Apps won’t rearrange when deleting another one

This is ios17, when I delete one or more apps within a folder those spaces stay empty and other apps won’t fall in, the gaps just stay open.

Anyway to have them just move up to fill in the gaps.

I know this could be due to app pages within a folder being for specific app categories and they won’t move automatically to avoid merging categories.

Posted on Jun 8, 2024 2:57 PM

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Jun 8, 2024 4:47 PM in response to Yomny

I would try to move all the apps within a folder back to the Home Screen so that the folder vanishes and to create a new folder with them.

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