Or, it might surface when you search for other apps. If you use an app a lot, Siri will frequently recommend it. Then there are search results. Many apps allow iOS and iPadOS to index searchable databases so you can find documents or notes quickly in native searches.
This could give away much more information than a simple Siri suggestion. Disable all options on this screen to see one more appear: Show App. To find the app in the future, you have to find its icon somewhere on your home screen or in its folders, and then launch it from there. If you pull down the list of options in the Settings app, you see a search field.
Here, you can search for functions and installed apps to adjust their preferences quickly. Any app you try to hide or exclude will always appear in Settings and its search field. You can create folders on iPhone and iPad by tapping and holding an app icon until all the icons on the screen wiggle. Then, tap and hold an app and hover over another app. A folder appears, and you can name it whatever you want. To get rid of the folder, remove all but the last app.
For best results, use a folder with plenty of apps in it—ideally, enough that it spans multiple pages. If you want to hide the app from others who use your phone, pick a boring folder full of utilities, rather than a folder full of games. You can also simply choose to hide notifications from the lock screen and disable banners.
Thankfully, the one area where Apple does allow you to hide apps is in your purchase history. To see a list of previously purchased apps , first, launch the App Store and then tap your user icon in the top-right corner.
You can now scroll through a list of the free and paid apps you previously downloaded. You can also search for any specific apps you want to hide using the field at the top of the screen. Once you hide it, the app disappears.
These apps appear to be something benign, like a calculator. Their true purpose, though, is to store files and information without raising suspicion. Dummy apps are hard to spot. Secret Folder Vault is a locked folder where you can store photos, passwords, and more. All of these apps allow you to hide content from snoopers, even if they gain access to your unlocked phone or tablet. If you want to hide an image or video from your Photos library , you can do so without any extra software.
This album is completely unprotected, though, so anyone can find the photos you hide if they look for them.
The service also incorporates parental controls, some of which you can use to make changes to the way your device functions. Screen Time can hide certain built-in system apps but not those from third parties.
It also requires that you run outdated versions of iOS and voids any warranty you have left. After considering all of that, if you still want to jailbreak your device, it allows you to access tweaks and features Apple will never add to iOS.
One of those is the ability to hide apps with a neat little tweak called XB-Hide. You can find it in default Cydia repositories as a free download. While you can put up to 9 apps on a folder page, you don't have to — you can put any number of apps on each page, so you can store as few as one app per page, across a dozen pages, in the same folder if you want to. Read more: How to move apps and create app folders on your iPhone.
While moving apps deep in the back pages of folders will keep them out of the way and out of view of anyone who casually browses your iPhone, you should be aware that these apps will still appear in searches. Indeed, that's a handy feature — no matter where you store an app, you'll be able to run it quickly by opening Spotlight search and tapping out the name of the app.
If you don't want the app to appear in search, though, you can do that — but you'll need to disable each app's appearance, one at a time.
Scroll down to the list of apps and tap the app that you want to hide from search. Now, the iPhone will do its best to pretend the app isn't installed — you won't see it if you search for it in Spotlight search, and Siri won't make any suggestions related to the app.
Even if you follow all of these steps, your app isn't completely hidden, of course. A diligent detective can find it hidden in a folder, and there are other clues as well.
If you search for the app in the App Store, you can't re-install it, for example; the store will indicate the app is already installed on your phone. But until Apple gives you a way to truly mark apps as private, this is the closest you will get to "hidden. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App.
Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Here's how to hide apps on iPhone Home screen using Settings. To unhide apps on your iPhone from the Home screen, repeat this process, but instead of toggling Show on Home screen off, toggle it back on. Smart Suggestions uses Siri's intelligence to predict and suggest apps or shortcut suggestions for your use based on your usage patterns.
Here's how to hide apps from being suggested by Smart Suggestions:. You've just hidden this app from Smart Suggestions! Don't worry, the app is still on your phone, it's just not going to pop up in your Smart Suggestions widget anymore. We have a list of which devices can update to the latest iOS located here , so if you're using an iPhone 5, iPhone 6, or a similar older model, you may want to review the list.
Here's how to hide apps in the iPhone App Library, which allows you to store it away from your Home screen. This will hide the app in the iPhone App Library. Since it's easy to find hidden apps in the App Library, you can always change your mind and add it back to your Home screen later. If you're interested, here's more guidance on the App Library. If you're hiding apps you don't often use, you can check out our article on offloading unused apps to see how your iPhone can get rid of these apps for you.
Return to top. Since the App Library is meant to be an all-inclusive list of installed apps, it's not possible to hide an app from the App Library if it's installed on your device. This means that in order to hide an app from the App Library, it would have to be deleted and then reinstalled each time the user needs it. In rare instances this may be a necessary option, but for most people this won't be practical. If you have decided to use this option, visit our article on how to delete and uninstall apps , or follow the above step on this page and select "Delete App" when the menu appears.
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