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Along with iOS 14 came a new addition: the App Library. With that, you can do some pretty cool stuff like removing apps from your Home Screen and increasing your organizational habits. Your phone might change to download new apps in the App Library instead of adding them to your Home Screen, so how do you move them back? This wikiHow article teaches you how to add apps to the Home Screen on an iPhone as well as move them and how to change where your downloaded apps appear.
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Open the App Library. Swipe left on your Home Screen until you see a bunch of apps categorized by their functions. -
Find the app you want to add to the Home Screen. You can browse the categories or you can tap the search bar to search for your app.Advertisement -
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Tap Add to Home Screen . It's usually the item in the middle of the menu. [2] X Research source- This app icon will appear in the first available spot on your Home Screen.
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Touch and hold the app icon that you want to move. All the apps and widgets that you see on the screen should start to jiggle. [3] X Research source -
Drag and drop the app you want to move. Don't release your finger from the screen until the app is located where you want it. [4] X Research source -
Tap Done or the Home button (if you have one). This will stop the apps and widgets jiggling. [5] X Research source
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Tap Home Screen . You'll see this in the third grouping of menu items next to an icon of a Home screen. [7] X Research source -
Tap an option. If you don't want to use the App Library, select Add to Home Screen .- If you have Add to Home Screen selected, any apps that you download from the App Store will appear in the first available slot on a Home Screen. [8] X Research source
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References
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-ph/guide/shortcuts/apd735880972/ios
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-ph/guide/shortcuts/apd735880972/ios
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/reorder-shortcuts-apd052072d68/ios
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/reorder-shortcuts-apd052072d68/ios
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/reorder-shortcuts-apd052072d68/ios
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/108324
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/108324
- ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/108324
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1. Open the App Library.
2. Find the app you want to add to the Home Screen.
3. Touch and hold the app icon.
4. Tap Add to Home Screen
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