How to Place Apps Anywhere on iPhone Home Screen

Jun. 11, 2024

With iOS 18, you can now customize the home screen by dragging app icons to your desired positions. While you could move icons around before, they used to snap to an invisible grid. Now, you can arrange them however you like,without blocking your cool wallpaper.

Place Apps Anywhere on iPhone Home Screen

You can customize the home screen and place apps anywhere you want, only on iOS 18 which is currently in developer beta (clickhereto learn how to install).

The ability to place apps anywhere opens endless possibilities for iPhone customization. You don’t have to follow any defined manner to arrange apps on your home screen. This isn’t just limited to app icons, youcan also move and place widgets anywhereyou like, as you can see in the screenshots below.

Until now, iPhone users had to get creative with workarounds like custom shortcuts to personalize their home screens. Some even relied on third-party apps to change the appearance of their devices.

iOS 18 is also offering ways to edit app icons themselves with custom color tinting and dark mode backgrounds. It seems Apple underestimated how much people loved customizing their iPhones and with these changes, the company is finally giving in to what users have been craving.

What do you think about the new ability to place apps anywhere on your iPhone? Is it something you’ve wanted to do for years? Which is the single-most significant feature you like about iOS 18? Tell us in the comments.