Need desktop folder content icons to be bigger - 3x3 instead of 4x4

Really sad that Apple has to redesign the UI every time they do a major update and today I’m sad that I updated to iOS26. I have my iPad (and phone) desktop set up with folders to my specifications and in iOS18, the icons inside of the folder were three across and three down, making them legible. Now they are four across and four down and just too small to see and no setting I have found so far is allowing me to change back to that larger (but fewer) icons in the folder. I am not the only one asking this question although I have seen others just brushing it off as of no consequence. But not everyone has the visual acuity to be able to use and enjoy all the slick new styles that designers insist on adding. After all, my phone and my iPad are tools and I need them to work with ease, not just be beautiful and sexy looking. Anyone who can help me get my in-folder icons back to 3x3 will be my hero. Was going to include an image but my iPad makes it too big to upload to this forum.

iPad, iPadOS 26

Posted on Jan 10, 2026 2:35 PM

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Need desktop folder content icons to be bigger - 3x3 instead of 4x4

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