How to add an app on iPad

You can add an app on iPad from the App Store, choose whether it goes to the Home Screen or App Library, and move it later.

By Chris Smith - Senior Editor
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To add an app to your iPad, 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.

Apps in App Library can be moved to the Home Screen anytime, and you can choose where new apps get downloaded by default.

Here’s how to add an app on iPad.

Choose where apps get downloaded

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. 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 download an app to App Library, you can easily move it to the Home Screen.

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

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Chris Smith is a senior editor at GeeksChalk based in Canada. He likes to think of himself as a jack of all trades (and a master of at least a few), though he mainly focuses on iPhones and Macs. Often covering both at the same time. When not surrounded by various Apple devices while putting them through their paces, Chris can be found streaming the latest movies or series, gaming on his PS5, or getting fresh air on a hike in the beautiful wilderness of British Columbia.
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