Get rid of the dock on iOS

I wish if I emptied the dock on iOS of icons it disappeared. Returning once you re-entered rearrange mode and dragged an icon towards the bottom of the screen.

On iPad I rarely access apps on subsequent screens, diminishing the dock's usefulness. On iPhone, the home screen contains primary apps while other applications are organized into folders. I prefer Spotlight search for app launching, finding it faster than navigating through screens.

Would look cleaner if I had an extra row of apps down there without the dock bar and the pagination dots placed right down the bottom.

Adding icons to an extra bottom row before restoring the dock would create reshuffling complications. A compromise would be simply hiding the dock while preventing icon placement there.

I've permanently hidden the dock on macOS as well, relying on Spotlight and Command-Tab for app access instead.

One for the wishlist Apple! I wish I could hide the dock on iOS.