Making apps jiggle

Howdy nena253,

It sounds like you want to know if there are other ways to delete apps on your iPhone. We know how important this is for you, and you’re in the right place for answers.

• Delete an app from App Library and Home Screen: Touch and hold the app in App Library, tap Delete App, then tap Delete. (See Find your apps in App Library.)

This info can be found in the iPhone User Guide here: Remove apps from iPhone - Apple Support

Take Care.

Bonnie Forman wrote:

Barely a 2-second touch on the background (not on an app) engages jiggling of the whole screen. Super annoying. I will take it to the genius bar to see if it's faulty. Thanks.

It seems to be working as intended, but not working as you’d want here.

If this is triggering while you’re carrying the device around, maybe disabling tap-to-wake is a workaround:

… Adjust how iPhone responds to your touch - Apple Support

martin from wrote:

The jiggle feature is absolutely ridiculous. Any iPhone user just wants to drag any App exactly to where they want it accurately without all Apps flying about. Every smartphone in the world allows you to to do this except Apple. Deleting an App is easy as you just press on it and press on the appropriate action, but moving apps around on an iPhone is a nightmare.

The folks from Apple may or may not read postings around here.

Best send your feedback directly: Product Feedback - Apple

And if some other phone better meets your needs, by all means use that.

Bonnie Forman wrote:

How did you turn off the app jiggle???

Depending on the iPhone or iPad, tap the screen away from any app, or tap the top or side (“sleep”) button, or tap the Done button that can be shown in the upper right.

Bonnie Forman wrote:

Thanks - I wasn't clear. Is there any way to turn off the jiggle feature? It drives me crazy because it turns on at the slightest touch.

You have to hold a touch on an icon to engage jiggle mode.

From testing here (iPadOS 16.6), it takes roughly three seconds’ hold time to trigger jiggling with a single touch.

Multiple-finger touches held don’t trigger it.

There is no means to disable jiggle mode.

If jiggling is happening at the slightest touch, then your display might have a hardware problem.

If you have a protective film or protective case, see if removing that makes any difference to the misbehavior.

The jiggle feature is absolutely ridiculous. Any iPhone user just wants to drag any App exactly to where they want it accurately without all Apps flying about. Every smartphone in the world allows you to to do this except Apple. Deleting an App is easy as you just press on it and press on the appropriate action, but moving apps around on an iPhone is a nightmare.

How did you turn off the app jiggle???

Thanks - I wasn't clear. Is there any way to turn off the jiggle feature? It drives me crazy because it turns on at the slightest touch.

Barely a 2-second touch on the background (not on an app) engages jiggling of the whole screen. Super annoying. I will take it to the genius bar to see if it's faulty. Thanks.

I already have given Apple feedback, but it’s good to see what others feel. Your endnote sarcasm is unnecessary.