In Mail on my iPad for no reason at all I often find a row of postage stamp sized "emails" across the bottom of the screen. They serve no purpose for me other than be a distraction.

How can I get rid of them for good?

They are draft emails that you have not completed or additional instances of the Mail app that you have managed to open perhaps mistakenly.
In the case of Draft emails, just tap on them and either Cancel the email or finish it and send it.
In the case of additional instances of the app, from the Home Screen keep you finger on the Mail app icon until a menu appear. From this menu select Display all Windows, then swipe them up to get rid of them.

Welcome to iPadOS 15’s multitasking and multiple window abilities.

Thanks for the quick response. What you suggested gets rid of them in each specific instance. I want to get rid of them even appearing at anytime.

so far, no answer to my dilemma.

Keukasmallie said:

Thanks for the quick response. What you suggested gets rid of them in each specific instance. I want to get rid of them even appearing at anytime.

so far, no answer to my dilemma.

This is a bit like not wanting Windows to display any window.
They are there for a reason.

If you don’t want them, don’t create any draft or open multiple instances of the app. Simple.

In any case, there is a button on the bottom left of the app with two squares overlapping. This button will make them appear, whereas if you touch over the bit where it says “updated just now” they will disappear.
Also refer back to my previous reply where I explain how to close instances created by mistake.

Never seen them. How do you open multiple instances of an app?

Zazoh said:

Never seen them. How do you open multiple instances of an app?

You can do it in many ways.
One ways would be to multitask with the same App I.e. two windows of the same app side by side.
Another way is to invoke the Dock from within an app (such as Safari or Mail) and then try to open the same app again. This will offer you the option of opening a second instance of the same app.

Wando64 said:

You can do it in many ways.
One ways would be to multitask with the same App I.e. two windows of the same app side by side.
Another way is to invoke the Dock from within an app (such as Safari or Mail) and then try to open the same app again. This will offer you the option of opening a second instance of the same app.

Okay. Thanks I did that and they all minimize into one icon. I guess because my bar is already full of icons. So they have no choice but to minimize.

Zazoh said:

Okay. Thanks I did that and they all minimize into one icon. I guess because my bar is already full of icons. So they have no choice but to minimize.

I am not sure we are referring to the same thing.
You might find the video in this link useful, especially when Dan speaks about the Shelf from minute 3.

Wando64 said:

I am not sure we are referring to the same thing.
You might find the video in this link useful, especially when Dan speaks about the Shelf from minute 3.

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Thanks -- I was confusing the Bar to be the shelf. Now I know. I've seen the shelf a few times, by accident, so now I know how to invoke it on purpose. Kinda cool.

Ya, I've seen that and it is greatly improved windows management for the iPad -- something many say they have wanted on the iPad for years.

Keukasmallie said:

In Mail on my iPad for no reason at all I often find a row of postage stamp sized "emails" across the bottom of the screen. They serve no purpose for me other than be a distraction.

How can I get rid of them for good?

It’s the most irritating useless of things ever, after no help from here and massive research it’s simple. Go to settings -home

Keukasmallie said:

In Mail on my iPad for no reason at all I often find a row of postage stamp sized "emails" across the bottom of the screen. They serve no purpose for me other than be a distraction.

How can I get rid of them for good?

Keukasmallie said:

In Mail on my iPad for no reason at all I often find a row of postage stamp sized "emails" across the bottom of the screen. They serve no purpose for me other than be a distraction.

How can I get rid of them for good?

Keukasmallie said:

In Mail on my iPad for no reason at all I often find a row of postage stamp sized "emails" across the bottom of the screen. They serve no purpose for me other than be a distraction.

How can I get rid of them for good?

It’s the most annoying useless thing ever. With no help from here after extensive research it’s simple. Go to settings- Home Screen and dock- show suggested and recent apps in dock then switch off.

Lynnesears said:

It’s the most irritating useless of things ever, after no help from here and massive research it’s simple. Go to settings -home

It’s the most annoying useless thing ever. With no help from here after extensive research it’s simple. Go to settings- Home Screen and dock- show suggested and recent apps in dock then switch off.

After all this time I'm thrilled to see a response! I followed the path you described, but found that Show Recent Apps.... was already switched off. That was disappointing, but back to the search for me. Thanks again!

Keukasmallie said:

After all this time I'm thrilled to see a response! I followed the path you described, but found that Show Recent Apps.... was already switched off. That was disappointing, but back to the search for me. Thanks again!

This is where your posting screenshots would be helpful.

Do they appear when tapping on the "..." at the top of the screen?

Keukasmallie said:

After all this time I'm thrilled to see a response! I followed the path you described, but found that Show Recent Apps.... was already switched off. That was disappointing, but back to the search for me. Thanks again!

My sincere apologies, I really thought it had worked but then a few hours later they reappeared. Someone must be able to help surely?

Very annoying. No way to get rid of them. Very Windows of Apple. Should be a way to turn off. Did fine without such “help”