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I know how to find an app to open it. But where is the app on the phone? A long press only has the option to Delete the App. Surely there most be a simple way to quickly locate an app on the phone the way the Mac Finder can locate a file. I want to move an app to specific location, but first I have to find it. I must be really thick but I can't see a way for the OS to do this.
Thanks very much.
In general…
…iPhone can re-sort all apps (and clobber all folders) using an alphanumerical sort (Settings > General > Transfer or Reset {iPhone, iPad} > Reset > reset home screen layout),
…or you can pull the apps from the app library on the last page on iPhone,
…or you can look through what you have for pages of icons and folders of icons to find the app (brute-force search),
…or can use Focus to reduce the number of apps visible in any particular Focus (cleaning up as you go),
…or can use Spotlight search to search for the app when needed.
But for what you want here, use Spotlight search for the name of the app, and then drag the icon from the Spotlight search results to where you want it. Press and hold on the icon to trigger jiggle mode, and drag away.
In general…
…iPhone can re-sort all apps (and clobber all folders) using an alphanumerical sort (Settings > General > Transfer or Reset {iPhone, iPad} > Reset > reset home screen layout),
…or you can pull the apps from the app library on the last page on iPhone,
…or you can look through what you have for pages of icons and folders of icons to find the app (brute-force search),
…or can use Focus to reduce the number of apps visible in any particular Focus (cleaning up as you go),
…or can use Spotlight search to search for the app when needed.
But for what you want here, use Spotlight search for the name of the app, and then drag the icon from the Spotlight search results to where you want it. Press and hold on the icon to trigger jiggle mode, and drag away.
That's it. You CAN drag it from the search window. Strange that the long press doesn't show the move function, but drag works fine. I tried it a few times, and I seemed to be able to put a few copies on the app into a folder, which seems a bit strange.
Thank you very much for your help Mr Hoffman.
I never tried that - as mentioned below by MrHoffman if you tap and hold the icon in the search results and start dragging it you will move its location, I never tried that.
How do I locate an app on my iPhone?
