How to disable the App Library on iPhone?

I can't even find my apps anymore, I want to delete an app but can't find it.

I can locate it by searching for its name, but can't delete it from the search results directly, and can't find it on the Home Screen.

Remove this useless feature!

Posted on Mar 30, 2025 10:42 PM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2025 10:46 PM

App Library can't be removed.


First disable the Screen Time Restrictions, if any.


Settings > Screen Time > Contenet And Privacy Restrictions > iTunes & App Store Purchases > Deleting Apps > [Allow]




There are six possibilities

  1. Delete an offloaded App
  2. Delete an App from the Home Screen
  3. Remove an App from the Home Screen - Will be placed in the App Library
  4. Delete an App from the App Library
  5. Delete an inbuilt App - Not feasible
  6. Delete an inbuilt App with one feature - You do not get any options either (e.g. Magnifier)



Watch the GIF

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Mar 30, 2025 10:46 PM in response to myintruder

App Library can't be removed.


First disable the Screen Time Restrictions, if any.


Settings > Screen Time > Contenet And Privacy Restrictions > iTunes & App Store Purchases > Deleting Apps > [Allow]




There are six possibilities

  1. Delete an offloaded App
  2. Delete an App from the Home Screen
  3. Remove an App from the Home Screen - Will be placed in the App Library
  4. Delete an App from the App Library
  5. Delete an inbuilt App - Not feasible
  6. Delete an inbuilt App with one feature - You do not get any options either (e.g. Magnifier)



Watch the GIF

Mar 30, 2025 11:48 PM in response to SravanKrA

Your gif is useless, it shows how to remove an app from the Home Screen. I know that, it's the same since the first iPhone.

But I DO NO KNOW how to remove an app that ONLY shows in the AppLibrary, that's my problem. I can search by name, and find it in the AppLibrary, but then when I long-tap on the app in the search results, I don't get any menu with a remove option.

App Library is just a mess, and Apple seems to be messing lots of things lately 😡

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