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How to hide app pages on your iPhone with iOS 14, and declutter your home screen

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Keeping your iPhone organized can sometimes seem like a full-time job, especially if you frequently install new apps.

iOS 14 gives you a few ways to help manage your apps, including the ability to completely hide entire pages of apps.

You're not losing much when you do this, because all your apps are still accessible and easily found in the App Library, which is the right-most page on your iPhone (swipe left to get there). 

How to hide app pages on the iPhone

1. Tap and hold a blank spot on any page of apps on your iPhone. Let go when the screen starts to jiggle.

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You can hide home screens by putting your iPhone in jiggle mode.  Dave Johnson/Business Insider

2. At the bottom of the screen you should see a page indicator which has one dot for each page on your phone (there is one dot for each home screen plus one dot for the App Library). Tap it. 

3. On the "Edit Pages" screen, you can see all the app pages on your phone. Tap to clear the check mark for each page you want to hide. (You can't hide all your pages – your iPhone will always ensure that at least one page is visible). 

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Clear the check mark for any pages you want to hide.  Dave Johnson/Business Insider

4. Tap "Done," and then when you return to the home screen, tap "Done" again. 

If you want to restore a hidden page, just repeat the process and check the hidden pages. 

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Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.