It surprises me that people don’t know how to do this, but I see people coming to iPhone App Reviews on search terms like “how to move iPhone icons” and “rearrange iPhone apps”.
It’s really simple: just press and hold any icon on your iPhone.
When you see an (x) appear on each icon and they’re all wobbling, that’s your cue to use your finger to drag them to wherever you want them to go. To move an icon to a different page, just drag it to the very edge of your screen and you’ll eventually change pages. If it doesn’t work right away, just keep holding the icon at the edge and maybe wiggle it around a little.
When you’re done moving your iPhone apps around, push the Home button beneath your iPhone’s screen.
If you want to reset the order of your icons, go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout. This will move most, if not all, of your default apps (Calendar, Photos, Weather, etc.) to the first page and the rest of your apps will be arranged in some order that I don’t really understand. They’re not necessarily arranged alphabetically, so who the hell knows why they end up where they do.
Drag your icons wherever you want them
on Mar 9th, 2009 at 7:41 am
thanks a lot!
every other website said things completely different! this is a fab page and wonderful help! thank you
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on May 16th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Perfect, thank you
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on Jun 18th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Excellent! Keep up the good work.
/SH
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on Aug 2nd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Worked great!!..thanks!
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on Aug 28th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Thanks Boss!
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on Oct 19th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Thanks. Answered the question simply and easilly!
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on Jan 8th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Thanks! This part was very useful:
“Settings > General > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout. This will move most, if not all, of your default apps (Calendar, Photos, Weather, etc.) to the first page and the rest of your apps will be arranged in some order that I don’t really understand. They’re not necessarily arranged alphabetically, so who the hell knows why they end up where they do.”
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on Jan 13th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Thanks. This is exactly what I needed.
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