,
She also keeps ringing me up to tell me she can’t get rid of it.
Apple please do your thing and give us a disable button.
I absolutely hate the automatic split screen. I want to have the option to disable it! Please!
I am aggravated constantly because of the way I hold my iPad. You can’t disable split screen. Classic user dumb feature. I wish I never bought it.
I loathe the split screen and am very annoyed that it cannot be permanently disabled.
I hate the split screen!
I absolutely HATE the split screen on my IPad. Please give me the option to not use it!!!
Why would Apple add crap like this without the ability to disable it?
I cannot get the black divider line to move. It does not respond to my tapping on it and trying to drag it across. I use my search mode a lot. Have no idea how the screen got split. Yes, Apple should supply a button to easily correct this issue.
I will keep trying but this is ridiculous. I am one of those old people , only 88 years young. Love my ipad. Please help me fix it.
Please stop adding features that the user did not ask for, but if you add features, you should always provide a way to to disable it. Note that supposedly, split screen is auto launched when the system decides that the user is multitasking. I don’t do that, so why am I constantly trying to get rid of the extra screen? I don’t think that process has been fully developed yet…..
I simply hate split screen, get it off or I will buyanother tablet that don’t have it.
I find split screen detracts from using the Ipad. Can you please disable it, thank you
I keep accidentally enabling splitscreen several times a day and it is so annoying. Please give me the option to disable the feature.
Lol the split bar doesn’t slide. I don’t mind the multitask option in some instances I really like it but I’d like to have an option. So why isn’t it sliding
Split screen is useful for some people, but others don’t need it, so give us the option to disable it like before and please everyone. You did it before, you can do it again.
The split screen is totally user unfriendly.
Give users a choice apple as my next choice will be an android.
I HATE the split screen on the iPad upgrade!!!
Please provide instructions to disable it
Split screen is confusing and I suspect most users don’t want it. Apple need to
Give the option of disabling it. I have owned several iPads but would not buy another one.
I have an iPad mini. I’m retired and “old” but the split screen doesn’t confuse me, I just find it annoying. Plus it’s easy to accidentally use it. Apple should def give us a choice. At least now I know there isn’t a fix and I can stop scouring the net for solutions.
I am uunhappy with this split screen stuff, I am elderly and think it should be optional!
I would like to be able to disable split screen. I have NO need for it.
I hate, hate the split screen. I am very frustrated and annoyed with it. Please, please provide a way to shut it down. I am 80, love my Apple products, but not this iPad which is the tech I use the most.
Don’t like split screen on iPad, want it removed
I cannot tell you how much I HATE the split screen and nice it comes up, I cannot get rid of it. My hands are arthritic and weak and it is hard for me to slide the screen I don’t want off and neither can I disable this feature in settings.
I rely on my iPad a lot but when this one dies, I will not be replacing it with another and I will certainly be recommending iPad to my friends.
I hate the split screen!!!
I hate the split screen. I hate even more that it cannot be disabled completely. It should have been an option when it came as a upgrade
I do not like the split screen. The print is too small to read! Why not let me decide if I want a spit screen and not someone else who doesn’t know what know me?
Please let me make the choice weather I want the side screen on ore off
Split screen is constantly getting in the way and is ruining my experience of being on-line. I have been a devoted apple person for 40years, but unless they make multi-tasking cancellable Ihave no more use for Apple products. Iuse my ipad pro for drawing/painting and use the internet for reference, but everything is,pointlessly arduous with split screen. I also need to be able ro disable it when using Sketchbook, as it interferes with selection of the drawing tools.
I do not like the split screen at all. Please tell me how to get rid of it. Thank you.
Please get rid of the split screen or give me the option to disable it.
Could you please please please deactivate split screen on my iPad .I’m 88 and I find it so confusing and distracting,further when we are talking about small ptint ,there are instances where even with a magnifying glass you cannot comprehend the subject.
Peter Mitchell
The automatic split screen feature on my IPad Pro is such a nuisance. iPad users should have the option to turn it off if not required.
When the time comes to update ny device I will definitely be rethinking my decision to stay with apple.
Split screen I am not confused by it but I HATE it!! Give me the option to disable……..please”
Apple, for the love of God, please give us an option to disable split screen or at the very least, move those three pestilent, obtrusive, migraine inducing, party crashing dots somewhere else! PLEASE!
I hate the split screen- help us get rid of it or offer the option, don’t force it on people!
Like Microsoft, Apple’s thoughtful “improvements” consistently make the user experience worse.
All ‘new, great’ features should have an easy, obvious way to eliminate them.
apple…….?
I am 79 years old and I hate this split screen feature. It is not even readable. This is the worst feature that we are stuck with. You need to give us an option to not use this and not assume everyone likes your latest add in 15.
Cannot get rid of a split screen…iOS 5 version sucks
I hate split-screen. I accidentally trigger it dozens of times a day. It’s possibly the most annoying, time-wasting, and unwanted feature that Apple has ever forced on its users. Please Apple, give us the option to disable this or find a way to prevent accidentally triggering it. I’ve never had this problem with any other OS.
The option to disable the split screen is an accessibility issue for my elder parents with cognitive decline. They rely on their ipads for so many things and the confusion that arises from the split screen is significant and impacts their lives negatively. Apple should consider how important their devices are to elderly and impaired people and update their systems with compassion and understanding of their users.
I have never once wanted a split screen and it opens multiple times each day. Restore the ability to disable it.
Has there EVER been an IOS feature more hated than this?
Apparently not.
I also hate seeing the split screen. All of the sudden if you want to look at an advertisement it is now compressed into a small space, should be optional. I hate it.
I hate the split screen option that pops up unasked, I would like to remove this option. I never require it. Often I cannot remove it despite trying to drag the black line across the screen.
Please add the feature to disable the split screen mode….
It constantly interferes with my work flow…..I was ready to purchase a new ipad until this so called feature reared it’s ugly head…..
Don’t give us the opportunity to switch from split screen or not, After a long love of iPad I have replaced it with windows. I was going to buy another iPad before you introduced split windows. I am one of many old farts with bad eyesight.
Please give old people with poor eyesight the choice of not using spli screen.
I hate split view tell
Apple to scrub a default split view
Split screen is a nuisance. Would like a way to disable it on my iPad.
The Split View function is very annoying. Please make this optional via Settings.
Please get rid of the annoying and unwanted split screen at next update
This new feature is TRULY annoying! It should be OPTIONAL
Please fix that in the next update
Older user hates split screen. Can’t get rid of it!
The three dots at the top of the screen are not only very annoying, in the way, and totally useless to me, they also make the browser lower down so the bottom part of my game is missing!
The sooner these are removable, the better.
I hate split screen. No need for it. I can’t figure out how to disable PERMENANTLY! Need to make this more simple.
Please make this optional or a bar allowing me to make it slide to full screen.
I find split screen an intrusive nuisance and have in the past disabled it. But not only is it intrusive, should you allow someone else to use your ipad briefly, often a screen which has been used previously will pop in from the side displaying private information, which is inexcusable.
Should this problem not be fixed, I will never purchase an iPad again.
I cannot tell you how frustrating the split screen is. I have spent so much time trying to get rid of it and now I learn I cannot. Come on Apple; credit us with the intelligence to choose and not be dictated to. This is the first time I have had to complain about Apple in all the years I have been using their products which should tell them something.
Split screen.
A delete button is required to cancel the split.
As an elderly person I don’t want a split screen it is very annoying.
Split screen is a pain in the butt , please give us an option to disable completely.
Please delete split screen on iPad…so annoying
Hate it and can’t get rid of it
Please, please let us get rid of the split screen! Is there anything we can do to disable it?
I hate the split screen. It interferes with everything I do. Please help me to disable this feature.
I hate the split screen. I bought a 12 inch IPad so I could read the newspaper. There is no bar that splits the screen so when I move the small screen it slides side to side and the print is 3 inches wide. Not acceptable. Should be an option only. Thank you
Hate split screen please remove. Especially on mini iPad. I’m 74 so it very frustrating having this popping up all the time
Get rid of split screen auto. I accept some people need it but many don’t. Even if you use it occasionally it is frustrating when it occurs when you don’t want it and the split screen is so small frustration is the principal outcome. I have IOS 15 and was looking to upgrade my iPad but not any more. I will look at alternatives.
I am not happy about having the split screen keep popping up while I’m working. iPad screens are already small and having to loose half it abruptly is extremely annoying. Alas, I am a senior citizen and I need the whole screen so that I can see everything properly, as in big enough for my eyes to see. This is a horrible feature and I hope to see a change in settings so that I can turn it off.
I also dislike intensely the way that a new screen in iPhone format pops up in many applications when I click for more information. Again, if I wanted a small screen I would have bought an iPhone. Think about it Apple, you were there for us baby boomers during the development of your early devices and you made a lot of advances from our patronage. Now that we have grown into “second class citizens” we deserve to be catered to properly! Wait until you become “second class citizens” in the cyber world and see how you feel about future installations of new features that the next generation create in the interest of making a better product. What goes around comes around.
Split screen is DETESTABLE.
We MUST be allowed to disable it.
I absolutely INSIST.
Man, I hate split screen or multitasking view. It’s super annoying and a major time waster. I NEVER use the option and constantly have to click on the multitasking button to full screen a spilt screen display. Grrr. In fact, I’d get a windows tablet before I get another iPad in the future because of this “feature” alone. Why would you want to split screen a 10 inch display?
Please allow me to stop this stupid little split screen appearing on my iPad. I want everything to be full screen. This is beyond irritating.
Split screen is the most annoying ‘feature’ I have ever encountered. I want to see linked screens entirely separately and I would go back to earlier IOS if I could.
I am 85 and not being able to completely disable this annoying feature is not living up to your reputation “Mr.Apple People “. How simple a feature to turn something on or off is it???
I would like to disable slit screen option…it is of not use to me. I want to request the option of permanently deleting if I choose that option….others who like the split screens should have that choice
I absolutely HATE split screen. Please get rid of it or at least make it an option for those of us who don’t want it!!!
Please give us the OPTION to DISABLE the annoying AF split screen, the way it should be from the start
Hate the split screen feature!
Automatic split screen makes me want to scream – I hate it. Apple should be REQUIRED to provide security only updates with out having to also update with other features they incorrectly image we want. Apple does not know best.
There is no “feature” that users should be unable to turn off. Split screen illustrates this perfectly. It is worst in mail but pretty much always annoying. By all means let those who like it have it. But to lose a disabling option for no reason is galling.
Inconvenient. As items are smaller, they are harder for me to read.
Lobbying for option to disable split screen in iOS15. There are moments when I want an AI input before continuing with current task – that is not multi-tasking!
Please fix recent update TO INCLUDE the ability to disable split screen/multitasking function.
This function is certainly not needed by everyone and therefore should be activated as an option and not a mandate. Please!!!
Please get Apple to allow split screen to disable
I hate the split screen, especially when I am not given the option to turn it off completely. It occasionally pops up out of the blue and I have to stop what I’m doing to work out how to get rid of it, very frustrating.
Please allow users to disable the split screen. It is annoying when it pops up unexpectedly and it is hard to read the content.
I hate the split screen! An option to disable it would lower my blood pressure quite a bit, but I’m afraid Apple will be stubborn and not provide one.
I do not like the split screen! I don’t know why you made such a decision for me! I should always have a choice. The three buttons at the top do not work. All of my emails are split. Please, please, please give me back my choice!
Why would they put something which is not wanted by many with no mechanism to get rid of it? Do not understand the thought process of this dictatorial decision.
The split screen function is useless. The tab is in the way and annoying. I know how to multifunction without Apple’s Help. Would love to turn it off. One day these updates will drive me to another product.
Want to open a new tab? Nope, that’s too close to the split screen dots. Are you sure you don’t want split screen? We know you like it. Here, use this all the time, it’s good. Multitasking is what users crave.
Hundreds of times an UNWANTED split screen has popped up because my thumb wandered onto my screen. PLEASE let me turn OFF multitasking.
There is NO reason that apple should not give haters of split screen the option to disable it. Then the lovers and haters can both be happy! Why would apple not do this? Very very strange
I bought my wife a newer iPad because I thought it would be easier for her. She has Parkinson’s and this iPad is her favorite entertainment. Needless to say, she can’t control this split screen feature that I discovered can’t be deleted. Should I buy her a windows iPad?
The split screen feature is particularly annoying and ruined has many sessions on YouTube when I lose the link trying to get back to single screen view then find I’ve lost the link altogether with no return
Apple should give users the option of disabling split screen. Why would they think every iPad user wants to use split screens? Give us the choice! Very remiss of them.
I don’t like the split screen. It’s small, takes longer to read. How can I dismantle it?
I am very unhappy with the split screen
Feature and frustrated that I can’t remove it
Permanently. You shouldn’t have
Introduced it until you had options for removal.
I have vision problems, split screen on my iPad only annoys me and serves no useful purpose. I do not want or need the ability to multi task.
Please, please, please give an option to disable “split screen” .
Let those who enjoy it keep it , but give us who don’t, a simple
disable option. Thank you.
It’s very frustrating not to be able to get rid of Split View whenever we wish to do so.
I don’t consider that Split View is a real improvement if we don’t have the choice to use it or not.
Apple should give us this option.
I HATE split screen. At least give us an option to get rid of it.
It would have been nice to have a convenient link in order to send a message to Apple about this matter
Split View is drivers frustrating. I have no use for it, but I somehow keep activating it. It decrease my enjoyment of the iPad. Please give me a way to disable it.
Option to remove split screen and multitasking