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How to check your usage of individual apps on your iPhone in 3 simple steps

Written by Steven John
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It's easy to check app usage on an iPhone to get an overview of your screen time activities. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
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As our mobile devices become an integral part of our life, our usage on these devices can say a lot about our habits and how we use our time. 

For example, when I looked through my iPhone's Screen Time section of the Settings app, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I spend more time listening to the news via KPCC than I do browsing Reddit. I was equally surprised to find that I apparently spend as much time sending texts as I do sending emails.

If you want to check your own app usage on your iPhone, the Settings app makes it blissfully easy to do so. You can check out the stats on individual app use time, overall screen time, and even see how much you use different categories of apps, grouped under headings such as "Social Networking" and "Entertainment."

Here's how to check app usage on your iPhone. 

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How to check app usage on an iPhone

1. Launch the Settings app.

2. Scroll down to the words "Screen Time" (beside an hourglass icon in a purple square).

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Tap into "Screen Time" to see app usage details.  Steven John/Business Insider

3. Tap "See All Activity."

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Tap "See All Activity" to find your app usage for individual apps.  Steven John/Business Insider

Now scroll down to check out app usage, and tap "Show More" to see all the apps, as only the most used few will initially display.

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View your time spent on each app.  Steven John/Business Insider

 

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Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.