In such cases, you can remove these apps from plain sight without deleting them permanently. In this article, we will guide you through multiple ways how you can hide apps on your iPhone without deleting or offloading them from your device.
How to Hide Apps on iPhone?
There are several ways you can hide apps on your iPhone, depending on the version of iOS. In the newer iOS, you can hide single or multiple apps from the home screen. However, options are limited in the older version of iOS.
Hide Apps From the Home Screen
Before we proceed to hide apps from the home screen, note that this feature is only available on iOS 14 and later versions. Although apps are hidden from the home screen, you can still view them from the App Library.
Hide Apps in Groups
Instead of selecting individual apps, you can hide groups of apps. You can do so by moving all the apps you wish to hide to a page and then disabling the page.
Hide Apps with Focus Mode
Focus mode allows you to hide the pages from the home screen. However, your device must have iOS 15 installed to support focus mode.
Hide Apps From Search and Suggestions
Although the apps are hidden, you can still view the hidden apps via Siri, App Library, and the search bar on your iPhone. To disable the app from appearing in the search bar or Siri, follow the step below.
Hide Apps Within a Folder
The app folder on your iPhone shows the apps grouped inside that folder at a glance. You can move an app to a separate page inside the folder to hide them from plain sight.
Hide System Apps
Before this fix, you must enable Screen Time on your iPhone. Also, your device should be running iOS 9 for Screen Time to work. Steps to disable system apps are as follows:
Hide All Third-party Apps
You can also opt-in to hide all the apps except the system apps on your iPhone. This method requires you to enable Screen Time as well.
Hide Apps From Purchased History
Hidden or uninstalled apps are stored in your account history and can still be viewed from the App store. To remove the app from the download history.
Is It Possible to Access Hidden Apps?
You can access the hidden apps through the app library. To access the app library, swipe from right to the left past all your Home Screen pages. You can locate the app either through the categorized folders or via the search bars.
