iPad apps disappear on swipe up screen

Ever since I installed iOS 26 and it's updates, when I swipe up to fully close apps, some of the apps just blink out. When I'm done swiping the visible apps, it does not return to my home screen, I need to swipe up again. If I want to close the apps that blinked out, I have to swipe up again and only have a second or two to close an app, then go through the cycle again.

To help resolve this issue, I've done a system reset and total erase and reinstall of the iOS (this was done with the help of people at my local Apple store). These have not resolved my issue.

I do have a video but cannot attach it.

iPad Air, iPadOS 26

Posted on Nov 7, 2025 12:44 PM

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Posted on Dec 13, 2025 6:49 AM

It's looking like the iPad iOS update of 26.2 might have resolved my main issue. For the past 12 hours I've been watching very carefully and all of the apps that I want to close are not blinking out. When I do swipe up on the apps, the screen returns to my home screen. I'm still having a secondary problem where if I am viewing an app and swipe up to get out of it, the home screen blanks out and only the app that I was just viewing was visible. The full home screen returns after a few seconds.

Good luck everyone that had the problem.

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Dec 13, 2025 5:59 PM in response to thebreit1

I spoke too soon. It’s back to acting the way it did before this update. Nothing has changed. UGH!!!

iPad apps disappear on swipe up screen