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How to Rearrange, Disable, and Delete iPhone Home Screen Pages

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In iOS, Apple lets you disable individual Home Screen pages on your iPhone. It's also possible to rearrange the order of your ‌‌Home Screen‌‌ pages, and delete pages outright rather than merely disable them. Here's how it works.

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How to Rearrange Home Screen Pages

  1. Touch and hold a space on the ‌Home Screen‌ to enter jiggle mode.
  2. Tap the row of dots representing your ‌Home Screen‌ pages.
  3. In the ‌Home Screen‌ grid that appears, touch and drag a page to rearrange it in relation to your other pages. The others will move to make way in response to your drag action.
  4. Tap Done in the top-right corner of the screen when you're happy with the new arrangement, then tap Done again to exit jiggle mode.

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How to Disable or Delete Home Screen Pages

  1. Touch and hold a space on the ‌Home Screen‌ to enter jiggle mode.
  2. Tap the row of dots representing your ‌Home Screen‌ pages.
  3. In the ‌Home Screen‌ grid that appears, tap the checkmark next to a page to uncheck/disable it, or tap the minus (-) icon in the top-left corner of a page to delete it, then tap Delete in the prompt to confirm.
  4. Tap Done in the top-right corner of the screen when you're finished.

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If you disable a ‌Home Screen‌ page, you can re-enable it by tapping the checkmark icon next to it again so that the checkmark reappears. When you delete a ‌Home Screen‌ page, the apps that were on the page are not deleted and remain in the App Library. You will have to drag them out of the App Library if you want to re-add them to the ‌Home Screen‌.

Top Rated Comments

adammusic Avatar
64 months ago
Just let us hide the App Library page that i will Never use ever.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
64 months ago
All I want to know is, can we get rid of the app library, I hate that thing so much. So many times scrolling to right when I don't use it.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
iDento Avatar
64 months ago
I wish I can set a different wallpaper for each page.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheDailyApple Avatar
64 months ago
I didn’t like the App Library at first. However I then tried making do with just one Home Screen that contained some widgets and my most used apps and using the App Library for everything else. Once I started using the App Library it grew on me. All my most used apps are on top, and I can search for those I use more rarely.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4jasontv Avatar
64 months ago

All I want to know is, can we get rid of the app library, I hate that thing so much. So many times scrolling to right when I don't use it.

Just let us hide the App Library page then i will Never use ever.
The App Library is born from good intentions, it's just poorly implemented. Apple has no idea how to categorize apps, and the developers can't be trusted to label them either. As a result, Todoist, FedEx, and Venmo get grouped together.

All they need is smart folders based on user-created tags.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
contacos Avatar
64 months ago
15 Gens and still no way to just place those icons anywhere on the screen. Really boggles my mind. Is there a patent they don’t want to pay for or something? One thing Android has over iOS, is proper and easy Lock & Home Screen customization
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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