Toggle Off the blue button next to the option by clicking on it so that the button becomes gray. Now, every time you download an app, it will no longer be added to your home screen. Now that your downloaded apps no longer appear on your home screen, there might be some individual apps that are visible on your apps page that you wish to add to your home screen.
In order to do so:. Press down on the app icon for a couple of seconds, then move your finger slightly without taking it off the screen. The home screen will be displayed in the background. Drop the app icon on the portion of the home screen you wish to pin it to. The home screen of your Android phone is a place for keeping the most important apps where they can be easily accessed, instead of every new game or novelty app that you downloaded on a whim. Keeping only the essential apps on your home screen will make your home screen more manageable and do away with the multiple pages that you have to keep scrolling through otherwise.
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Below are the steps to changing the settings: 1. Now, you can install apps, be it from the Google Play Web site, or through the Play Store app on the device itself and not have to worry about your home screen s being cluttered up with your latest downloads. Of course, if you decide you liked having this feature on, you can go back into Settings in the Play Store and turn it back on.
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From now on, all the apps that you install on your iPhone will be automatically moved to the App Library without affecting your current home screen setup. App Library on iPad is also visible from the Dock. How do you feel about App Library? Do you like the idea of hiding apps from the Home Screen and only showing them in App Library? Do share your valuable thoughts and opinions in the comments section down below.
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