How to Unhide Apps on iPhone?

You need to access your App Library if you want to Unhide  apps on iPhone that are not on your home screen. You will also need to go to the Account section and Unhide  it from there if you want to Unhide  hidden purchases in the App Store. I realized that I could not find one of my favourite games on my home screen and started to panic, some months ago but fortunately, I had not Uninstalled it and added it to my hidden apps on iPhone by accident. I got it back after with a few steps. If you can not figure out how to Unhide  apps on iPhone after you have hidden apps on your iPhone then you have come to the right place and now here I will show you how to get it done and display hidden apps on your home screen.

Steps to Unhide  apps on iPhone

You are in luck if you have hidden apps on your iPhone and you are not sure how to get them back there, because following these steps you can Unhide  apps on your iPhone;

Step 1

By swiping to the right-most page, access the App Library.

Step 2

After the step one type the name of the hidden app that you are trying to Unhide  into the search bar.

Step 3

When there you see the name and icon of the app that you want to Unhide  then there are two ways to do it. These two ways are discussed in the next two steps.

Step 4

The app which you hold down should take you to the iPhone home screen where you can drop it.

Step 5

The next step is to hold down on the entry of app and swipe left if the first method does not work.

Step 6

Simply look for the app among the categories in the App Library instead of using the search icon and press down on search icon and then tap on “Add to Home Screen”.

Step 8

By using any of these methods to Unhide  apps on your iPhone, you can make those hidden apps visible. 

How can you Unhide  Hidden Purchases on your iPhone?

It is possible that you may hide certain purchased apps from your purchase history but now you might be looking for these hidden purchases and you can find hidden app purchases through the following steps;

Step 1

Launch the app store from your iPhone

Step 2

At the top corner which is on the right-side, tap the Account icon and it will be your profile icon.

Step 3

After the above step select your Apple ID which is at the top of the next screen. 

Step 4

After doing all the above step, tap the “Hidden Purchases”.

Step 5

On your device you are now able to scroll through the list of hidden purchases. 

Step 6

Now you have to search the app name which you want to Unhide . Then tap on “Unhide ” or the download button beside it to start downloading it to your Apple device.

Unhide apps using spotlight

The benefit or advantage of Spotlight is that it searches your entire IOS device including your music collection, movie collection, email and contacts and also your apps in the IOS device or iPhone. It also searches outside your iPhone to bring in results from the app store and the web. By swiping left to right with your finger, you can open Spotlight Search on the first page of the Home Screen. Swipe from the top down to open the Spotlight search screen if you are using IOS 9 or earlier version.

Through Spotlight you can find apps that want to find apps available in your device. They can also manage to fill all the hidden app on your iPhone or iPad. Follow the steps if you are not aware of how to use spotlight search to Unhide  apps. Steps are following to Unhide  apps on iPhone;

1. To get Spotlight search, swap down on any home screen of your iPhone.
2. The app will appear after typing its name or its initials
3. After this, the app icon will appear and you can tap it to open it.
4. Press the app icon you want to chose and drag it down onto the home Screen, if you can not find this app easily. By doing this you know where the app is and can open it easily anytime when ever you want. 

Unhide apps by using Library

iPhone han an App Library, starting with IOS 14. In this Library, there is every installed app in it. To Unhide  app by using Library, follow the below steps;

1. On the last Home Screen, swipe left and you will see App Library.
2. In one of the folders here, you can find the app. Another quicker way is to swipe down the App Library screen or tap the search bar to see all apps in alphabetical order.

Unhide apps from folders in iPhone

Sometime you may accidentally hide an app inside a folder or layer of folder pages and want to Unhide  app then follow the steps to Unhide  them from folders;

1. See app folders by swiping through your Home Screens. App folders are not in the App Library because App folders are always on the Home Screen.
2. After this, tap to open a folder.
3. Press the icon of app if you find your hidden app here and then drag it out on the Home Screen. Try other folders if you do not find it in this folder.

Unhide apps by using app store

1. Tap search after long-pressing the App store
2. In this search bar type the name of the app which are finding.
3. After typing the name of the app, the app will appear in the app store and then simply tap open to launch your app. It will say Update  instead of Open if the the app is not updated. But by doing this you are able to know that this app is available in your device. So update the app.Then tap the “open” to launch the app