home screen became empty overnight iOS 16

Hello Support community,


yesterday I updated my iphone xr to ios 16, reset my phone and reinstalled it from a backup.

after the update the first home screen had four apps on it and the second one had my original apps.

I moved everything to the first screen, everything worked fine. Then I went to bed left my phone on charger.

in the morning my home screen became empty. Interestingly enough the apps that were on the homescreen cannot be “re-added” so the phone know they are supposed to be on there, yet after restarting phone the homescreen is still empty.

any ideas?


thanks,

laszlo

iPhone XR

Posted on Sep 14, 2022 10:36 PM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2022 6:45 AM

Hello lkatona,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.


Are your apps available in the App Library? These steps may help:


"Hide and show Home Screen pages

Because you can find all of your apps in App Library, you might not need as many Home Screen pages for apps. You can hide some Home Screen pages, which brings App Library closer to your first Home Screen page. (When you want to see the hidden pages again, you can show them.)

  1. Touch and hold the Home Screen until the apps begin to jiggle.
  2. Tap the dots at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Thumbnail images of your Home Screen pages appear with checkmarks below them.
  4. To hide pages, tap to remove the checkmarks.
  5. To show hidden pages, tap to add the checkmarks.
  6. Tap Done twice (on an iPhone with Face ID) or press the Home button twice (on other iPhone models).

With the extra Home Screen pages hidden, you can go from the first page of the Home Screen to App Library (and back) with only one or two swipes.

Note: When Home Screen pages are hidden, new apps you download from the App Store may be added to App Library instead of the Home Screen."


More details can be found here: Find your apps in App Library on iPhone


If the issue persists, can you provide a few more details? Are you able to install new apps? If so, do they appear on your Home Screen? Also, are you able to search for your apps?


Cheers!

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Sep 19, 2022 6:45 AM in response to lkatona

Hello lkatona,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.


Are your apps available in the App Library? These steps may help:


"Hide and show Home Screen pages

Because you can find all of your apps in App Library, you might not need as many Home Screen pages for apps. You can hide some Home Screen pages, which brings App Library closer to your first Home Screen page. (When you want to see the hidden pages again, you can show them.)

  1. Touch and hold the Home Screen until the apps begin to jiggle.
  2. Tap the dots at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Thumbnail images of your Home Screen pages appear with checkmarks below them.
  4. To hide pages, tap to remove the checkmarks.
  5. To show hidden pages, tap to add the checkmarks.
  6. Tap Done twice (on an iPhone with Face ID) or press the Home button twice (on other iPhone models).

With the extra Home Screen pages hidden, you can go from the first page of the Home Screen to App Library (and back) with only one or two swipes.

Note: When Home Screen pages are hidden, new apps you download from the App Store may be added to App Library instead of the Home Screen."


More details can be found here: Find your apps in App Library on iPhone


If the issue persists, can you provide a few more details? Are you able to install new apps? If so, do they appear on your Home Screen? Also, are you able to search for your apps?


Cheers!

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