Set up sidebar for easy multitasking

Use the sidebar to open favorite apps and features in small, freeform windows that you can move and resize. Or, open them in full screen.

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.

Customize the sidebar

Change apps in sidebar

  1. On the sidebar, tap settings icon.

    Or, go to Settings > Gestures > Sidebar > settings icon.

  2. Tap Customize the sidebar.

  3. Customize the menu:

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

Show recent apps in sidebar

You can show your two most recently-used apps in the sidebar. If there aren't any recent apps, you'll see two recommended apps instead.

  1. On the sidebar, tap settings icon.

    Or, go to Settings > Gestures > Sidebar.

  2. Tap settings icon at the bottom of the screen, then tap settings icon (More settings) at the top.
  3. Turn Recent apps on sidebar on .

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.