How do I get rid of the hidden app folder in the App Library?

Rumpthump wrote:

Unfortunately this isn’t something you can remove from the phone. This is apart of the iOS just like the App Library itself.

Or fortunately. If it wasn’t on all iPhones, then just the fact that someone added it would be evidence that they had something to hide. If it is on all phones, that is not an issue.

Lostinappleland79 wrote:

Same here. I don’t want my bf thinking I have smthing to hide. This could be a safety issue for women n dv relationships. We all need to band together and have apple remove this for safety reasons

Safety reasons? It is on every iPhone, including your bf if they also have an iPhone, and that certainly does not mean you are hiding anything. Android users have the same feature called "Private Space" where the user can user a different Password to prevent access to the hidden files, which is not the case for the iPhone. It is not like the Hidden Folder only shows up when you have hid something, it is always there.

You have also had the Hidden Photos feature for many years in the Photos app where the folder is visible whether you have hid any photos or not. Does your bf also have your Passcode? I suspect that is true for any controlling person. If he has access to your device to see that you have a Hidden folder, then the contents is also viewed with the same Passcode.

FB33EYE wrote:

EXACTLY!!! I think you explained the why people want it removed better than anyone here.

You still can't remove it. You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:

Product Feedback - Apple

zenafromlancaster wrote:

You have confused those calculator type apps that hide data with being able to hide apps. As these users have found out, once the developer quits supporting the app, all there data that they had stored there may be lost. Not something I could recommend or even call more feasible.

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Since the Hidden Folder is on all devices, it does not announce that you have hidden anything. That is the beauty of it. You may have an argument if it only showed up when you choose to hide something, but that is not the case. You have had a Hidden Folder in your photos app for years and that does not seem to be a problem, but having a hidden folder to hide your Apps is now some how a big deal?

Iainwitherington wrote:

I want to hide the 'hidden folder' because I want sometimes to hide apps (eg banking apps) when I am out and about and wouldn't want someone to access my phone and know where I keep my money - so lets have a folder thats actually hidden!

Read the thread. You can't hide the folder and no one can get into the hidden app folder other than you, the person who hid apps in the folder, anyway.

momzhelp wrote:

Why include a feature that puts vulnerable people at increased risk? Allowing users to rename the folder or delete it should be an option. Additionally, when apps are no longer of interest, we should be allowed to permanently delete them from our account. These two features have made me strongly consider moving from Apple to the Google Pixel or Samsung. I have been an Apple user for 18 years, but perhaps it is time for a change.

How does a folder, which ONLY YOU can access put you at risk? What would put you at risk is letting someone else use your iPhone who knows your passcode. No one else should ever know your passcode. Everyone has the same hidden app folder on iPhone. EVERYONE. And you don't have use it ever. The hysteria over a folder you don't have to use or if you do, only you have access too, is ridiculous. And threatening to go somewhere else doesn't make any difference to anyone here on this user to user only forum. You should always buy whatever you think best meets your needs.

Since you are only commenting to other users on this user to user only forum, which Apple doesn't read for feedback, feel free to tell Apple your thoughts here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Where do you find the answer?? The answer has been given loads of times. You can’t get rid of it. That’s the answer.

Hello~ It simply cannot be removed. No need for any fear. Click on below and read to inform yourself…

Lock or hide an app on iPhone - Apple Support

~Katana-San~

Hello~ This is a relatively short thread…the answer has been posted already. You cannot remove this feature.

~Katana-San~

Unfortunately this isn’t something you can remove from the phone. This is apart of the iOS just like the App Library itself.

Booboodc wrote:

I don’t have a partner I didn’t choose to hide the apps. This goes against my privacy and my standards of owning an iPhone you do not pay my bills so you should not be able to control my phone figure it out Apple how to remove this hidden app I don’t even know what was in the app other than Snapchat

You do own the phone, but are just licensed to use the software. There was a time when you had to purchase the OS software and then you did actually own it, but that ended long ago, before the iPhone even existed. That is why it is free to download. By default there is nothing in the Hidden folder and if SnapChat was in yours then either you or someone that you authorized to use your phone put it there. Your hidden folder will remain empty if you do not use it, so that is the easy solution. The best option is to send feedback to Apple if you would like to see anything different.

As you have seen, this is not unique to iOS and Android also has a Private Space where hidden apps can be placed.

Manasseh79 wrote:

What do you mean, not big on options? Nearly every feature in the iOS can be switched off or on, or changed in some way. I see no reason why they wouldn’t have done it here, like everywhere else. If your having that much difficulty with looking up a setting, a smart phone is probably not for you. I know, I’m a tech myself, so I’m well aware of the difficulties. Makes no sense to not have the option though, that’s like not including the power button, just because people can’t find it.

Not true. You can’t change many things, like remove the App Library, change Photos back to the way it was, likewise for Calculator, likewise for the Calendar app, all features with current long threads of anguish.

There is a very good reason to have Hidden a fixed item. If it was elective, that would be a giveaway that the user had something to hide.

but FACT: it is there and you can’t get rid of it, so why do you persist in arguing about it?

XNotAvailX wrote:

Go into settings and find the photo app and there is an option to turn off.

And I completely read your post wrong. I automatically thought of the photo app lol

What does this have to do with what Layyabayya asked? They wanted to know how to remove the Hidden App Folder, in the App Library and the answer is the folder CANNOT be removed.

Akay97 wrote:

That’s not really a him issue as we are in a. Relationship TOgETHeR so it’s an us issue and I’d like to resolve it as it’s an undertone of turmoil I don’t need and didn’t ask for.

As far as my relationship I didn’t come here for advice on that so if you could please FOCUS on the actual issue or keep on scrolling friend.

No one here can focus on what you want them to focus on. No one here works for Apple. This is a user to user ONLY forum. We don't own iOS. We can't modify iOS. You can't modify iOS. The question has been asked and answered. You CANNOT remove the hidden apps folder. And that should be the end. It simply can't be removed. If it may cause any issue socially for you, that is out of the scope of anything anyone on this forum can help you with.

Elizajager wrote:

Everyone says the same things, but where do you find an answer for this question?

Seems more likely that you’re unhappy with the answer. Which is fine. This given “no” has been repeated here a few times in the previous five pages of replies.

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