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How can I get the Camera icon back on my Home screen?

iPhone SE, 3rd Generation. Camera icon dropped from home screen. To use, I must go to the AppStore, find Camera, and take photo. How to return the camera icon to home screen?


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iPhone SE, iOS 15

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 10:21 AM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 10:38 AM

The Camera app is not one of the apps that can be deleted but it can be removed from the home screen. Go to the App Library (swipe left past your last home screen). From there you can touch and hold an app and slide it to the home screen.

Also note the Search window at the top of the App Library.



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Sep 19, 2023 11:33 AM in response to FoxFifth

I found the camera icon. It's in a window headed 13m, which I assume is minutes of usage, as below a graph are times noted for creativity, utilities, and social. Below that are icons for photos, messages, app store, and camera. Tapping on the camera and sliding it right moved the entire window to the top of the home screen. The camera icon would not slide to the home screen. Touching it offered 3 choices: edit widget, Edit home screen, or Remove widget. And now I can't swipe the window left to the library.

May 27, 2024 5:20 PM in response to elrorie

elrorie wrote:

I have just set up my family sharing. My child's phone is an iPhone SE. there is no camera icon. Any idea where that could have been deleted or made not available during my family share set up?

As FoxFifth said above:


The Camera app is not one of the apps that can be deleted but it can be removed from the home screen. Go to the App Library (swipe left past your last home screen). From there you can touch and hold an app and slide it to the home screen.


Also note the Search window at the top of the App Library.


How can I get the Camera icon back on my Home screen?

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