Unlocking Concealed Apps on Your iOS Device with Ease

What to Know

• To unhide a hidden app, go toApp Library and find the app. Tap and hold the icon and slide it left.
• To retrieve a deleted app, tapApp Store > your profile icon >Purchased >Not on this iPhone > download icon.

This article explains how to unhide apps you hid on your iPhone and how to retrieve apps you deleted from your iPhone.

How Do I Unhide Hidden Apps?

You may havehidden apps on your iPhone in the past because you weren’t using them often or you just like a few tidy Home screens.

Follow these steps to locate a hidden app in the App Library and return it to one of your Home screens.

1. Swipe from right to left on theHome screen to Open the App Library.
   It might be a few screens over, so keep swiping until you see_App Library_ in a search bar at the top of the screen.
   
2. Tap the search bar in the App Library to view an alphabetical listing of apps. Scroll to the app you want to unhide.
   Don’t remember the exact name of the app you want? Not a problem. You can type one or two letters of the name in the search field and then look through the results that appear until you find what you’re looking for.
3. Tap and hold the name of the app you want to unhide.
4. Slide your finger to the left without releasing the app to move it to your home screen, where it and all the rest of the apps on the screen will be jiggling.
5. Continue to slide the app until it is on the Home screen where you want it. TapDone .
   
   Alternatively, once you find the app in your App Library, you can long-press it tomove the app back on your Home screen ,

How Do You Find Deleted Apps on iPhone Home Screen?

If what you want is to find an app that you deleted (not hid) on your iPhone, there’s another way to go about it.
6. Open theApp Store app and tap theAccount button at the top of the screen. It probably has your picture on it.

7. SelectPurchased orMy Purchases (if you set up Family Sharing), and tap theNot on this iPhone tab.

If you use Family Sharing in iOS 17.4 and higher, access this area fromApps >My Apps . Or, tap a family member’s name from the Apps screen to redownload apps they purchased.
8. Scroll down and choose the app you want to retrieve. When you find it, tap the download icon next to it to add it to your iPhone.

If the app you retrieve was originally a paid app, you don’t have to pay for it again.

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