iOS 12 cellular data list of apps

I had the same issue... not seeing the apps (in Cellular Data) alphabetically. It was driving me nuts.

I went to the very bottom and hit RESET STATISTICS... and that bounced them all back into alphabetical order.

I literally just did this..... so.....I guess I may have to do this periodically as the data usage changes the order again...

No matter what you think it is, you will have to live with it. To help you do that here are 2 suggestions:

1. Reset Statistics. This will clear all of the usage, so there won't be any apps organized by usage and the apps will then be in alphabetical order.

2. Use Settings - Search to look for the app you want to change. Just enter the app's name and it will be displayed with its usage and switch to turn it on or off. This is ever faster than searching through an alphabetical listing.

You can also make your opinion known to Apple here: https://apple.com/feedback. You might ask for a sort option in Settings/Cellular.

I agree, both that I liked it better before when the apps loaded right away and in alphabetical order. Also agree that providing user feedback is a pathway to bringing that back. Until then, if you hit “Reset statistics” on the same page they temporarily load in alphabetical order as before.

It lists your apps in alphabetical order directly underneath the listing of all your apps organized by data size. At the present time, there is no way to only view your apps by alphabetical order.

Scrolling all the way to the bottom of the list and clicking on “reset statistics” will resort your apps alphabetically.

As I posted above, you can still access an alphabetical listing of your apps. And turn off cellular data.

Go to Settings and scroll down to the alphabetical listing of apps. Tap on the app you want. Cellular Data is one of the settings you can adjust from there.

My solution is to scroll down the Cellular Setting, and click on "RESET STATISTICS" to get the list of apps in alphabetical order. Good luck!

My guess is that a lot of people went to https://apple.com/feedback and complained that they had to search through the alphabetical list to find the apps that used the most data, so iOS 12 puts that info at the top in order of data used. I can sympathize with that, because I have over 300 apps, and it really was a pain to have to search that list for the offender when my data usage spiked. So this change is a real benefit to me. Storage usage has always been reported in order of memory consumed, so this change brings the two into alignment.

The apps that have used no data are still listed alphabetically below the list of data using apps.

You can use the same link to ask Apple to change it back, or to make sorting an option.

I will ask, however, if an app isn't using data why do you need to look for the one you want?

iChandhu wrote:

Reset Statistics at the bottom of the page is reordering the apps alphabetically.

Although we may have to keep doing that everytime u want to find the apps in this setting.

Or, you could just go to the top level of Settings and scroll down to the alphabetical list. No reseting of anything required.

Then you will have to look one app at a time. Or use the Settings Search. Go to Settings. At the top is a Search field. Enter the name of the app.

Frustrating101 wrote:

It is not easier when you want to toggle on/off more than one. What’s easier is the Apps listed in alpha order. Period. End of story. As the adage goes ... if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!!! Also, whoever marked this complaint as “SOLVED” is dead wrong. The response to the problem is UNSATISFACTORY and they either need to allow the user to determine the sort or return it to the way it was!

Go to Settings and scroll down to the alphabetical listing of apps. Tap on the app you want. Cellular Data is one of the settings you can adjust from there.

Why are you telling other users in this user-to-user forum, rather than telling Apple, who don't participate or read these forums? To tell Apple: https://apple.com/feedback.

Harold Daniels wrote:

(because it loads a record of their data use) and they are in random order. So I have to hunt tediously for the app I am looking for. Maddening.

It had always loaded a record of their data use. And they are not in random order. They are ordered by amount of data used, from most to least.

compactfun wrote:

Yes. Alphabetical order please!!!

Why are you telling me? I can't change it. And Apple doesn't read here for suggestions. To let Apple know go to https://apple.com/feedback.

Yes. Alphabetical order please!!!

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! a thousand times NO! I always hated browsing through 300 apps to find the one that was using too much data! Now it's right at the top of the list. And if I want to find a specific app I simply use Settings Search.