Learn how to hide and lock apps on your iPhone to keep sensitive information, games, or purchases private from prying eyes.

I already showed you how to lock iPhone apps with Face ID in iOS 18, a feature that goes hand in hand with a new iOS ability: You can hide iPhone apps from the Home Screen and App Library.

Apple devices support a relatively unknown three-finger gesture that lets you share a photo across your devices in super-quick time. It's a neat trick to fall back on if AirDrop is playing up or ...

You can hide them all or each one individually for a clean desktop without clutter. Or you can show as many as you want for quick access to your apps. You can even bring back the legacy system ...

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The first developer beta of iOS 18 is already out for supported iPhones and gives an early look at the app lock feature in action. Let’s see how you can lock and hide your apps on your iPhone ...

The operating system gives its users a lot of control over their devices, such as ways to hide apps; unfortunately, this can lead to some confusion about the hidden apps and may raise security ...

How to lock down and hide your app behavior on iOS 18. Credit: Jonathan Raa / NurPhoto / Getty Images Among the iOS 18 features Apple announced at WWDC 2024, the ability to lock and hide apps was ...

In Safari on iPhone, it's not unusual for the number of tabs you have open to quickly get out of hand. Here's how to temporarily clean things up without losing your tabs. If you have no use for ...