What is the App Library? (on iPhone)
Channel: Devise & Conquer: Productivity, Technology, ADHD
Date: 2022-07-29

What's the deal with the App Library? Find out!

The App Library on iPhone is now the place where your apps “really” live. It contains the truth of the apps installed on your phone. 

Now the Home Screen pages are something to have for decoration or a quick access point because you *want* to access apps there. Or you’re just really accustomed to Home Screens and haven't changed anything yet. 

In fact, you don’t have to use more than one Home Screen at all. You can use the App Library to “hide” all the other apps and only keep out the “good” apps on your Home Screen and Dock at the bottom of the Home Screen. 

The App Library contains all your apps, where they are organized automatically by app categories. Watch an App library walk-through, how apps are automatically organized there, and setting options. 

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App Store categories are up to the developer to choose, not you. The arrangement is not 100% constant over time (say if you delete all of a type of app, it will go away.)

Tap on a category to expand and see the rest of the apps there. Use the top search bar to find and launch apps very fast because it’s ONLY searching for apps installed on your device. (Unlike spotlight, which is looking for *tons* of stuff, locally, and on the web.)

If you need them, App Library settings are in the Settings app, under “Home Screen”.


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