User level: Level 1 (4 points)How to get rid the black floating box with a circle in it
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Original Title: Black box
Posted on Sep 16, 2026 12:34 PM
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)Sep 16, 2026 4:50 PM in response to Tlallen73
Thank you for the screenshot.
As I previously surmised, the Hover Text feature is active. Hover Text is simply disabled from iPad settings:
Settings > Accessibility > [Vision] Hover Text > Hover Text - set to OFF
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)Sep 16, 2026 2:31 PM in response to Tlallen73
From your limited description, I surmise that the Accessibility Hover Text feature may be active. Many have observed that this feature has been unexpectedly enabled by an iPadOS 26 upgrade.
Hover Text is simply disabled from iPad settings:
Settings > Accessibility > [Vision] Hover Text > Hover Text - set to OFF
If you have some other issue - and as suggested by Kilgore-Trout - posting a screenshot here can help contributors better understand the nature of the problem:
Take a screenshot on iPad - Apple Support
You can upload your screenshot (suitably redacted using markup tools to obscure any personal or sensitive information) using the image button found at the bottom of the message editing window:
User level: Level 10 (201,695 points)Sep 17, 2026 9:36 AM in response to aashmansingh_4
aashmansingh_4 wrote:
Maybe a third party hovering control center is on because this is certainly not Apple’s hardware system’s control center. If I am wrong, turn off the AssistiveTouch in Settings, Accessibility, Touch, AssistiveTouch and then toggle it off.
It's not Assistive Touch. It's Hover Text, which is a different Apple accessibility feature.
View a larger version of text you’re reading or typing on iPhone – Apple Support (AU)
User level: Level 2 (338 points)Sep 16, 2026 5:46 PM in response to Tlallen73
Maybe a third party hovering control center is on because this is certainly not Apple’s hardware system’s control center. If I am wrong, turn off the AssistiveTouch in Settings, Accessibility, Touch, AssistiveTouch and then toggle it off.
User level: Level 8 (43,363 points)Sep 16, 2026 12:57 PM in response to Tlallen73
Screen shot might be in order to better identify what you are looking at
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 16, 2026 4:30 PM in response to Tlallen73
I have attached the photo
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256358430