Organizing app folders and icons on my iPhone Home Screen

I would like to be able to fix my app icons where I want them on my iPhone screen and have them maintain the same relative position on all my apple devices. This would make it easier to navigate quickly when using multiple Apple devices.


I would also like the app list to show what folder that each app appears in (if any). This would help manage my home screen because I have a LOT of apps in a LOT of folders.


When I remove an app, the App Store remembers that i already "own" it. I'd like Apple to remember any folder or home screen position so that, if and when I want it downloaded again, it tells me where it was AND asks me if I want to put it back in the same place.


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Original Title: Floating Icons / Folders

iPhone SE (3rd generation)

Posted on Sep 6, 2025 01:39 PM

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Sep 6, 2025 01:57 PM in response to ML4568

ML4568 wrote:

I would like to be able to fix my app icons where I want them on my iPhone screen and have them maintain the same relative position on all my apple devices. This would make it easier to navigate quickly when using multiple Apple devices.

I would also like the app list to show what folder that each app appears in (if any). This would help manage my home screen because I have a LOT of apps in a LOT of folders.

When I remove an app, the App Store remembers that i already "own" it. I'd like Apple to remember any folder or home screen position so that, if and when I want it downloaded again, it tells me where it was AND asks me if I want to put it back in the same place.

While I can understand what you'd like, this is not a feature on iPhone. This is a user to user only forum, which Apple doesn't participate, nor read for user feedback. No one here can give you what you want. You are welcome to provide feedback to Apple here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple


Sep 6, 2025 02:25 PM in response to ML4568

ML4568 wrote:

Thank you for the correct link.

I do think it would be helpful to share these suggestions on the forum. If others find value in them and also post them on the correct link, we have a better chance that Apple will consider implementing them.

You can certainly share your ideas here as long as you understand that Apple won't read, nor respond to you here. You are perhaps the first person I've seen make a request for this. So I'm not sure your request will get much traction. Typically, it takes the media and lots and lots of people asking for a change to become reality.

Organizing app folders and icons on my iPhone Home Screen

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