iPad How do I stop Safari opening apps?

[Moakesy]

Using my iPad just recently, Safari has started auto-opening apps and it’s very annoying. Only happens with YouTube and BBC news.

Exact procedure is...

1) Open a webpage (lets say YouTube)
2) Switch to another app, such as email or whatever
3) Go back to Safari, and it instantly opens the YT App
4) Only way to break it is to open a new Safari tab, then switch back to the YT tab and quickly press the ‘x‘ to close it

It never used to do it, only the last four weeks or so.

 

[0128672]

I agree, it's pretty annoying. I suspect it's the Safari setting for Siri & Search called Learn from this App. Once I disabled it, it stopped trying to open the related app.

 

[Bubble99]

Using my iPad just recently, Safari has started auto-opening apps and it’s very annoying. Only happens with YouTube and BBC news.

Exact procedure is...

1) Open a webpage (lets say YouTube)
2) Switch to another app, such as email or whatever
3) Go back to Safari, and it instantly opens the YT App
4) Only way to break it is to open a new Safari tab, then switch back to the YT tab and quickly press the ‘x‘ to close it

It never used to do it, only the last four weeks or so.

Not sure what you mean.

Are you saying you have YouTube app on your iPad and when you go to YouTube link in the browser it opens the YouTube app?

And if you have Quora app on your iPad and your go to Quora link on your browser it opens Quora.

And if you have reddit app on your iPad and if you click on reddit page in your browser it opens reddit app?

And if you have CNN app on your iPad and go to CNN.com or click on a link that takes you ton CNN in your browser it opens the CNN app.

So on.

Is this is what is going on?

 

[Moakesy]

Not sure what you mean.

Are you saying you have YouTube app on your iPad and when you go to YouTube link in the browser it opens the YouTube app?

And if you have Quora app on your iPad and your go to Quora link on your browser it opens Quora.

And if you have reddit app on your iPad and if you click on reddit page in your browser it opens reddit app?

And if you have CNN app on your iPad and go to CNN.com or click on a link that takes you ton CNN in your browser it opens the CNN app.

So on.

Is this is what is going on?

Esssentially, yes.....with YouTube and BBC News (Don’t have the other apps).

So if I’m at YouTube.com on safari when I switch to another app, when I switch back it then opens YouTube app. And this is constant. As I cannot stop it without swiftly quickly opening another tab, I go around in circles!!!