One of the Home Screens Suddenly Disappear

I noticed that sometimes one of my home pages will go missing. It was not hidden, restarting also didn’t help. If i left it alone they would suddenly show up again, and I haven’t found what the trigger is. Saw people asking the same questions but never fully solved. I’m now running on iOS 16.3.1 but noticed this problem already when i used iOS 14

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Mar 6, 2023 06:56 AM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2023 10:20 AM

Some Focus profiles can be set to change the Home Screen setup. You write that the screen suddenly appeared again, which could well indicate that you have a Focus profile set up, which has an automatic schedule that starts (and ends) at a certain time, or at certain tasks. Possibly a Smart Activation as it is a bit more unpredictable.


Try going to:

SettingsFocus → select a focus profile, e.g. Do Not Disturb and tap enter. Check if anything is set up in the Customize Screen, and also look in Set A Schedule. In Set A Schedule, you can deactivate times, locations or, for example, Smart Activations.


Go through your Focus profiles (Sleep, Personal, Work etc.) and disable Schedules if you find that Focus starts unintentionally, and keep an eye on the functions mentioned above.


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Mar 7, 2023 10:20 AM in response to Syrup_Rep

Some Focus profiles can be set to change the Home Screen setup. You write that the screen suddenly appeared again, which could well indicate that you have a Focus profile set up, which has an automatic schedule that starts (and ends) at a certain time, or at certain tasks. Possibly a Smart Activation as it is a bit more unpredictable.


Try going to:

SettingsFocus → select a focus profile, e.g. Do Not Disturb and tap enter. Check if anything is set up in the Customize Screen, and also look in Set A Schedule. In Set A Schedule, you can deactivate times, locations or, for example, Smart Activations.


Go through your Focus profiles (Sleep, Personal, Work etc.) and disable Schedules if you find that Focus starts unintentionally, and keep an eye on the functions mentioned above.


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One of the Home Screens Suddenly Disappear

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