How to move apps between iPhone Home Screen pages

Move one app to another page

1. Touch and hold an empty part of the Home Screen until the apps start to jiggle. You can also touch and hold any app and choose Edit Home Screen.
2. Drag an app to a new spot on the same page.
3. To move it to another page, drag it to the left or right edge of the screen and wait for the next page to slide in, then drop it.
4. Tap Done in the top-right corner when you're finished.

Move several apps at once

1. Enter jiggle mode by touching and holding an empty part of the Home Screen.
2. Start dragging the first app, and keep your finger on it.
3. With another finger, tap each app you want to bring along. They join the stack and a number shows how many you're holding.
4. Drag the stack to the edge of the screen to change pages, then lift your finger to drop them.

Bring an app back from the App Library

1. Swipe left past your last Home Screen page to open the App Library.
2. Touch and hold the app and choose Add to Home Screen, or drag it onto a page.

Reorder or hide whole pages

1. In jiggle mode, tap the row of dots above the Dock. You'll see all your pages as thumbnails.
2. Untick a page to hide it (the apps stay in the App Library). On recent iOS versions you can also drag the thumbnails to reorder pages.
3. Tap Done.

Why do my apps jump to the next page?

When you drop an app onto a full page, every icon after the drop point shifts along one spot, and the last one on the page gets pushed onto the next page. If that was an app you wanted on page 1, you now have to go and fetch it.

The fix on the phone is to make room first: move an app off the page, then drop the new one in. Or plan the whole layout somewhere you can see every page at once.