iPad on last legs?

Thank you NanaMacGeek and RobbieD my iPad wasn't slow but I got rid of some unnecessary apps etc.

My iPad is 5 1/2 years old now. I have had both the glass and the button on the front side replaced twice and think I need the button replaced again. It's working now (touch wood) but wasn't two weeks ago.

Not download..... upgrade sorry brain in my toes tonight

If any of you have done the last most reason download I think it’s ios 11 there are loads of complaints about it draining the battery slowing it down etcetc

Mines almost that old and now won't turn off. So I can't "reboot".

J52
That's odd. My old one started perking up when I'd had the new one for a couple of years.
Always clear your old history.

I regularly clear the Safari website history - it can help sometimes.

support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

My last one was 6 years old, became slow and started doing funny things! I frequently had to restart it, so I got an I Pad pro.
I've kept the old one for the GCs to use and it seems to have recovered a bit. Like most things they do wear out!

NannaM, I'm using a 4 years old iPad but have not noticed any slowing down. I did buy a model with a larger memory though. Yours might be running low on memory. Here is a link that will show you how to reclaim some memory space:- www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/ipad/how-speed-up-slow-ipad-3632709/
Of course, you could ditch it for a new one, any excuse !

Thinking along the same lines, tanith!

Mine was 4/5 years old and was just too slow and would no longer play the odd game so I requested a new one for my birthday . I gave the old one to my GD it works well enough for her to google and watch the odd video, etc.