is there a way to reset home screen layout without deleting folders?
I don't think so. Resetting the home screen will remove the apps from within the folders and thus delete the folders as well. However folders are easy to create, just move an app into another one.
Single folders survive a restart and even system restore
Nested folders do not
I use nested folders and can attest to that
This has changed since iOS 9 i believe and is a "glitch" rather than a feature
Sorry to say - it is what it is
its too time consuming re creating folders that have many apps in side of them.
the goal is to alphabetize apps and maintain all the folders
No third party app would be able to do that.
Perhaps if you explained why you're trying to do what amounts to a partial reset of the Home Screen layout, someone would be able to suggest and alternative.
No, you're going to have to do that by hand. Resetting the home screen layout, by the way, would not put all of the apps in alphabetical order, only the ones you installed.
What I do when I feel the need to do a wholesale rearrangement of my apps is to create a folder and name it TBD. On each screen, I move all the apps I want to move into that folder. Then, I only have to move that folder from screen to screen. You could so something similar by creating, for example an A-G folder, move the apps beginning with those letters into that folder, moving that folder to the first screen and then unpacking. It's still a bit time consuming and fiddly but it works for m.
thanks for the suggestions, I am aware it only alphabetizes installed apps, I already do something like what you suggest except I keep it in the dock and then using nesting folders, but its still a pain, I download tons of apps and things get moved all over the place, my best bet is to find a way to keep folders intact while resetting the home screen.
I have never used the home screen reset function personally - don't believe I have had reason to but I would hope that nested folders do not survive that
With english not being my first language - I see "Reset Home Screen Layout" to mean - put it back to the way it was when I first unboxed the new phone
That did not have folders, so, at least in my humble opinion, it is working as designed
No, it's not possible.
I am hoping there is a third party app that locks or hides folders that prevent them from being deleted during a home screen reset
As mentioned, re-creating folders is straightforward. Why not reset the screen if that is what you are after and then redo the folders?
I understand but there is no way to my knowledge to do so. Reset Home Screen is all or nothing, sorry.
single folders dont survive a home screen reset, that is the goal, I only keep my folders nested while recreating them then I separate them into single folders.
reset home screen layout without deleting folders?
