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For example, you could create a “Work” group with shortcuts to applications you use for work or a “Games” group that contains shortcuts for your games. To do so, right-click a shortcut and select “Pin to Start.” On Windows 10, it will appear as a tile at the right side of your Start menu. On Windows 7, it will appear as a shortcut at the left side of your start menu. Want to rearrange the order of the icons — including the row of favorite programs at the bottom of the home screen? On most phones, just press and hold your finger on the icon you want to move until you see a screen outline or wiggling icons, then drag the icon into a new position.
Tap the search field at the top to see the full list of installed apps. To permanently exorcise apps on the iPhone, lightly press down on the app. If you prefer to keep the app but remove it from the home screen, tap that option instead. One thing to remember is that if even after you delete a paid app, you still own it and can reinstall it later if you need it again without having to lay out more cash. However, you may lose some or all data or settings from the app after deletion.
Delete Unnecessary Apps & Bookmarks from the Home Screen
For example, you could create a rule that automatically puts image files into a Photos fence. This works similarly to the Stacks feature Apple is adding to macOS Mojave. If you accidentally delete a shortcut and want it back on your desktop, open your Start menu and find the shortcut in the list of all your installed applications.
Scroll down the list of apps to find the one that you want to delete. You'll start receiving the latest news, benefits, events, and programs related to AARP's mission to empower people to choose how they live as they age. If you're struggling to think of good folder name ideas for this Home Screen layout, you could also use emojis to give quick, colorful representations for each one.
Use the App Library to find and open your apps
Unable to choose between sorting icons by style or classifying them by color? Take the librarian's option and arrange your apps in alphabetical order instead. This opens up a world of possibilities, including the option of spelling your initials with the app icons. You may also need to remove apps from your Home Screen for some of the layouts below. To do this, tap and hold an app to open a popup menu, choose Remove App, then choose Remove from Home Screen. This sends the app to your iPhone App Library instead.
Then use the App Library to quickly find apps hidden on different pages. On many Android phones, you can long-press an empty area of a home screen to get the menu option for Widgets and select the ones you want to install. To edit entire home-screen pages of apps , long-press an empty area of the screen until the wiggling starts and tap the row of dots at the bottom to open the Edit Pages screen. Ever since, iPhone owners — and Android users — have filled their mobile devices with apps that in the moment seemed genius but then rarely get used.
Put Shortcuts in Your Start Menu and Taskbar
You can add and organize apps, widgets, and shortcuts on your home screens, move items to different home screens and add new home screens when you need them. You can also remove apps, widgets, and shortcuts that you don’t need. To add a widget on iOS 14 and later, long-press an app or an empty screen area until the icons wiggle. Tap the Add (+) button in the upper-left corner and choose a widget from the menu. On both Android and iOS, you can also sort app icons into folders on your home screen, which is handy, say, for corralling all your photography apps. To create an app folder, just drag one icon on top of another.
Opt for one that makes you smile whenever you see it, and that isn't obstructed by your chosen method of laying out your Home Screen icons and folders. With iOS 16, there are also a lot of new and fun options for customizing your Lock Screen to give it a unique look. For now, I've gone with a pretty basic wallpaper of my dog, Scarlet. Not to worry, it's still pretty easy to navigate, as it comes with a search function. This means you can hide apps in the App Library to remove them from your Home Screen but still be able to find them when you need to. My primary Home Screen is filled with only widgets, and I rearrange them according to what I think looks best at any given time.
Instead of a broad travel category, he created a folder with just airline apps, another for hotels, another for rental cars, and others for translation and subway maps. And he split entertainment apps into a folder foraudioand another forstreaming video. As an added bonus, this makes a lot of apps easier to find, since it's easier to picture the app icon than remember where it sits in your layout. Combine this with the iOS Focus feature to automatically hide your work Home Screen at the end of the workday. For even better productivity, use Downtime to disable everything on the play screen during working hours as well.
You can even “roll up” a fence to temporarily hide all its contents. From your Home Screen, swipe left until you see the App Library. For example, you might see your social media apps under a Social category. The apps that you use most frequently will automatically reorder based on your usage.
You can use widget stacks to save space, or you can simply choose Apple or third-party widgets that give you the information you need without ever having to open the app. If you're looking for even further customization of your widgets, werecommend an app called Widgetsmith. If you mess up and go a little too declutter-happy on any steps, don't worry! There's a section at the end to help you undo the more major iPhone organizing steps in case you change your mind or accidentally delete something you need.
The next thing you notice is whether it's easy or difficult to find what you're looking for. IPadOS 15 offers new ways to find and organize the apps on your iPad. Learn how to use the App Library and arrange your Home Screen.
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