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How to reorder the icons on your iPhone or iPod Touch springboard

iPhone iPod

This tutorial was created in response to several emails I’ve received on the subject. It’s another one of those “obvious, but easily overlooked” topics.

  1. To change the order of the icons on your iPhone or iPod Touch home screen (often referred to as the springboard) – tap and hold down any one of the icons. After holding down the icon for a couple of seconds, all of your icons will start to “wiggle”, and the applications that can be removed – generally those you have installed from the App Store – will have small X’s in the upper-left corner.
  2. iphone/ipod touch springboard
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  3. While the icons are wiggling, tap and hold down the one you want to move, and drag it to whatever location you want.
  4. iphone/ipod touch springboard with icons relocated
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  5. Repeat step #2 until you’re happy with your springboard layout. When you’re done, click the “bottom” button on your iPhone/iPod Touch.

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  1. Ghostzapper says

    Hi,
    is there any way to save & restore the springboard layout?
    Ghostzapper

  2. gabriel says

    No meu nao funciona esse metodo
    eu queri mexe na minha home mais n consigo
    Algm sbe me dizer pq?

  3. Bradley says

    Thanks! That was quite easy to understand and was exactly what I was looking for.

  4. John says

    is there a easy way to relayout all the icons? After I remove the app, it has a hole in the icon list. I want all the icon to move up one spot…



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