iOS 18 Lets You Hide App Labels on Your iPhone Home Screen

[gk_brown]

still not possible to add another row of apps above the dock. oh well!

or get rid of the dock!

 

[mblm85]

Is this a per-page setting or does it affect all app icons on all pages?

My first two pages of icons would look great with this enabled. My third page is less-used apps and I'd probably need to keep the names on those.

 

[matt_and_187_like_this]

Thanks Apple for giving us the choice to spend hours turning the homescreen into a flaming pile of garbage.

 

[rustygh]

The expand part is strange. So in the end, what I have now, stock, is still better. Still a move in the right direction.

 

[Xavier]

My Home Screen has looked like this for the past year or so. Clean enough for you?

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Could be cleaner. The app folder has too many icons.

 

[sunapple]

Could be cleaner. The app folder has too many icons.

Actually I’d like to get rid of the phone itself entirely.

 

[jamisonbaines]

this was always one of the first things i did on jailbreak, now i really need 5 icon dock

 

[ctklein]

The expand part is strange. So in the end, what I have now, stock, is still better. Still a move in the right direction.

wait, how do i get mine to look like this????

 

[adrianlondon]

I wish I could edit app names. I have a folder with a bunch of smart home apps and the icons are pretty much all a house within a rounded square and some variation of "home", "smart" in it. I wish I could call them "temperature sensors", "lights", "security cam", "solar", "vacuum", etc.

The workaround for that is to use shortcuts. Choose the icon name, colour, background image (the latter two from a limited selection, unfortunately) and have the shortcut do nothing apart from run the relevant app.

Or create one shortcut which has a menu of all the home apps you have. It adds a click (click the shortcut, click the menu option) but might be worth a try.

Yes, but unfortunately, the Home Screen looks even uglier in Large mode since all the apps are blown up in size. Why, Apple??? Ugly.

Agreed. I clicked the large icons and thought they looked cool, then I became indifferent to it, then I decided they looked stupid, then I clicked "small" and ended up back where I started. Whole process took half an hour 😄

Is this a per-page setting or does it affect all app icons on all pages?

My first two pages of icons would look great with this enabled. My third page is less-used apps and I'd probably need to keep the names on those.

All icons, widgets and folder icons.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

I mean, they could have let us make the icons smaller, so we can fit more on a row AND remove labels, not exactly difficult I'm sure. :-/

"Same great icon layout. We think you'll love it!"

 

[rumorsOf]

Well, they have to deliver something in iOS19 , isnt it ?

 

[Rogue AI]

I was going to switch over to Samsung for customization and AI, but now I just need to wait a few months for iOS 18. Apple is finally giving us the customization we desperately needed. Now iPhone won’t feel as stale and dated.

 

[macduke]

Like this?
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Home screen without app names

iOS 16 gave us a new lock screen, iOS 17 should focus on the home screen. It's time to remove app names from the home screen. I really hate this unnecessary text, it clutters my home screen, looks awful and keeps me awake every night thinking just how much better my life would be if it was gone...

forums.macrumors.com

YES. It’s beautiful!

Though it would be nice to have a fifth column option in settings, especially given how huge phones are nowadays.

 

[JordanCautious]

1000% using this. Thank you Apple 🙏

 

[miq]

Let me guess. Home Screen folders *still* only display 3x3 icons at a time. 🙄

 

[thebart]

iOS 20: resizeable icons

iOS 22: removable dock

iOS 26: adjustable grid

Basic Android launcher unlocked

Seriously, though, for some stupid reason, Android phones tend to come with a default layout that looks ugly and disproportional to me. I always install a 3rd party launcher and do all these steps to make it look right. Also, a nice icon pack

 

[CapitalIdea]

Wonder if there is a way to just hide widget labels?? That would be preferable to me at least..

Do the beta and suggest it.

 

[SR 7]

"Apple feature won't allow you to see the App labels if you need larger icons."

 

[SR 7]

Do you label everything in your life? Not everything needs a label. Did you know some people can tell what it is just by looking at it? 🤯

And some can't do that. Not everyone was born 30 years ago using these devices. These companies assumed everyone regardless of age would know what the "share" icon looked like across all apps and platforms.

 

[Mac_i_Am]

Like this?
View attachment 2387415

Home screen without app names

iOS 16 gave us a new lock screen, iOS 17 should focus on the home screen. It's time to remove app names from the home screen. I really hate this unnecessary text, it clutters my home screen, looks awful and keeps me awake every night thinking just how much better my life would be if it was gone...

forums.macrumors.com

Wut?🧐

 

[jonnysods]

I mean, they could have let us make the icons smaller, so we can fit more on a row AND remove labels, not exactly difficult I'm sure. :-/

Must be holding off for iOS19, but being able to fit more on the main screen would be wonderful. I'm with you, I don't want to have to swipe to the next home screen or search.

 

[Chungry]

iOS 20: resizeable icons

iOS 22: removable dock

iOS 26: adjustable grid

Basic Android launcher unlocked

Seriously, though, for some stupid reason, Android phones tend to come with a default layout that looks ugly and disproportional to me. I always install a 3rd party launcher and do all these steps to make it look right. Also, a nice icon pack

Curious what you use for a launcher. I’m probably switching this year or early next year.

 

[thebart]

Curious what you use for a launcher. I’m probably switching this year or early next year.

I use lawnchair. It isn't necessarily the best but it does the job for me. As with most launchers, you can export and import your setup so moving to a new device is a breeze

I had iPhones and iPads before and jail broke for customization. When jail breaking got too hard, I went to Android, no regret. Have enjoyed OLED screen for years. Nevertheless, it seems like odd timing to switch now when iOS is getting exciting

 

[john g.]

Yes! Been wanting this look for awhile.

Edit: I do hope we can keep the icons the same size they were before or at least have a few settings for the size.

 

[Chungry]

I really question

I use lawnchair. It isn't necessarily the best but it does the job for me. As with most launchers, you can export and import your setup so moving to a new device is a breeze

I had iPhones and iPads before and jail broke for customization. When jail breaking got too hard, I went to Android, no regret. Have enjoyed OLED screen for years. Nevertheless, it seems like odd timing to switch now when iOS is getting exciting

It’s the hardware more than anything else. The OS stuff will be nice but it’s too little too late for me, iOS has been boring for years now. I’ve got a 13 Pro Max so I won’t get the AI stuff either. I’m replacing its battery so we shall see how long I wait to switch over but I just don’t like Apple’s hardware and artificial feature gating. Honestly this is all table stakes stuff that should have been in iOS for years. I’d imagine (and am counting on) AI features will be copied by everyone else. And considering they will stage the rollout for that stuff to ramp slowly I don’t see it being a prime mover before next year in terms of adoption. Don’t care about emoji or any of that other messaging stuff. The photos thing is slightly compelling.