Reach your apps from the iPad Dock

Reach your most-used apps from any screen on the iPad.

The Dock is the row of app icons along the bottom edge. It stays put as you move between Home Screen pages.

Inside any app, a short swipe up from that edge brings it back.

Key points

• The Dock is the strip of apps along the bottom edge
• A swipe up from that edge brings it back over any app

What to remember

• It is one swipe away from anywhere.
• The Dock is always a swipe from the bottom edge.

Try this

Open any app on your own iPad and swipe up a short way from the bottom.

Practice: Reach your apps from the iPad Dock. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.

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