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The App Library is a brand new organizational tool in iOS 14. Prior to iOS 14, any apps you installed on your iPhone had to reside somewhere, typically directly on a Home screen or within a folder. The more apps you had, the more Home screens you were likely to have, and sometimes that meant a lot of swiping to find the app you needed. The App Library houses every app on your iPhone and organizes them automatically according to categories (defined by Apple). This allows you to completely hide apps from your Home screens, reducing the amount of them you have to scroll through to find an app. You can even hide entire Home screens too! And of course, if you want to show the apps or Home screens again, it’s simple to do so. Follow these steps to get around in App Library:

1 Swipe from right to left on any Home screen. The App Library (shown in Figure 2-8) always resides on the screen immediately following the last Home screen you have.

2 The App Library organizes apps according to categories, such as Suggestions, Recently Added, Social, Utilities, Information & Reading, and more. Note that each category displays three larger app icons (which you can tap to open the app) and four smaller app icons, which you can tap to expand the category, then tap the app you want to open (refer to Figure 2-8). Tap near the top or bottom of the screen when viewing an expanded category to return to the App Library’s main screen.FIGURE 2-8

3 Tap the Search field at the top of the App Library to see all of your apps listed alphabetically (shown in Figure 2-9). Use the keyboard to type the name of an app, too.FIGURE 2-9

4 Quick actions can be performed on the app icons in the App Library. Press and hold an app icon to open the quick actions menu, the contents of which will vary depending on what options the app offers. For example, Figure 2-10 shows the Instagram quick actions menu, which offers options that aren’t available in the Camera app’s quick actions menu.FIGURE 2-10

5 Quick actions also allow you to remove an app from your Home screen (leaving it in the App Library) or delete it from your iPhone. Press and hold an app’s icon on the Home screen until the quick actions menu appears. Tap Remove App and then tap one of the selections shown in Figure 2-11. Tap Delete App to delete the app from your iPhone altogether, or tap Move to App Library to remove the app from the Home screen but retain it in the App Library.

6 You may also hide entire Home screens, keeping the apps in the App Library, and show them again if you’d like to. Press and hold any area on a Home screen until all the icons begin to jiggle. Tap the small white dots just above the Dock to view thumbnails of each of your Home screens (shown in Figure 2-12). Tap the circle below a Home screen to hide or show it. A visible Home screen displays a check mark in the circle. Tap Done when you’re finished.

FIGURE 2-11

FIGURE 2-12