Find it hard to turn my iPad off.

Nzchurchmouse wrote:

Yes thanks, that worked. But still wondering what I did wrong with. the power button turn off

Honestly, without seeing what you're doing, I don't think I could say. Maybe not holding them both down at the same time (I find that hard to do). I rarely turn my devices off so, when I do, I generally do it through settings.

Try Settings>General>Shut Down. It's all the way at the bottom.

If you have the new iPad Air 4, you will need to hold the buttons as indicated in your initial post for a few seconds before you see the “Slide to Turn Off” indicator.