In this tutorial, we will show you how to add duplicate icons of the same app on multiple Home Screens on your iPhone or iPad — without needing a third-party app or a Jailbreak tweak.
Thanks to a hidden trick, you can create copies of app icons for the same app on the Dock and other Home Screens. So, if there is a super useful app on your iPhone or iPad whose app icon you want to have on multiple Home screen pages, you can easily do it. You can even have the same app icon several times on one Home Screen!
This works for all recent versions of iOS, including iOS 18.
Add the same iOS app to more than one Home Screen
- Swipe left on the last iPhone or iPad Home Screen to get to App Library.
- Find the app and long-press it until it creates a copy of the app icon on the Home Screen. You can also long-press the app icon and move it slightly left to add it to the Home Screen. (1st and 2nd images below)
- Alternatively, tap the App Library search bar or swipe down to see all apps listed alphabetically. Next, touch and hold the app icon until it is added to a Home Screen page. You can also long-press the app name (not the app icon) and move it left towards the Home Screen. (3rd and 4th images below).
Once the app icon is created, you can repeat the above steps as many times as you want to make several copies of the app.
You can also search for an app in Spotlight Search and drag its icon down onto the Home Screen to add it.
After having multiple icons for the same app on your Home Screen, you can move these app icons like normal apps and shift them to the Dock or other Home Screen pages.
To remove the app icon, long-press it from the Home Screen and tap Remove App > Remove from Home Screen. Repeat this for other app icon copies you have. After removing the app’s last app icon from the Home Screen, you can find it only inside the App Library or via Spotlight Search.
Finally, it’s essential to know that if you press any one of the app icon copies and tap Remove App > Delete App > Delete, it’ll completely uninstall the app from your iPhone. Obviously, this means all its app icon copies will also disappear at once.
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