How To Use App Library On iPhone In iOS 14

The App Library is one of the most significant changes introduced in iOS 14. It's a single-page layout for all the apps available on your iPhone. The App Library helps you slim down your iPhone Home Screen size.

The auto app categorization available in the App Library, declutters the Home Screen and makes iPhone usage much more efficient.

You can open the App Library it if you to continue to swipe-left after the the last Home screen page.

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0:00 Start

Hi everyone and welcome to the iPhoneTricks.org YouTube channel. In today's episode I'll show you how to to use the App Library in iOS 14. So, let's dive right into it!

0:15 How To Open App Library

First let's see how to access it. The App Library is available at the end of the Home Screen pages. We have to swipe-left all the way until we reach the App Library. Here, we have all apps available in an one-page layout.

0:35 Highlighted Categories

We can notice two highlighted categories called: 'Suggestions' and 'Recently Added'. In Suggestions you can find apps that you use most often, while the Recently Added one brings up the apps that you added recently on your iPhone.

There are other predefined categories that are created automatically by iOS 14, like: Social, Productivity, Creativity, Utilities and other.

1:05 App Library Search

If you can't get a quick glance of the app that you're looking for you can access the quick search available at the top of the screen. Just tap it and you have the list of all the apps available on your iPhone, ordered alphabetically.

You can scroll to the app in questions or tap on the App Library Search and start typing for an app.

1:33 App Library Tips

Actions that are available on the Home Screen are also applied in the App Library. For example, if you tap on an app icon you open that app. If you long-press an app's icon you bring up the quick actions menu and if you long-press & hold anywhere on the screen you enter the App Library edit mode.

1:59 Remove/Add App to App Library

You can drag & drop an app from the App Library to the Home Screen and vice versa you can drag & drop an icon from the Home Screen to the App Library.

If you tap an App Bundle it opens an expanded view.

2:19 Trick For Quick App Library Access

If you want to have faster access to the App Library there is an iOS 14 trick which you can apply. It allows you to hide app pages on the Home Screen.

To achieve this you have to long-press anywhere on the Home Screen to bring up the edit menu. Next, tap on the pagination dots and uncheck the pages that you want to hide. Hit 'Done' when ready. If you have a single app page left, you'll need a single swipe-left motion from the Home Screen to open the App Library

2:55 Enable App Badges In App Library

Another trick that you can apply to the App Library is available in the Settings app. Scroll for Home Screen and enble the 'Show in App Library' option. The app badges become available in the App Library too.

3:09 Conclusion

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