Organise the Home Screen and App Library on your iPhone

With iOS 14, there are new ways to find and organise apps on your iPhone – so you can see what you want, where you want. Find out how to use the App Library and organise your Home Screen.

Use the App Library to find your apps

From your Home Screen, swipe left until you see the App Library. Your apps are sorted into categories automatically. For example, your social media apps may be sorted into a Social category. The apps that you use most frequently will be reordered automatically based on usage. When you install new apps, they'll be added to your App Library, but you can change where new apps are downloaded to.

iPhone showing the App Library screen

Search for an app in the App Library

  1. Go to the App Library. 
  2. Tap the search field, then enter the app that you're looking for. 
  3. Tap the app to open it.

Delete an app from the App Library

  1. Go to the App Library and tap the search field to open the list.
  2. Touch and hold the app icon, then tap Delete App Bin icon.
  3. Tap Delete again to confirm.

iPhone showing how to hide a page on Home Screen

Find and hide pages on your Home Screen

With iOS 14, it's easy to hide pages to streamline how your Home Screen looks and to add them back at any time. Here's how:

  1. Touch and hold an empty area on your Home Screen.
  2. Tap the dots near the bottom of your screen.
  3. Tap the circle under the page that you want to hide.
  4. Tap Done. 

To unhide a page, repeat the steps above. Then use the App Library to find apps that are hidden on different pages quickly.

Move apps to the App Library

Instead of hiding a page on your Home Screen, you can move individual apps from the Home Screen to the App Library. Here's how:

  1. Touch and hold the app.
  2. Tap Remove App.
  3. Tap Move to App Library.

iPhone showing where apps are downloaded to on your device

Change where new apps are downloaded to

To change where new apps are downloaded to on your iPhone or the notifications that you see in the App Library:

  1. Go to Settings > Home Screen.
  2. Select an option.

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