Thankfully, if you’re an iPhone user, you have a number of options. You can completely remove the apps from your phone, but you can also hide them so that they don’t appear anywhere on your home screens. If there’s an app that you use a lot that you simply want to disguise, you can use Shortcuts to create a fake app on your home screen. This fake app can say one thing but, in reality, it actually launches the app you’re trying to hide. If you’re ready to keep some of your apps away from prying eyes, then here’s how to hide apps on your iPhone using Shortcuts.
How to Hide Apps on iPhone Using Shortcuts
It’s possible to remove apps from your home screen but keep them on your phone. However, if there’s an app you use frequently, it can be frustrating not to be able to keep it on your home screen for easy access. The good news is that with Shortcuts, you can disguise any app on your iPhone to make it look like a completely different app. Your app will literally be hiding in plain sight. To disguise an app using Shortcuts on an iPhone:
How to Remove an App From Your Home Screen
Creating a fake app to launch an app you want to disguise won’t remove the app itself from your home screen. Once you’ve created your fake app, you’ll want to remove the real app from appearing on your home screen at all. The good news is that you can remove the app from your home screen without deleting it from your iPhone. To remove an app from your home screen on an iPhone:
How to Remove Multiple Apps From Your Home Screen
If you have multiple apps that you want to hide from your home screen, performing the steps above for each of them can become a little tedious. Thankfully, there is a simple way to remove multiple apps from your home screen at once. To remove multiple apps from your home screen at once:
How to Find an App That Isn’t on Your Home Screen
Even when apps are hidden from your home screen, you can still use them on your iPhone. There are a couple of ways to access these hidden apps. To find a hidden app using Spotlight: To find a hidden app using the App Library:
How to Return a Hidden App to Your Home Screen
If there is an app that you have removed from your home screen that you decide you want to return to your home screen, it’s simple enough to do in just a few taps. To return a hidden app to your home screen:
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Learning how to hide apps on iPhone using Shortcuts ensures that you can keep using your favorite apps without worrying about anyone spotting them on your phone. Of course, the method isn’t foolproof; if someone tries to use your fake calculator app, for example, then they may end up opening an app you’d rather they hadn’t! There are plenty of other useful iPhone tricks that are worth knowing. Did you know that you can schedule emails to send at specific times, for example? You can add widgets to your iPhone lock screen to see useful information even when your phone is locked. You can even play iMessage games on your iPhone. Comment Name * Email *
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