Vanishing home screen

I’m using an IPhone 13Pro running iOS 16.3. I noticed one of my screens will occasionally vanish and come back like a ghost.

It just started happening recently and I have been an avid user of my Apple products for a while. I know I didn’t hide my page as I checked and didn’t hide my apps either. It just comes and goes as it pleases.

Anyone know how to stop my Houdini of an iPhone?

Posted on Feb 2, 2023 09:46 PM

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Feb 2, 2023 09:50 PM in response to SAByeol

Note: Nothing can happen on your device without someone operating it, that is possible only if you have done one or more of the following Don'ts...


  1. Don't hand over an iPhone to kids or to a stranger without Enabling Guided Access
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jailbreak
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device
  5. Don't give in to Phishing
  6. Don't leave your iPhone unlocked and unattended in public places like offices, schools, malls, etc.


If one of the above is true then quickly change the Apple ID Password and Return iPhone settings to their defaults.



Feb 3, 2023 12:39 PM in response to SravanKrA

Nope, didn’t do that either. And after fiddling around with it more it was a new auto preset that was triggered along with “Focus”. My phone auto selected one of the pages to temporarily hide at certain times of the day.


under “Focus” I clicked and poked around and found out why it vanishes during the evening time (Sleep Focus) and found it was not checked off. That’s why it was disappearing during specific times of the day. It was strange as I never turned page vanish on. But it activated after update.


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