Icon size shrunk

That’s what I thought as well….. once you move forward, its impossible to go back to 14. Now i know the icon reduction came with 15.2.1. I don’t know if you’re able to go back to 15.1.1 I’m not that savvy.

I finally upgraded my iPad Pro to iOS 15.3 and the app icons are too small on my big screen as noted by everyone here. I remember this was the problem before when Widgets were turned on. Turning Widgets off made the app icons larger than simply turning on use Large Icons. Now there’s no way to turn off Widgets that I can find. If we could turn off Widgets, that might fix the issue as it did in earlier versions. Note to Apple: iPads are not used like iPhones. Note to Apple: the solution posted does not work.

Are you saying you got back to only 20 icons per page? And not 30 with ridiculously wasted margin space?

I went and selected "Use Larger Icons", which made them larger, but they're still spaced very close together, and leave way to much space at the sides, etc.

were you really able to get the screen to look like it did before the update?

please tell me how, I think I'm missing something.

There is currently no way to get your screen on your iPad back to 20 icons once you download 15.2.1. No possible way. No way to increase the icon size back to what it once was. Unless Apple gives IPad users an way to do so in a future update, we’re stuck with what we now have….

No, your recommended fix does NOT increase the size of the icons. The uselargeapp choice does NOT bring the icons back to the size we used to have. As an adult who needs to see LARGER icons, PLEASE fix the mess you created and give us a way to go back to the size we had before your darn update that messed this all up. My LARGE i ons used to fill my page. Now, using your use large icon button it only fills half the page. GO BACK TO LARGE!!!!! Icons. Please! Quit messing with things that already work well.

This discussion is just going around in circles. There is NO current fix to this problem. Call Apple if you want to make a complaint. I did, but they weren’t helpful at all. That said, if enough people call them, maybe they’ll listen and fix it in an update.

Ipad iOS 15.1 update and large icon setting selected as everyone else. Icon size ridiculous.

Apple, you should know better to comprehensively test your software before rolling out.

User experience, has been impacted. A prompt fix is due.

The shrinking of icon size is very annoying and makes usage for many, especially seniors, more of a challenge. This should not be hard to fix, Apple. Please revert to the former icon size where 20 fill the screen.

RogreME wrote:

The shrinking of icon size is very annoying and makes usage for many, especially seniors, more of a challenge. This should not be hard to fix, Apple. Please revert to the former icon size where 20 fill the screen.

No one reading here can effect the change you want. Did you tell Apple?

raekate wrote:

I agree with all the comments. The Home Screen design used to be simple and elegant - a hallmark of Apple design. All Apple has to do is allow users to change the settings. Very disappointed.

Have you told Apple that?

WTF Apple!!!! even after setting this to to large icons - a setting I was using anyways - the icons are smaller than before the upgrade! This reply is nonsense. And this change is so crap. Exactly the reason why I always wait and wait and wait before I upgrade my iOS. Why the f... do you change stuff like like this? Fix bugs, create new stuff if you have to, but do not change layout of things, or at least give an option to use the new or keep the old. Or at the very least make us aware before we run an upgrade (so we know not to run it)

This has made my iPad SO unattractive. Unless this gets fixed with the next iOS version, I'm done with Apple

Switching to “large icons” makes ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE! Is is supposed to do 30 icons a page when small and 20 when large, but after selecting large there are STILL 30 ICONS PER PAGE! I have tried rebooting the device and is makes NO difference. Why does Apple try to “fix” things THAT ARE NOT BROKEN??

I'm also really upset at this change. As a visually Impaired person I can no longer see the icons on the home screen and forget about trying to see the titn, tiny fonts. And sick of Apple's patent response on this, which is given all the time! Go to setting. set to large icons...DOES NOTHING AT ALL. Apple use to support the disabled and seniors like non other but now with this "new" ios 15 they have basically made their devices useless for seniors with less than perfect sight and visually impaired. Yes I know I can zoom, Yes I know I can use voice over. But many apps do not work correctly with that and it's really a pain to be having to zoom on everything all the time. When Apple could tell their super eyed programers to ease up on us who don't have great eye's. And allow however many icons per page WE WANT with size adjusting accordingly. I'm about to dump Apple just for this. Bought their new mini and it's useless after upgrading to 15. Now a $800 useless toy.

I guess apple really does not care about what they like or need since they still have not fixed the small icons. I will not do any updates before I know what they will do since they screwed up with the small icons.

Howardfe wrote:

I guess apple really does not care about what they like or need since they still have not fixed the small icons.

Have you sent them feedback?

Also, just because you asked for it doesn't 1) mean they don't care but also 2) that they will make the change you want. There may be reasons you don't know about that preclude such a change. Or it may be part of a future roadmap. We have no way of knowing. All you can do is submit feedback. Complaining here accomplishes little beyond catharsis.

If the iPad no longer meets your needs, sell it and move on to something that does. They do tend to hold their resale value.