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Weird icon on the app

For some time now I have a weird icon on one of the app. What that means?

iPad Pro, iOS 12

Posted on Jul 23, 2019 1:53 PM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2019 2:04 PM

Nothing weird going. It's a newer feature where based on your personal usage an app appears there when you have regularly used the app.


You can turn this off if you'd lik:


  1. Open the ‘Settings’ app on iPad
  2. Locate and tap on “Siri & Search”
  3. Under “Siri Suggestions” turn off “Suggestions in Search” and “Suggestions in Look Up”
  4. Now return to the main ‘Settings’ section now go to “General” and to “Multitasking & Dock”
  5. Turn off “Show Suggested and Recent Apps”
  6. Return to the iPad Homescreen
  7. Next, manually locate the app that shows the alarm clock icon on the iPad Homescreen, and tap and hold on it then drag it into the left side of iPad Dock so that it is placed there
  8. Once the app is in the main part of the Dock, now tap and hold on it again, then tap the minus button to remove that app from the Dock
  9. The app with the alarm clock icon should no longer be shown in the iPad Dock


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Jul 23, 2019 2:04 PM in response to Bruno9786

Nothing weird going. It's a newer feature where based on your personal usage an app appears there when you have regularly used the app.


You can turn this off if you'd lik:


  1. Open the ‘Settings’ app on iPad
  2. Locate and tap on “Siri & Search”
  3. Under “Siri Suggestions” turn off “Suggestions in Search” and “Suggestions in Look Up”
  4. Now return to the main ‘Settings’ section now go to “General” and to “Multitasking & Dock”
  5. Turn off “Show Suggested and Recent Apps”
  6. Return to the iPad Homescreen
  7. Next, manually locate the app that shows the alarm clock icon on the iPad Homescreen, and tap and hold on it then drag it into the left side of iPad Dock so that it is placed there
  8. Once the app is in the main part of the Dock, now tap and hold on it again, then tap the minus button to remove that app from the Dock
  9. The app with the alarm clock icon should no longer be shown in the iPad Dock


Weird icon on the app

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