How to Conceal Apple’s Default Apps on your iPhone and iPad

Our iPhones and iPads end up cluttered with all those stock Apple apps that we never really use. It’s a pity that we can’t simply delete them and free up that much-needed storage space. However, we do have options to at least clear up some space on our home screen.

With any luck, Apple will soon provide a permanent solution to remove these apps completely, allowing us to enjoy more storage for photos and other apps. But for now, we’ll have to work with what we’ve got.

How to Hide Apps

So, here’s the deal. If you want to hide your apps, it’s actually pretty easy. Just follow these steps: hold down on the app you want to hide until it starts shaking, then move it over another app and let go. Boom! You’ve created a folder to hide all those unwanted Apple apps. I like to call mine “Apple” so it’s clear what’s in there.

You can throw as many unwanted Apple apps as you want into this folder. You can even hide other apps too, but be warned, it might be tough to find them in the sea of Apple applications.

Why You Can’t Get Rid of Apple’s Native Apps

I get it, we all want to be able to delete those pesky pre-installed apps from Apple, right? But let me explain why it’s not so simple. See, these apps are deeply embedded in the operating system, just like the bloatware on Android devices from Samsung and others.

If you were to remove one of these apps, it would mess up the whole system. Some apps, like the iTunes Store, are actually important for Siri to give you the info you need. Without it, Siri would be useless.

Basically, all of Apple’s apps are intertwined, making it tough to let users delete them. But hey, there might be some changes in the future. Fingers crossed!

Hope For The Future

Hey there! I want to tell you about what Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, recently said in an interview with Buzzfeed. He understands that many users like to hide their native Apple apps in a folder or somewhere where they can’t be seen. Here’s what he had to say:

“We’re not trying to take up your precious space, really. We don’t want to do that. We want you to be happy. So, I get that some people want to do this, and we’re actually looking into it.”

Now, I can’t promise that anything will definitely happen, but Cook and his team are seriously considering it. If it does happen, deleting a native Apple app should be just as easy as deleting any other app on your device.

But, listen up! There’s an important thing you need to keep in mind. Removing these apps could have a big impact on how Siri or your operating system work. Unless Cook and Apple figure out a way to keep these apps integrated without them taking up space on your system.