How to turn off App Library on iPhone?

I’ve seen several posts from other users, why isn’t Apple listening. Not everyone wants App Library. I had my apps organized in folders the way I wanted them. Now I only have one Home Screen and a jumble in the App Library. I don’t want to have to reorganize everything again.


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iPhone 12 mini, iOS 16

Posted on Aug 3, 2023 3:53 AM

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Posted on Aug 3, 2023 8:11 AM

Any chance that you have inadvertently hidden your other Home Screens? See the following from Organize the Home Screen and App Library on your iPhone - Apple Support


With iOS 14 and later, you can hide pages to streamline how your Home Screen looks and add them back whenever you want. Here's how to hide a page:

 

  1. Touch and hold an empty area on your Home Screen.
  2. Tap the dots near the bottom of your screen.
  3. Tap the circle under the page that you want to hide.
  4. Tap Done. 

To unhide a page, repeat the steps above. 

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Sep 30, 2024 12:25 PM in response to katybetx

iPhone users have taken great lengths of time to organize their phones the way that works best for them. The organization on peoples phones is probably as different as every fingerprint on the planet because no one is the same. Get rid of this the front door, Apple library because it’s a pain in the butt when restarting voiceover it’s in my face and it’s really ticking me off. It’s one of the stupider things Apple‘s done lately. Thanks a bunch.

Sep 30, 2024 12:36 PM in response to Keepitsimplealready

Keepitsimplealready wrote:

iPhone users have taken great lengths of time to organize their phones the way that works best for them. The organization on peoples phones is probably as different as every fingerprint on the planet because no one is the same. Get rid of this the front door, Apple library because it’s a pain in the butt when restarting voiceover it’s in my face and it’s really ticking me off. It’s one of the stupider things Apple‘s done lately. Thanks a bunch.

You clearly didn't read past the first post of this thread. If you had, you'd have seen you are NOT writing anyone from Apple on this user to user only forum and NO, you can't turn off the App Library. It is baked into iOS and there is simply no way to turn it off. Telling only other users to make such a change will get you nothing.

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