dots in upper left hand corner of ios 26 apps

Some of my apps now have 3 dots in a box in the upper left hand corner of my ipad screen. These dot are red

with an X in it, yellow with a minus sign and green with the diagonal arrows that show full screen. These ddots are similar to the ones on my mac and have just shown up since I upfraded to ios 26.


I hve not gotten an answer on why some of my iops apps have them and some don't

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Sep 21, 2025 5:20 PM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2025 5:35 PM

This is a new feature in iPadOS 26: Windowed Apps. And you are right: they are similar to macOS. You can turn that functionality off in Settings > Multitasking & Gestures.


For more information: Work with multiple windows at once on iPad - Apple Support.

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dots in upper left hand corner of ios 26 apps

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