Is it possible to have an app icon on the home screen without it actually being downloaded to the device's memory?

The reason for wanting to do this, is to free up memory on my iPhone. I would like to delete apps that i don't use very often, but still have them on my home screen so that they don't get lost and forgotten about in my long list of 'purchased apps'... then when i do want to use them, they are there on my homescreen waiting to be re-downloaded.
This would be a similar concept to the way that iTunes Match works. I can either choose to see only the songs which are downloaded to my phone or see all of the music i have stored in the cloud, for download as and when i want to listen to it.
If this cannot be done, i hope it will be a feature of one of the next iOS updates.
(Currently using iOS 7.1.2 on iPhone 5S)
Thanks

TomQoncept wrote:
Thanks but I know that... That's why i'm asking whether there is any option to keep the icon after deletion.
You're welcome. The answer is no.

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