The average person spends more than 3 hours a day looking at their mobile device, according to a report from Exploding Topics. Checking your smartphone can give you a rush of adrenaline, increasing your heart rate, muscle tension, and pulse, according to the University of Colorado Health. But hiding apps on your iPhone can help reduce your screen time since you won’t be able to quickly open them at any time. But don’t worry: these apps will still be in your app library if you want to use them later.
Apple introduced App Library with the release of iOS 14 in 2020. This feature organizes the apps on your iPhone into categories, such as Social and Entertainment, and keeps them off your Home screen. However, keep in mind that your iPhone organizes these categories on its own and you can’t rearrange your apps if you don’t agree with where they are located.
Here’s how to hide apps from your iPhone’s home screen and how to access the App Library.
Hide apps on your iPhone
1. Long press the app on your home screen until a menu appears.
2. Tap Delete applications.
3. Tap Remove from home screen.
Now the app will not be visible on your home screen, but will still be accessible in your App Library. You can also hide multiple apps in quick succession. That is how.
1. Press and hold an unoccupied part of your Home screen until its icons start moving.
2. Tap the minus symbol in the corner of an app you want to hide.
3. Tap Remove from home screen.
Then, repeat the second and third steps until you have hidden all the apps you want to hide, and tap Made in the upper right corner of the home screen.
Now that your apps are off your home screen, there are a few ways to access them. That is how.
How to access your hidden applications
The quickest way to find a hidden app is to tap Look for near the bottom of the Home screen to use the Spotlight search feature. Then, type the name of the app you are looking for in the search bar and the app should appear above the search bar.
You can also swipe right on the home screen to open the App Library on the home screen. Here, you can see the different categories that your iPhone has organized its apps into and you can search the App Library by tapping the search bar near the top of the screen.
If you want to add a hidden app back to your home screen, go to the App Library by swiping right, tap and hold the app, and then tap Add to the home screen.
Clean your home screen without hiding your apps
If you want to declutter your Home screen but don’t want to hide your apps in the App Library, you can create folders full of apps on your Home screen. You can name these folders whatever you want and organize your apps however you want, giving you more control over where your apps are compared to the App Library.
Here’s how to create Home screen folders for your apps.
1. Press and hold an unoccupied part of your Home screen until its icons start moving.
2. Tap an app and drag it to another app, and a gray square will surround the two apps.
Tapping outside the gray square will take you back to the Home screen so you can drag more apps to your new folder if you want. Once you’re done, tap Made in the upper right corner of the home screen.
Now, your apps aren’t hidden and you don’t have to search for them in the app library or with Spotlight, and your home screen is much tidier. Plus, you can put all your social media apps or games in one place without worrying about your iPhone misplacing them.
For more information on iOS, check out what features your iPhone could get with iOS 17.5 and our iOS 17 cheat sheet. You can also check out what you need to know about Apple’s upcoming surprise event in May.
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