Cleaning up your iPhone home screen is easiest by using the App Library. Instead of deleting apps, remove their shortcuts from the screen so they stay safely tucked away in your library. You can also hide entire pages of apps and reset your layout to start fresh.
To quickly clean up your iPhone home screen, enter "jiggle mode" by touching and holding an empty area, then tap the minus (−) icon on apps to remove them. To avoid deleting apps, choose Remove from Home Screen so they stay safely tucked away in your App Library.
To clean your iPhone screen safely without damaging the delicate oleophobic (oil-repellent) coating:
Yes, iPhones have a Clean Up feature that uses Apple Intelligence to remove unwanted people or objects from your photos. It’s available on the iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, and the iPhone 16 series running iOS 18.1 or later.
Decluttering your home screen only takes a few minutes. Remove unneeded app icons by long-pressing them and selecting "Remove from Home Screen". Group remaining apps into folders (e.g., "Social" or "Utilities"), and delete extra pages.
To remove an app from your iPhone's home screen without deleting it:
Clearing your home screen means removing app icons and widgets to create a blank or default slate. Depending on your device, you can manually remove items or quickly reset the entire layout.
To clear all open Safari tabs on your iPhone at once, open Safari and press and hold the Tabs icon (two overlapping squares) in the bottom-right corner. Select Close All [X] Tabs from the menu. Alternatively, tap the Tabs icon, then long-press Done and tap Close All Tabs.
You can quickly change your iPhone's appearance to the classic style by reverting updated visual features like new home screen icons, widgets, and updated app interfaces.
Your iPhone has a customizable, invisible "secret button" on the back called Back Tap. It uses the sensors near the Apple logo to register two or three taps.
To quickly organize your iPhone home screen, clean up cluttered pages using the App Library, move multiple apps at once, and group similar apps into folders.
The iPhone 11 series (iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max) and the iPhone SE (2nd generation) will no longer be supported by Apple in 2027. These models will conclude their major iOS upgrade cycle with iOS 26, meaning they will not receive the iOS 27 update.
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To quickly clean up your iPhone home screen, use the "stacking" trick to move multiple apps at once, hide unnecessary pages, or reset the layout entirely. This declutters your screen while keeping apps easily accessible in the App Library.
To clear your iPhone home screen instantly without deleting apps, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout. This resets the screen to its factory layout while leaving all your downloaded apps in the App Library.
To return to your phone’s original home screen, your next steps will depend on whether you are using an iPhone or an Android.
To remove a file or icon from your screen without deleting it, the steps depend on the device you are using.
Photos and videos are almost always the biggest storage consumers on an iPhone. They take up significant space because of their high resolution and file size. Apps, cached data (like from streaming services and browsers), and "System Data" are typically the next largest categories.
Yes, iPhones have built-in tools to manage storage and clean up photos, but they do not have a "junk cleaner" app for deleting cache or temporary files.
To remove an item (app icon or widget) from your home screen without deleting the app itself, simply press and hold the item, then select "Remove" or tap the "–" (minus) symbol. The item will disappear from your screen, but it will remain safely in your app list or library.
Use the App Library
It's a great way to keep your main screen clutter-free. Swipe left past your last Home screen page to access the App Library. You can remove apps from your Home screen without deleting them—they'll still be available in the App Library.