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How do I rearrange app icons on iPhone 7?

When I press and hold the app icon now I get a context menu. That's super handy. That also used to be how I rearrange and delete apps. How do I rearrange apps now?

Posted on Sep 16, 2016 3:00 PM

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Apr 7, 2017 8:50 AM in response to shmb

The trick lies in how long you press and hold. A "soft", sustained press usually brings up the delete 'X' and gets the icons shaking with excitement. A "hard" sustained press usually brings up the context menu. Complicating things is that the hard sustained press takes a second or two to produce the context menu; the soft, sustained press takes a second or less to go into delete mode.


Is the hard and soft, the force of the press, really the determining factor? Well, I calls 'em like I sees 'em: It does seem so to me, but learning to get it right has been frustrating, and it still seems to be luck-of-the-draw when it works, but in my experience, the force of the press, and the duration, seem to make the difference.

Nov 23, 2016 8:48 PM in response to MaestroCB

That's great. I was able to put my apps back where they were. However. Now I've lost the, I guess, 3-D capability. When I press & hold the app, I don't get the short cut menu of the app anymore. I've done a soft reset, didn't work. Also, when I'm typing & move to the numerical keyboard, after I hit the space bar, the letter keyboard doesn't come back. I have to move it back manually.

How do I rearrange app icons on iPhone 7?

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