One of the most obvious features on the iPhone 4 & iOS 4 is “Folders for Apps” to organize your apps. This is how you can cope with the food of apps – at least on your own iPhone. iOS 4 automatically names the folder and you directly can customize the name. But what about changing the name later on?
Creating folders for apps
- If you’re in rearrange mode – by tapping and holding on an app on the home screen until the app icons start to shake – creating folders is easy and intuitive: You only need to drag an app icon over an other app icon and the iOS instantly creates a folder and automatically names it.
- The folder opens up and shows the included apps.
- You can change the automatic generated folder name by clicking into the rounded white name field.
Rename an existing folder for apps
- Changing existing titles of folders for apps is only working in the app rearrange mode.
- So, you have to tap and hold one of the app icons on the home screen until the icons start to shake.
- Then you tap on the folder you want to rename. The folder opens up so you can see the apps and the title in edit mode.
- You only have to click on the title. Now the keyboard appears and you can rename the folder.
- Just press the home button once you are finished to exit the rearrange mode.
Hope this saves some time.
The instruction works perfectly for creating and renaming FOLDERS only. Does anyone know how to rename ICONS? thanks.
@Sunday
You can’t.
Thanks for the guide, `twas very clear and useful!
Very useful, many thanks
@Philip Heinhold: You’re welcome 🙂
Cheers my friend, clear and precise instructions. Helped me solve my problem.
And just like that, my question was answered thanks. That info is not anywhere in the packaging with the phone.
cheers!
Very clear tip.
Thank you very much.
can you change the font size on the folders?
Sorry Ernielee, there’s no way to change the standard font size of the folder in iOS.
Thanks a lot! It works like a charm! Very accurate and precise.
Thanks for the tip, great instructions.
Thank you for your guidance and for sharing a bit of your knowledge. I enjoy learning tips that will make my phone more organized and efficient.
I have iPhone 5 and this doesn’t work for me. I followed the instructions but when I Pressed the current name nothing happened.
Like many people I created a folder just in order to be able to rename it. In this case I wanted to rename my Health app to show that it contains Emergency info. Since they don’t let you rename an app itself, it seemed the next best option was to put in a folder. Since they don’t let you have a folder with only one item I added Note to Health to make a folder. My Notes have my emergency contact info down at the bottom of the grocery lists and reminders.
Alas it was all for naught. When I tap the folder to open the folder, tapping the name of the folder does nothing. I even tried tapping the name on the home screen for good measure.
So does anyone have a recommendation for the iPhone 5 (probably with another letter) with the latest iOS 10.2.1?
Thanks so much,
Laura