The personalization of our iPhones and iPads is reaching limits that we did not imagine years ago. An example of them are iOS 16 and iOS 17 betas which provide the user with new multi-level customization tools such as home screen or lock screen. However, it is likely that on occasion we want to return to our home screen with which we started our journey in iOS, deleting all the folders and “special things” we did. For this we must follow a series of steps and we will achieve reset home screen, we teach you.
Learn how to reset your iPhone home screen
The home screen of iPhones and iPads It has undergone many modifications. One of them is focus modes which let you choose whether or not to include certain apps on your home screen. In other words, we can have as many home screens as we have concentration modes so that we can switch between them to avoid dispersing ourselves with all the apps we have.
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However, iOS makes available to the user the possibility to restore the order of the home screen. That is, remove the custom order of icons on each of the home screens, including widgets and folders. It’s very useful if you want to clean the slate to change the order of all your apps. To reset, you need to follow these steps:
- Go to iOS settings
- Click General
- Look for the Transfer or Reset iPhone section
- Click Reset
- Select Reset Home Screen option from the list
Once clicked on iPhone option will delete any folder you have created and apps you have installed on the iPhone they will be listed in alphabetical order after the native apps included in the iPhone out of the box.
