How to make folders on iPhone

Grouping apps into folders is a great step toward organizing your iPhone, and simplifying your experience on it. I loved when iOS started automatically grouping apps in the App Library, because I have always been a fan of keeping apps in the same category together.

There are two kinds of iPhone users in the world: those who go through their folders to find an app, and those who search for the app by name. I am definitely in the first group. Here are instructions to follow if you, too, want to be in the first group.

How to make app folders in iPhone

Step 1: Tap and hold your iPhone home screen until your apps begin to wiggle

Step 2: Press on an app and drag it to another app to group them together

Step 3: Drop the app into the created folder

A folder will be created for both apps; you can rename the folder and exit it by touching anywhere outside of it. 

Folders behave like apps when rearranging. So if you want to move the folder to a different spot, just hold your home screen again until the apps wiggle, then drag the folder to the new location.

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