How to add an app on iPhone

You can add an app to your iPhone's Home Screen and App Library, or to App Library only, and move it to the Home Screen later.

Last updated: October 20, 2026 1:30 pm

By Tom Griffin - Executive Editor

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To add an app to your iPhone, you can download it from the App Store. When you download an app, you can choose to add it to both your Home Screen and App Library, or to App Library only.

An app that lands in App Library isn’t stuck there, either. You can easily move it to the Home Screen. App Library is the page that comes after all your Home Screen pages.

Choose where apps get downloaded

Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap Home Screen & App Library.
Choose Add to Home Screen or App Library Only.

Move an app from App Library to the Home Screen

If you downloaded an app to App Library, it’s easy to move it to the Home Screen.

Swipe left past all your Home Screen pages to get to App Library.
Touch and hold the background until the apps begin to jiggle.
Touch and hold the app you want to move and drag it to the left.

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ByTom Griffin

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Tom Griffin is the editor-in-chief at GeeksChalk where he oversees all of site’s evergreen content to ensure it’s up to date with the latest information. Hailing from London in the UK, he has over seven years of experience in the tech journalism space and holds a degree in English Literature. In his spare time, Tom can found checking out the latest video games, immersing himself in his favorite sporting pastime of football, and petting every dog he comes across in the outside world.