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Finding All Hidden apps

I recently had found that some of the app icons were missing from my screen after putting my iPhone in my pocket before locking the screen. One of the apps missing was Settings (!). I found out how to get the apps back: they had been hidden from my Home Screen, not deleted, and I individually found them in the App Library listing on the far right (= swipe left all the way). I know that part already. What I am wanting to ask is if there is any way to have a complete listing of all Apps that are currently installed on my iPhone, that are also currently being hidden from my Home Screen? That way I can find all the other Apps that I cannot currently recall what they were. I understand that the “long way” would be to look through my many-years long full transaction history on my iCloud account, then make a table of those, checking off each one that is still currently installed, and does still appear on my Home Screen. The ones not checked off would be either the uninstalled ones or the hidden ones. . . Then check off the uninstalled ones, leading to my hidden list that I wanted. But that would take hours at least! I’ll bet there is currently (on the current iOS 16.6) no such hidden list available on the iPhone, am I right?

Posted on Jul 29, 2023 5:19 PM

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Posted on Jul 29, 2023 5:29 PM

No; there is no list of present but not shown.


You can reset the home screen and make all apps sorted and visible.

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Jul 29, 2023 6:04 PM in response to MoonDog2019

Hello MoonDog2019,


As MrHoffman stated, this is not something you can see on your iPhone.


Yet, if you own a Mac (in addition to your iPhone), you could install the Apple Configurator 2 on your Mac (use this App Store link to download it: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id1037126344?mt=12).


With this application on your Mac, you will be able to see a complete list of the applications installed on your iPhone.

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Jul 6, 2024 8:56 AM in response to MoonDog2019

I recently did this with one of my apps. I don't know how I "hid" it, but noticed it was missing. I quickly figured out how to get it back, but it makes me wonder how many others I hid without knowing. Thanks for the tips on providing feedback. I will definitely do that.

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Jul 29, 2023 6:22 PM in response to 6x6

6x6 wrote:

With this application on your Mac, you will be able to see a complete list of the applications installed on your iPhone.


You can get the list on the iPhone or iPad using the app store app, as well.


Look for all purchases and specifically those with Open shown.


It’s the apps both installed and not visible that’s the wrinkle here.

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Jul 29, 2023 6:32 PM in response to MoonDog2019

MoonDog2019 Said:

"Finding All Hidden apps: [...]What I am wanting to ask is if there is any way to have a complete listing of all Apps that are currently installed on my iPhone, that are also currently being hidden from my Home Screen?[...]"

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