Home Screen icons - removing, changing order of?
I want to remove a number of the icons (e.g., reminders, etc). I also want to rearrange the order of the icons I will keep. Finally, I want to transfer some icons on scren2 to the first screen. How can I do these?
Hi Writhdar,
You can move and delete icons by tapping and holding any icon. They will begin to jiggle, and any that can be deleted will have a little "x" in the upper left-hand corner. You tap on this to delete the app from the device.
If it doesn't have an "x", it is an Apple core application, and cannot be deleted, but it can be moved to the last Home screen if you wish, or into a folder.
To move icons: tap and hold the icon you wish to move and slide to the right or left to move it to another Home screen
To put icons in a folder: tap and hold the icon and move it on top of another icon that you wish to store in the same folder. It will assign a name, but you can change it to anything you wish by opening the folder and tapping the bar at the top where the name is, click on the "x" on the right, and then typing in the new name.
Cheers,
GB
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