Set up sidebar for easy multitasking

Use the sidebar to open freeform apps in a small window that you can move and resize.

Turn on the sidebar

  1. Go to Settings > Gestures.

  2. Tap Sidebar and turn Use sidebar on .

    You'll see a sidebar on the right edge of your screen. Swipe it in to see a menu of apps that you can open.

Customise the sidebar

  1. On the sidebar, tap .

    Or, go to Settings > Gestures > Sidebar > .

  2. Tap Customise the sidebar.

  3. Customise the menu:

    • To rearrange apps, touch and hold an app, then drag it.
    • To remove an app, tap or unmark its tick box.
    • To add an app, tap it or mark its checkbox.
    • Tap again to choose how apps open from the sidebar.

About the Gametime sidebar

If you use Gametime, it has its own sidebar menu that opens apps. You set up the apps for that menu separately.