- Add apps to the home screen on iPhone
- Add apps to the home screen on Android
- How to remove apps from your home screen
- How to reset your home screen
- Frequent questions
- How to add widgets to your home screen
- How to hide the entire page of an app on iPhone
- How to group apps on your home screen
- Organize your time with an organized home screen
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Today’s technology has provided smartphone users with apps for almost everything. You can even download an app that reminds you when to drink water. However, this can easily make your phone look cluttered and disorganized. To avoid this, most people prefer to place their most important mobile apps on the home screen.
To make your app organization experience easier, this article will describe how you can add your favorite apps to your phone’s home screen across multiple devices.
Add apps to the home screen on iPhone
Adding apps to your iPhone home screen is easy. You can do this from your iPhone’s App Library, which contains all the apps installed on your phone. They are usually sorted into categories like “Social,” “Recently Added,” “Suggestions,” etc. To find your apps more easily, you can also search for them by name.
Here’s how to add apps to your Home screen from the App Library:
- Swipe left from the Home screen until you reach the App Library.
- Search for the app within the groups or tap the search bar and type the name of the app you are looking for.
- Press and hold the app icon until a small menu opens.
- Click “Add to Home Screen.” You can also long-press the app icon and drag it back to the home screen.
- The app will appear in an available space on your home screen when you return to it.
Add Apps to Home Screen Immediately After Downloading Them on iPhone
If you want an app to appear on your home screen immediately after downloading, you can enable it with a single click. Here are the instructions:
- Go to “Settings” on your iPhone.
- Find the “Home Screen” section.
- Under “New app downloads,” change the setting to “Add to Home Screen.”
Add apps to the home screen on Android
Just like an iPhone device, an Android phone also has a place where you can find all the apps installed on your phone. This is known as the app drawer.
Here’s how to add apps to your home screen on Android:
- Swipe up from the bottom of your home screen.
- Tap the search bar and type the name of the app you are looking for or search for the app in the app drawer pages manually.
- Long press the app you want to add to your home screen and wait for a small menu to open.
- Tap “Add to Home.” You can also long press the app icon and it will take you to the home screen where you can place the app wherever you want.
Add apps to your home screen immediately after downloading them on Android
If you want new apps to appear on your home screen automatically, you can enable this setting by following these steps:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Android.
- Find “Home Screen.”
- Enable “Add new apps to the home screen” by clicking the switch next to it.
How to remove apps from your home screen
Although smartphones allow you to customize the grid of your home screen and make app icons smaller to fit more, too many apps on your home screen can bring back the problem of clutter. To avoid this, you can delete the apps you no longer use as often and make room for the new apps you need.
On iPhone
To remove apps from your iPhone home screen, follow these steps:
- Find the application you want to remove from your Homsecreen.
- Long press the app until a small menu appears.
- Click “Delete Application.”
- Confirm your choices by clicking “Remove from Home Screen.”
- The app will now only be available in the App Library.
On Android
To remove an app from your Android, follow these steps:
- Find the application you want to remove from your Homsecreen.
- Long press the app until a small menu appears.
- Click “Delete.”
- The app will now only be available in the app drawer.
How to hide applications from your home screen on Android
Hiding apps from the home screen sounds similar to deleting them, but there is a slight difference. Deleting the app still leaves the app in your app drawer. On the other hand, hiding the app removes it from the app drawer and search bar, and to add them back to the home screen, you’ll need to revisit settings and unhide them. This is how this option works:
- Go to “Settings” of Android.
- Click “Home Screen.”
- Go to “Hide apps on the home and app screens.”
- Select the apps you want to hide.
- Click “Done.”
To show the apps, repeat the same process and deselect the apps you want to show.
How to reset your home screen
Once you’ve changed the layout of your home screen, it’s hard to remember what it originally looked like. Fortunately, your smartphones allow you to reset the home or app screens to their original layout, which is usually alphabetical.
On iPhone
To reset your home screen on your iPhone device, follow these steps:
- Go to “Settings” on your iPhone.
- Click “general.”
- Click “Transfer or reset.”
- Click “Reset.”
- Look for “Reset Home Screen Layout.”
All the folders you created will disappear and all the apps on your phone will be sorted alphabetically.
On Android
On your Android device, you can reset the home screen layout by clearing the storage on your default launcher. For Samsung Galaxy phones, this is the One UI Home app or the Samsung Experience Home app, but other Android phones may use different apps (e.g. Pixel Launcher). Here’s how to reset the home screen layout on Android phones:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Android.
- Tap “Applications.”
- Look for the One UI Home app or the Samsung Experience Home app. You can find it easier by typing the app name in the search bar.
- Click “Storage.”
- Tap “Clear data.”
Frequent questions
How to add widgets to your home screen
Since some apps come with their respective widgets, you can easily add them to your home screen for easier access to some of their features. To add an app’s widget, long-press the app, click the widgets icon, choose a widget if the app has multiple widgets, and press “Add.” The widget should appear in the available space on your home screen. To remove it from your home screen, long-press the widget and tap “Delete.”
How to hide the entire page of an app on iPhone
To hide an entire page on your iPhone, press and hold the “Search” button at the bottom of your Homsecreen until the apps start shaking. Click on the three dots that replaced the “Search” button. You will see all the pages on your screen. Remove the check mark below those you want to hide. Click “Done” to finish.
How to group apps on your home screen
Grouping apps into folders is another way to keep your phone’s pages more organized. You can do this both on the home screen and in the app library for iPhone or in the app drawer for Android. For Android, long-press the app and drag it to an existing folder, or long-press the app, press “Select,” add at least one more app, and then “Create a folder.” On iPhone, long press the screen and drag other apps to the apps you want to group them with. Then add more apps by dragging them to the folder.
Organize your time with an organized home screen
Smartphones are our quick and easy access to the world. Therefore, it is important to keep them neat and organized, especially the home screen, which is the first thing you see when you unlock your phone. Use the tips in this article to ensure that spending time on your phone is productive and efficient.
Have you already tried adding your favorite apps to your home screen? Did you use any of the tips in this article? Tell us in the comments section below.
