How To Get an Icon Back on an iPhone

Have you lost an app icon on your iPhone and trying to figure out how to get it back on your Home screen? The good news is that you can do this with a few quick steps. 

To simplify things, we’ve compiled an extensive step-by-step guide to show you how to get an icon back on your iPhone.

Getting an Icon Back on Your iPhone

If you don’t know how to get an icon back on your iPhone, our 8 step-by-step methods will help you go through this process quickly.

Method #1: Restarting Your iPhone

Restarting your iPhone will help troubleshoot any minor glitches on your device, and you will get the icon back. 

1. Tap and hold the “Sleep/Wake” button on the side of your iPhone.
2. Use the slider on the screen to turn off your iPhone.
   
3. Wait 30 seconds and press the “Wake” button until you see the Apple logo to turn on your device.
4. Check the Home screen and see if you can find the icon.

Method #2: Using the App Library

If an app icon disappears from your iPhone’s Home screen, you can get it back from the Apps Library in the following way.

1. Access the Apps Library on your iPhone.
2. Tap “Search”.
3. Type the app’s name and tap “Search”.
4. Tap and hold the app until a menu appears.
5. Select “Add to Home Screen”.
6. That’s about it! You will get back the app icon.

If the app is unavailable in the App Library, check if it is installed on your iPhone by heading to App Store and searching for the app. 

Method #3: Using Spotlight

Another way to get back the lost icon on your iPhone is by using the Spotlight option in the following way.

1. Swipe down from the middle of your iPhone’s Home Screen to access Spotlight.
2. Type in the name of the app in the Spotlight search field.
3. If the app is installed on your device, you can launch it from there.

You can also check the folders on your Home screen or ask Siri to find the app you are looking for.

Method #4: Resetting Your Home Screen

You can get back your lost icon back on your iPhone by resetting the Home Screen using these steps.

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap “General”.
3. Tap “Reset”.
4. Tap “Reset Home Screen Layout”.
5. That’s it! Your Home screen will return to its default settings with all the icons showing back again!

Method #5: Revealing Hidden Home Screens

The app icon you are looking for may be on a hidden Home screen on your iPhone. To reveal it, do the following steps in sequence.

1. Hold down your iPhone Home screen until all the apps jiggle.
2. Tap the dots popping up at the bottom of the device screen.
3. Tap the empty circle at the bottom of the hidden Home screen.
4. Tap “Done”.
5. The icon you are looking for will be back on your iPhone Home screen.

Method #6: Checking Content and Privacy Restrictions

If you’ve restricted the app’s usage limit, its icon won’t appear on your Home screen or Apps Library. To fix the issue, check the “Content and Privacy Restrictions” settings in the following way.

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap “Screen Time”.
3. Select “Content & Privacy Restrictions”.
   
4. Select “Allowed Apps” and toggle the button next to the app.
5. Head to “Content & Privacy Restrictions” and tap “Content Restrictions”.
6. Tap “Apps”.
7. Tap “Allow All Apps”, and you will get the icon back.

Method #7: Freeing Up Your Storage Space

Freeing up the storage space on your iPhone can also help you get the lost app icon back on the Home screen by doing these steps.

1. Launch Settings.
2. Tap “General”.
3. Tap “iPhone Storage”.
4. Analyze the storage space and ensure that your iPhone has up to 1GB of free space.
5. Once you free up the storage space, refresh your Home screen and see if the icon is back.

Method #8: Unhiding Purchased Apps

If you’ve hidden your app purchases in the App Store, you can unhide them in the following way to get the icon back on your iPhone.

1. Open App Store.
2. Tap your profile picture.
3. Tap your “Apple ID”.
4. Select “Hidden Purchases”.
5. Tap “Unhide” and check if you’ve got the icon back on your iPhone.

Summary 

This comprehensive guide discusses how to get an icon back on your iPhone Home screen using various easy-to-follow methods.

Hopefully, this article helped resolve your query, and you can now access and use the app on your device without any issues.