From: Man@the.keyboard   
      
   Hi,   
      I have an iPad 6, [which was] running 17.7.2 and I quite like the   
   little beasty but it insists on adding a "stack" for the Weather   
   application, a huge, bloated icon for the Clock, an icon for News and   
   an icon for Calendar to the Home Sreen when I restart it.   
      
      I've removed them multiple times. I've removed the Weather   
   application from the machine, I've stopped *all* notifications. These   
   buggers still pop up every time I restart.  It's not just the normal   
   icon-sized icons, it's massive chunks of screen real-estate.   
      
      Okay, so I found a 17.7.6 OS update and applied this. It took a few   
   reboots but it works fine ...   
      
      However ...   
      
      The first restart into 17.7.6 gave me a screen with a "Files"   
   stack, a Clock widget and a Calendar widget. As this bugged me, I   
   "remove widget./stack"-ed them all then rebooted.   
      
      The second reboot started without any of them.   
      
      I gave it a few minutes then did another restart ... no big, huge,   
   blobby "Notification" icons.   
      
      I think I've fixed it.   
      
      Oh, just as an amusing aside, I already *have* a Calendar and a   
   Clock icon on the first Home Screen. Those never expanded themselves.   
   They are still there and still do timey thingys after all of the   
   fiddling.   
      
      Apologies if no one finds any of this interesting. *I* did. Also   
   slightly bemusing. And, yes, I did go to Apple Support on the Web as   
   well as other places but those weren't very helpful.   
      
      Anyway, I'm counting this one as "solved".   
      
                                                         J.   
      
   Addendum: why did I totally remove the "Weather Application" from the   
   machine? Well, I only use the Pad when I'm out and when I'm outside I   
   can often tell whether it's cold, rainy or dark. I decided that I'd   
   never need it. :)   
      
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