How To Create Folder On Iphone Home Screen

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If you enjoy downloading and trying new apps, the Home screen on your iPhone or iPad will quickly fill up with little app icons. At a certain point, you may want to organize those apps into folders, which you can label. I'll go over everything you need to know about organizing your home screen on the iPhone or iPad, including how to move app icons, how to create and add folders to your Home screen, and how to put those apps into the new folders. Creating a folder is fairly easy once you get the hang of it, and you can create new folders on iPhone for all the different categories of apps you might have. On my Home screen, I have a folder dedicated to Apple apps, games, productivity, social media, and more.

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Why Make App Folders on Your iPhone?

Folders are the best way to organize your apps when they start to get out of hand. I recommend looking at the apps you already have and seeing if any categories stick out to you. Do you have a few fitness and health apps? What about recipe apps? It will vary from person to person, but in general, creating new folders for your apps is a smart way to make the various app icons look clean and organized. Once you know how to make folders on your iPhone, you may just end up wanting to put all your apps in folders (like I did).

How to Move App Icons on the iPhone

When you want to move an app icon on your iPhone Home screen:

Press and hold a blank part of your Home screen until it enters jiggle mode.
Next put your finger on the app icon you want to move and drag it to where you want to move it.
If you're moving the icon to a different Home screen, drag the app to the edge of the screen.
This will cause your iPhone to go to the next Home screen, where you can drag the app to its new place.
It's good to note that dragging an app from one Home screen to another takes a bit of finesse. Sometimes, it works perfectly for me. And other times I have to try three or four times to drag the app from one screen to the next.
Tap your Home button, or if you have an iPhone X and later, tap Done in the upper right corner when you want the apps to stop wiggling.

Pro-tip: the Dock on your Home screen is located at the very bottom. Those four apps are the only apps that stay in the same place as you scroll through your Home screens, so it makes sense that you would put your most used apps there or the apps you need to quickly access.

How to Change Which Apps Are in Your iPhone Dock

Once your apps are in jiggle mode, drag app icons out of your Dock to create space.
Then drag other apps into your Dock.
Tap theHome button or Done to exit jiggle mode.

How to Make App Folders on an iPhone

Now that you're comfortable with how to move app icons, let's create a new folder:

Hold your finger on a blank part of your Home screen until it enters jiggle mode.
Drag one app directly into another app. When they overlap, the apps will merge into a folder.
Your iPhone will suggest a folder name, but you can tap on the name field to edit it to whatever you prefer.
Now that you've created a folder, you can drag other apps into the folder. So long as all the apps are wiggling, simply drag apps from Home screen over the folder and lift your finger. There you go! You know how to put apps in folders.

How to Use App Folders on Your iPhone

A folder on your iPhone can have multiple pages for apps, which means you can easily store a lot apps in a single folder, while also having multiple folders.
To open a folder on the iPhone, simply tap on the folder.
At the top of the folder will be its label. Long press on the folder until it enters jiggle mode to edit the name of your folder.
Swipe left or right to move between pages within the folder.