A lot of apps can be found on your home screen. It's great for quick access to any app you might need, but it can also make your screen look bigger.

Apple has a variety of ways to manage your home screen. You can hide apps from the home screen if you put them into a folder. You can still open the apps by heading to the App Library screen if you do this. You can hide apps from search if you want more privacy.

There are a few ways to hide apps on your phone.

How to hide apps from your iPhone's home screen

There are two ways to uninstall apps from the home screen. You can hide a whole page of apps in one go.

The App Library is an organized list of every app on your phone that you can find by scrolling all the way to the last page of your home screen. If you want to use the app, open it from there.

To hide a single iPhone app

1. Hold your finger down to find the app you want to hide.

2. You can remove the app when the menu of options appears.

The menu on an iPhone that lets you remove an app.
Find and select the "Remove App" option.
Apple; William Antonelli/Insider

3. The Remove from Home Screen option is available.

You will still see the icon in the App Library even though it will disappear from your home screen. You can find it in the App Library by holding your finger on it and selecting Add to Home Screen.

To hide an entire page of apps

1. Press and hold your finger on the dots at the bottom of your home screen to see what page you are on.

2. Hold it until your phone zooms in to show every page. Lift your finger and tap the dots again if all the apps start moving.

3. If you want to hide the page of apps, you have to tap the checkmark underneath it.

The menu on an iPhone that lets you hide whole pages on the home screen.
You can hide any page, but you need to keep at least one visible.
Apple; William Antonelli/Insider

4. Go to the top-right corner.

You won't see the pages that you checked off. All the apps you hid will show up in the App Library.

If you want to make it reappear, open this menu again and check off the page again.

How to hide apps so they don't show up in search

You can find hidden apps by dragging your finger down on the home screen and searching for them. This is useful for finding hidden apps, but it might be a privacy concern.

You can remove apps from the search results.

1. Go to the settings app and tap on the search option.

2. You can hide the app from search by scrolling down and selecting it.

3. The Show App can be turned on and off by using the Search switch.

The Siri & Search menu on an iPhone, which lets the user hide apps from search.
Toggle off the app in this menu.
Apple; William Antonelli/Insider

The app will not show up in search results anymore.

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