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Smcstacie Author

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Setting and setting icon is gone on iPhone!

Settings icon and setting is completely gone from my iPhone. Everything I read, tells you to go to settings as part of resetting your phone, but settings is completely gone! Help!

Posted on Mar 20, 2023 1:29 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Mar 20, 2023 1:32 PM

It is absolutely impossible to delete the Settings icon. So it is somewhere on your phone. Go to the App Library (the last page of your Home screen), tap on Search and you will find it either alphabetically or by entering “Settings” in the Search box.

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