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How to Find Missing Safari Icon on iPhone or iPad

By: Waseem Patwegar | Filed Under: iOS

When the Safari Icon goes missing from the Home screen of iPhone, most users start thinking about the possibility of Safari App being accidentally deleted by them or by someone with access to their device.

However, this is never the case as Apple prevents users from deleting native apps and Safari happens to be one of the most essential native Apps that cannot be deleted from an Apple device.

In most cases, the problem of missing Safari Icon ends up being due to the Safari App being accidentally moved to another Home Screen or becoming hidden in a Folder on the App Library screen.

A less common reason for Safari Icon missing or disappearing from the Home screen on iPhone is due to the Safari App being restricted by Screen Time Settings .

What to Do If Safari Icon is Missing on iPhone?

It can be quite frustrating to find Safari Icon missing on iPhone. Fortunately, in most cases, you should be able to fix this problem using the following steps.

1. Check All Home Screens & Folders

As mentioned above, the most common reason for Safari Icon missing on iPhone is due to the Safari App being accidentally moved to another Home Screen or a Folder.

Hence, the first step would be to carefully go through all the Home screens on your iPhone and look for the Safari App.

Also, go through all Folders and make sure that Safari Icon is not hiding in a Folder on your device.

2. Search For Safari Browser On iPhone

Follow the steps below to make your iPhone look for the missing Safari app.

1. Bring up the Search bar on the Home screen of your iPhone ( Swipe down or Swipe left , depending on the model of your iPhone).

2. Type Safari in the Search bar and this should bring up Safari App in the search results.

3. Tap & Hold on the Safari Icon , drag it upwards slightly and release the finger to place Safari Icon back on the Home Screen of your iPhone.

Note: Even if the Safari App is hidden in a Folder, you will see the name of the Folder in which the Safari App Icon is hidden on your device.

3. Look For Safari in App Library

If you had accidentally removed Safari from the Home screen, it should be available in the App Library on your iPhone.

1. Swipe Left on the Home screen of your iPhone, until you reach the App Library screen.

2. On App Library screen, type Safari in the Search bar and you should find Safari appearing in the Search results.

3. Once Safari appears in the search results, tap and hold on Safari Icon and select Add to Home Screen option.

This should immediately bring the Safari Icon back on the Home Screen of your device.

4. Unhide Home Screen

Another possibility is that you may have accidentally moved Safari to another Home screen and also hidden that Home Screen.

1. Tap & Hold on the Dots located on the Home Screen of your iPhone.

2. Look for Safari Icon in the Thumbnails and tap below the Thumbnail that contains the Safari Icon (if it does not have the check mark).

Unhide iPhone Home Screen Containing Safari Icon

3. This will unhide the Screen containing Safari Icon and you will find Safari back on the Home screen of your iPhone.

5. Reset Home Screen

An easy way to get native Apps like Safari back to their default position on the Home screen of your iPhone is to Reset the Home Screen.

1. Go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset .

2. On the Reset Screen, select Reset Home Screen Layout option.

Reset Home Screen Layout option in iPhone

As mentioned above, resetting the Home Screen should bring back the Safari Icon to its usual position on the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.

6. Disable Restrictions on Safari App

You may have accidentally or intentionally placed restrictions on Safari App, in order to prevent the possibility of your children accessing the internet and using up all your data.

1. Open Settings > Go to Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions and tap on Allowed Apps .

2. On Allowed Apps screen, move the toggle next to Safari to ON position.

Note: If you are using Screen Time Passcode , you will be prompted to enter Screen Time Passcode.

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Look for app folders and search for Safari in the home screen.
Use App Library to bring Safari back to the home screen.

Fix 1: Unhide Home Screen Page

If the Safari icon has gone missing along with other app icons, you might have hidden a home screen page.

Step 1: On your iPhone’s home screen, touch and hold the page dots at the bottom until you see the thumbnails of your home screen.

Step 2: The pages that have checkmarks under them are enabled. Look for the page with the Safari browser and tap on the selection circle under it to enable it.

That’s it. Now, go to your phone’s home screen, and you should see the Safari icon.

Fix 2: Remove Screen Time Restrictions From iPhone

If you can’t find Safari on your iPhone using the above methods, you must check and remove screen time restrictions from the Safari app.

Step 1: Open Settings on your iPhone > go to Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions .

Step 2: Tap on Allowed Apps . Turn off the toggle next to Safari . It should turn green.

That’s it. Go to your home screen, and you should see the Safari app. If the Safari icon is missing, use the above methods to put it back on the home screen.

Fix 3: Reset Home Screen Layout

Resetting the home screen layout of your iPhone will delete folders that you have created on the home screen and put all the pre-installed Apple apps, including Safari, at their original location. This will help in restoring Safari to the home screen.

To reset the home screen layout, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout .

Once reset, go back to the home screen, and you should see the Safari icon happily sitting over there. If Safari doesn’t work, learn how to fix Safari not working on your iPhone .

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Last updated on 25 April, 2024

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How To Fix A Missing Safari Icon On iPhone Or iPad

Safari is built into iOS and cannot be removed from your iPhone or iPad (except when the device has been jailbroken), but it can go missing from the home screen. If it does, it's often easy enough to locate it.

You can usually find it with the Spotlight — swipe down on the home screen and search "safari." Sometimes a user will tuck Safari into a cluttered folder where the icon can get lost. To find it, you just have to look for it.

Suppose you always launch the app from the App Library, and the Safari icon is missing. In that case, it's possible the browser was accidentally deleted from the App Library — a space where all apps are auto-organized into tidy folders. You can hide an app from the Home Screen when it's being moved to the App Library. When it's also deleted from the Library, the icon can go missing.

But what's more likely is that the restriction features in iOS are hiding Safari from you. Parental controls or Screen Time management can hide Safari from view, according to Apple .

How to bring the missing Safari icon back

Before reconfiguring the restriction features on your iPhone or iPad, try resetting the Home Screen. The Safari icon may be hidden, not the app itself. Here's what Apple recommends.

Open Settings.
Find and tap General.
Select Transfer or Reset iPhone .
Select Reset.
Select Reset Home Screen Layout.
Select Reset Home Screen.

Resetting the Home Screen sends all app icons back to their original slots.

If you still can't see Safari, Screen Time is hiding the app from you. Screen Time is a feature that limits how much time you're allowed on a particular app. It's protected with a PIN (that's supposed to be different from the password that unlocks your iPhone or iPad).

You can either disable Screen Time entirely, or just safelist Safari.

Tap Screen Time.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
Enter your passcode.
Tap Allowed Apps.
Enable the switch next to Safari to allow it.

To disable the feature entirely, you can also toggle off the switch next to Content & Privacy Restrictions.

Tips & Tricks

Troubleshooting, icons randomly missing on iphone here’s a fix.

iPhone missing icons on Home Screen and dock

A peculiar issue can occur for some iPhone users where the icons on their device screen are missing. The icon names may or may not appear, or the icon badges may or may not appear, but the icon itself is usually gone.

Sometimes the entire bottom row of icons in the Dock are missing, along with other icons that are supposed to be on the iPhone Home Screen or within folders.

When the icons are missing, the places they should appear on the screen are still taken up, but they are not clickable, and nothing shows up there at all. It’s a very strange issue and it can be somewhat alarming. But don’t worry, if this happens to you the icons are not gone permanently.

So, does your iPhone screen look something like this, missing icons randomly?

If so, don’t panic.

Help, My iPhone Apps Icons Are Missing!

1: reboot iphone.

The first thing you’ll want to do is reboot your iPhone .

A hard reboot is often the easiest thing to do, which is accomplished by pressing Volume Up, then Volume Down, then pressing and holding the Power button until you see the  Apple logo show up on screen.

Sometimes this alone can fix the missing icon problem, or the blank dock issue.

If the iPhone starts back up and is still missing icons (often they will be different icons missing after a reboot, like a fun game of musical chairs), the next thing to do is to clear up some storage space on the iPhone itself.

2: Clear up storage space

Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and locate apps, videos, or other large data hogs, and remove them from the iPhone.

Make sure the iPhone has at least 1GB of storage space freely available.

Then reboot the iPhone again by turning it off and back on (or hard reboot again).

At this point the icons should be back on the screen as expected.

What’s going on here? Why does this happen?

Having personally encountered this issue several times with my iPhone 11 running various versions of iOS 14.6 and iOS 14.x, it’s a bit of a mystery as to what is going on. However, because clearing up storage space and a reboot seems to fix the problem, it could simply be a quirk of what happens when iPhone has run out of space and can’t figure itself out. In my experience, the phone ends up like this in the morning after the iPhone has been plugged in and unused over night, though it’s unclear what if anything that may have to do with why it happens.

It’s well known the iPhone starts dramatically underperforming and misbehaving when the devices storage is full, sometimes deleting photos, mail, apps (though this is a feature called Offload Apps which is separate from the issue mentioned here), and other data from the device. Or perhaps your contacts are seemingly lost, showing phone numbers instead of names as they should. It’s not always related, but try and always keep some storage space available on your device so that it performs well.

It appears that variations of this problem have shown up on Apple discussion boards for a while, so if it’s a bug then it may been longstanding and yet to be addressed. Nonetheless, try freeing up some storage space on your device, and then rebooting, it should work and the icons should be restored.

Have you experienced this issue where icons are randomly missing from iPhone? Did deleting some stuff and rebooting fix the problem for you? Share with us your troubleshooting experiences in the comments.

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Thanks, this column really helped.

Thanks, this worked for me!

I rebooted my iPhone but my settings icon is missing but i can still click on it because I know where it is supposed to be but I’ll go to general and then storage but whenever I get to storage the app crashes, and then when I go to photos it always is just a black screen. Is there anything else I can do.

Thank you for these basic steps. Unfortunately neither of those tips worked for me. More advanced information would be great. Thank you

I hate my 12SE without a proper home button, unresponsive glass & now a disappearing DuckDuckGo icon. None of the recommended strategies brought it back. I may go back to the 5S that is out of support but so user friendly (and never lost any icons).

Maybe Apple had had its day.

My Apple Camera icon disaopeared and removing videos from storage and turning off and on did not solve. Also, my storage shows 58 of 128GB used. Anything else I can try?

i did force restart but it made things worse! i tried freeing storage but all it did was crash! i guess its bye bye… my iPhone SE 2 Had a good life

I have noted missing app icons on my iPhone, but when I scrolled to the app library page I would see the missing app icons.

I think in the circumstance shown in pictures it is clearly a unique bug.

No missing icons altogether, but I do have a persistent problem with three icons for New York Times sites changing from the Times T to the bee icon that goes with the Times spelling game. The bee should go with the spelling game; the other two sites should have the T. iOS seems not to understand that. So some mornings I have three bees; others, Ts.

I get that too with my Home Screen bookmark of osxdaily.com, sometimes the bookmark icon is the X and then sometimes it is a generic icon, and I can’t figure this out at all. I used to have the same problem with the Amazon.com bookmark showing a tablet or the A, but I ended up just removing that and going there directly.

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How to create blank, empty, transparent app icons on your iPhone Home Screen, no jailbreak required

Whether you want to show off your beautiful wallpaper or simply want your setup to look different from the millions of other iPhones out there, one of the best ways to do that is to use widgets, create a blank Home Screen with no app icons , or add blank icons to your Home Screen. In this tutorial, we will focus on the latter.

These invisible icons will allow you to create empty spaces on your Home Screen to either let the wallpaper shine or arrange your app icons in a very specific way. For example, you can place all the empty icons on the top, which will push your meaningful app icons down, making them easier to reach when using your iPhone in one-handed mode.

This tutorial will show you how to create blank, transparent iPhone icons with no jailbreak required .

How to create empty spaces on your iPhone Home Screen

Method 1: app icons that resemble your wallpaper.

We have a short video tutorial as well as a written one. As per your preference, feel free to follow any that’s comfortable.

Follow these steps to create blank app icon spaces on your iPhone Home Screen:

1) Tap and hold any empty area on your iPhone Home Screen to enter wiggle mode – the mode when all app icons start shaking. Once in wiggle mode, swipe left until you reach the far right Home Screen page, which should be completely empty of icons, except for the Dock. Take a screenshot of that empty page.

2) On your iPhone, go to iempty.tooliphone.net using the default Safari browser. Don’t use Chrome or any other browser.

3) Scroll down a bit on the page and select the green Add empty icons option.

4) Scroll down and tap Choose File . Find the screenshot you took in step 1, and upload it. The site will show you a preview of your wallpaper. Tap the green Send button.

This process allows the website to create seemingly transparent icons, which in reality, are pieces of your wallpapers used as icons. Because these icons are identical to specific areas of your wallpaper, they give the impression of transparency.

5) Once your screenshot has been uploaded, scroll down a bit, and look for the Options section. For security reasons, We recommend using the Bookmark option.

Scroll down a bit more, and you will see a grid of icons and your wallpaper in the background. This is where the tedious work begins. For each icon that you want to leave blank on your Home Screen, you will have to select one of the generated blank icons and add it as a bookmark to your Home Screen.

For example, start with the 1×1 icon by tapping on it. Then scroll down and tap the green Add 1 icon button. You will get a preview of the empty icon.

Tap the Share button and select Add to Home Screen , and then select Add on the next screen. The blank icon will be added to your Home Screen.

6) Repeat the process for all icons you want to make transparent on your Home Screen.

7) When done, rearrange your app icons in a way that fits whatever you want to accomplish.

The downside is that if you change your wallpaper and want to preserve empty spaces on your Home Screen, you will have to go through the process again. Another downside is that accidentally tapping any of the blank icons will launch Safari. This is not a dealbreaker by any means, but this is still something to keep in mind.

In my testing, I found that this method works best with wallpapers with solid or gradient colors. If you choose an image with a lot of colors and activity, the empty icons may not look hundred percent blank.

Method 2: Create blank app icons using Shortcuts

Create blank or invisible icons on iPhone Home Screen to organize apps with no jailbreak

Besides the above method, you can also use the Shortcuts app to create blank iPhone icons, which will add space before, after, or between your apps.

There are a few keys to making this work correctly. One of them is that you’ll need a plain background or at least one that you can match the color of the icon. Otherwise, you’ll be able to see it, and the point is lost.

For this example, I used a plain black background. You can simply download a black image from the internet and use it as your iPhone wallpaper. Make sure you don’t delete this black image, as you will need it later in step 7.

Next, open up the Shortcuts app and follow these steps to create the blank icon:

1) Tap the plus button (+) from the top right to create a new shortcut.

Create new shortcut in iPhone Shortcuts app

2) You can leave the shortcut as it is without any actions. But, if you want that invisible icon to do something when you tap it on your screen, like open your Photos or add a Calendar event, you can select one of those actions.

3) Tap the New Shortcut button on the top and choose Rename .

6) Tap the smaller shortcut icon and pick Choose Photo .

7) Next, pick the same black image that you used as your wallpaper and tap Choose .

8) Finally, tap Add .

That’s it! You have successfully created a shortcut with an empty name, having the same icon as your iPhone wallpaper. This basic trick makes the icon invisible and gives the impression of an empty area on the Home Screen. To see it, press an empty area on the Home Screen, and all apps, including this shortcut icon, will start jiggling and have a remove button (-) on them.

You can simply move this shortcut icon wherever you want it, just as you would move any other app on your screen.

You can continue adding that same shortcut to your Home Screen to create more spaces. Or, just edit the shortcut you created by tapping the three dots icon and following steps 5 to 8 to repeatedly add the same shortcut to your Home Screen multiple times to create several invisible icons. Important: Make sure to change the shortcut name by pasting more invisible characters or removing one.

As you might have figured out, if you change the wallpaper, these icons will become visible! In that case, you can press them and remove them from the Home Screen.

Having more space between your apps is a great way to declutter your screens. You can even use the blank iPhone icons to arrange your apps in cool patterns. Is this a trick you plan to try out with the Shortcuts app? Let us know!

If you have come up with a clever wallpaper and icon placement combo, please feel free to share your creation in the comments section below.

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8 Ways to Fix Safari App Disappeared from iPad or iPhone

Safari is the default web browser on iPhone. iPhone users like safari because of its great utility and simple interface. But many people have faced Safari app disappeared from iPad or Safari icon missing on iPhone issue. If you are also one of those who have also come across this problem then don’t worry because, in this article, we will discuss the causes as well as the fixes of this issue.

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How to Fix Safari App Disappeared from iPad or iPhone

Continue reading to know about the solutions for Safari icon missing on iPhone problem.

Where Safari App Disappeared From iPad?

To know where Safari app disappeared from iPad or Safari icon disappeared iPhone read the points mentioned below. It is not possible that you lost safari app on iPhone because iPhone does not allow its users to remove the in-built apps.

The safari app on your device might be relocated or hidden in one of the folders or might be visible on another home screen.
If you deactivate it by mistake by using the limitations option in settings, then it may get concealed.

How to Find Lost Safari App On iPhone or iPad

To find Safari app disappeared from iPad or Safari icon missing on iPhone you can opt for any of the methods discussed by us to fix this issue.

Method 1: Restart Device

You can find the disappeared safari app on your iPhone or iPad if you restart your device as it gives a soft reset to it. When you restart your device then it can fix the errors or issues taking place in your device.

1. First, Press and hold either the volume button and the side button simultaneously till the time slide to power-off slider appears on the screen.

2. After that, Drag the red and white slider from left to right to turn off your device.

3. Then, hold on for 30 seconds for your device to shut down completely.

4. Finally, press and hold the side button till the time the Apple logo appears on the screen. Your device will turn on after some time.

Method 2: Go Through All Folders and Screens

You can look for the safari icon that has disappeared on every home screen of your device. Also, check if the safari app is hidden or relocated in some folders on the screen pages.

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Method 3: Use App Library

It might also be possible that you are able to find the missing safari app in the App library. To go to the App library, follow the given steps.

1. First, go through all the home screens on your device by swiping left and you will be able to locate App Library .

app library. 8 Ways to Fix Safari App Disappeared from iPad

2. Then tap on the search box and type safari to find the lost safari app.

Method 4: Use Spotlight Search

Another quick way to find a lost safari app on iPhone or safari app disappeared from iPad is by using spotlight search on your device.

1. First, swipe right on all the home screens and open the spotlight search option on your device.

2. After that, in the search box type safari so that the safari app comes in the search outcomes.

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Method 5: Remove Restrictions on Safari

When you impose restrictions on the safari app to avoid other people from surfing the web or using your data on your device then this can also disappear the safari app from the home screen of your iPhone. So, abide by the steps given below to get back the disappeared safari app.

1. First, navigate to the Settings app on your device.

move to settings. 8 Ways to Fix Safari App Disappeared from iPad

2. Then, tap on the Screen Time option.

3. After that, choose the Content & Privacy Restrictions option.

4. Consequently, select the Allowed Apps option.

select allowed apps button. 8 Ways to Fix Safari App Disappeared from iPad

5. Finally, toggle on the Safari option.

Method 6: Reset Home Screen

Another way to find the lost safari app is to reset your home screen. To reset the home screen on your device, follow the steps given below.

1. First, go to the Settings app on your device.

2. Consequently, select the General option.

3. Then, tap on Reset .

4. Finally, choose the Reset Home Screen Layout option.

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Method 7: Open Through Apple Store

If by mistake you have uninstalled the safari app from your device which then becomes missing, then you can check the Apple Store.

Method 8: Reset Your Device Using iTunes

If you reset your device using iTunes then also you can locate the disappeared Safari app from your device. To reset the device using iTunes follow the steps given below.

1. First, connect your device to a computer using a USB cable .

2. Then, open iTunes on your computer and choose your device on the left pane under Devices .

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3. After that, click on Summary > Restore .

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1. How to get Safari back on iPhone 11?

Ans. You can get back the lost safari app on your iPhone 11 by opting for the methods discussed by us above.

Q2. How do I get safari back on my home screen?

Ans. You can get back safari back on your home screen by trying out methods like removing restrictions on safari, reset the home screen, checking your all folders and home screens and more. Various methods have been elaborated by us above so you can follow them to get back your safari app.

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Blank Icon Maker : The Easiest Way to Place Apps, Folders & Widgets Anywhere on Your iPhone's Home Screen

While Apple has been making strides in iPhone customization, it's still not up to par with what Android is and always has been. You can hide apps from the home screen now in iOS 14 , but for everything that's still there, you can't add gaps between icons on the same page to segregate them where you want. However, some workarounds give that effect.

Currently, icons snap to a fixed grid on each page, from the top-left to the bottom-right, and that includes apps, folders , bookmarks , shortcuts , and widgets . While you can move any of those icons into the order that you want, you can't move them anywhere on the screen that you want.

There were jailbreak tweaks that added the much-wanted ability, but there are fewer reasons to go that route with all that Apple has been pushing into iOS as built-in features, and jailbreaking isn't something everyone is willing to do.

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Aside from that, you used to be able to provide the illusion of gaps between icons on the home screen by messing around with Apple Configurator , but that's even harder than jailbreaking. So web apps like Makeovr made it a much easier process, and there are even iOS apps that do it too (most are paid though), but now shortcuts are popping up all over the place that makes things even simpler. One such shortcut is called Blank Icon Maker.

How Blank Icon Maker Works

The shortcut is fairly straightforward. Take a screenshot of your background, run the shortcut, select the image, and choose which gaps you want to create "blank" icons for. Then, you add the configuration profile and rearrange those "invisible" icons until the apps, folders, bookmarks, shortcuts, and widgets are all spaced apart how you want. The hidden icons it creates are just empty bookmark icons without any labels. The icon images are just copies of the portion of the wallpaper underneath, creating the appearance of gaps between icons.

Requirements

You need the Shortcuts app and an iPhone that supports iOS 14, including the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro models. It won't work on iOS 12 or iOS 13 (it'll just crash). And in case you don't already have it set, you need to make sure "Allow Untrusted Shortcuts" toggled on in the "Shortcuts" settings.

Step 1: Make Sure Perspective Zoom Is Disabled

With the Perspective Zoom feature enabled for wallpapers, the wallpaper on your home screen moves around slightly as you move your iPhone around, adding a certain level of fluidity to the experience. But since our "transparent" icons reply on the wallpaper staying still, Perspective Zoom can make your home screen customization dead in the water.

To disable it, go to Settings –> Wallpaper, then tap your current home screen background. Now, at the bottom, tap the button that looks like a smartphone with tiny arrows pointing outward. That will turn Perspective Zoom off, and the icon will now be crossed out, indicating as such.

Step 2: Add Blank Icon Maker to Your Shortcuts

Blank Icon Maker, from RoutineHub user robric18 , can be installed using the direct link below or from RoutineHub . Getting it from RoutineHub's site is your best option to make sure you have the most up-to-date version. As of Nov. 17, 2020, the newest version is 0.3, which fixed some icon placement issues on iPhones with Home buttons.

iCloud Link: Blank Icon Maker, v0.3 (free)

After hitting "Get Shortcut," you'll be redirected to the Shortcuts app. Here, you can view all of the shortcut's actions. Scroll to the bottom, then tap on "Add Untrusted Shortcut" to add it to your library.

Step 3: Take a Screenshot of Your Wallpaper

Before you run the shortcut, you'll need a screenshot of an empty home screen page. If you don't already have one, you can easily take one by doing the following.

Press-and-hold anywhere on your home screen, and wait until you enter the home screen editor (everything with jiggle). Next, swipe left on the screen until you get a new, empty home screen page. Finally, press the Side button and Volume Up together (on Face ID models) or the Side button and Home button together (on Touch ID models) to take a screenshot.

You can now exit the editor; tap the background, hit "Done" (on Face ID models), or click your Home button (Touch ID models) to do so.

Step 4: Create Your Blank Icon Set

Now it's time for the real action. In the "My Shortcuts" tab in the Shortcuts app, find and tap on the Blank Icon Maker card. You'll first be prompted to choose the type of blank icons that you want to create:

For A Few Specific Home Screen Locations : Doesn't automatically select any of the spaces where blank icons will go; you must select them manually.
For Most (But Not All) Home Screen Locations : Automatically selects all of the spaces where blank icons will go but gives you the option to deselect any of them.
For Entire Home Screen : Automatically selects all of the spaces where blank icons will go and skips the option for you to select/deselect them.

The first time you choose an option above, the shortcut will ask you for access to your photos; tap "OK" so that it will be able to use your wallpaper screenshot.

Next, choose the screenshot you just took from the image picker. In some instances, you may be asked to select the type of iPhone model you have if it couldn't auto-detect it, so do so if you see that pop up.

Now, if you chose "For A Few Specific Home Screen Locations," pick the spots that you want to appear on the home screen as gap spaces. If you selected "For Most (But Not All) Home Screen Locations" instead, deselect the ones you don't want. These will appear as "invisible," allowing you to place your real icons and widgets around them. Once you're good, tap on "Done"

On the prompt that appears, give your icon set a name. If you picked "For Entire Home Screen," you'd immediately skip to this part after choosing your screenshot or selecting your device model.

These will appear as "invisible," allowing you to place your real icons and widgets around them. Once you've selected the blank icons, tap on "Done" and name the blank icon set. Hit "Done" to finish this step.

Step 5: Download & Install Configuration Profile

As soon as you name the icon set, you'll be redirected to Safari to install a configuration profile that houses your blank icon set. Usually, IT departments or cellular carriers use these profiles to restrict certain settings like Wi-Fi, email, and passcodes. In our case, the config profile contains web clips (similar to home screen bookmarks), which are used as the blank icons on the home screen. Because they're web clips, nothing happens when you tap on them, unlike with bookmarks.

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The web app will ask you to download the config profile. Tap on "Allow," then "Close" on the following prompt telling you that your profile was downloaded. Now, tap "Open Installation Screen" on the web app to open up the profile installer. Alternatively, you can go to Settings –> General –> Profiles –> Transparent Icons.

On the Install Profile screen, you'll see that the profile is not signed and includes the number of blank icons you created. Tap on "Install" in the top right, then enter your passcode. Because your profile is not signed, you'll have to tap "Install" again, followed by "Install" in the actions menu. The profile will then be installed, and you can tap "Done" to exit.

Step 6: Adjust the Icons on Your Home Screen

After installing the profile, all of your blank icons will appear on your home screen — even if you have it set to install newly downloaded apps in the App Library only and not on the home screen.

Depending on how many empty spaces you have on various home screen pages, the icons may appear scattered across multiple pages. However, you can enter the home screen editor and just drag and drop the blank icons to their correct position amongst the real apps, folders, bookmarks, shortcuts, and widgets. Once finished, tap the background, hit "Done" (on Face ID models), or click your Home button (Touch ID models) to exit the editor.

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Step 7: Test Out Your New Look

The blank icons do look pretty good, but they're not always perfect. For more complicated wallpapers, such as in my example, you may see a bit of unevenness between the icons and the wallpaper. It's not very discernible, but if you look closely, you can see it.

However, most wallpapers should look seamless, so go with a less complex photo if you want it to look flawless. Even better: use solid color backgrounds.

Now, since these blank icons are really just parts of your wallpaper cloned on top of your real wallpaper, you will definitely notice that the invisible gaps are not invisible at all whenever you switch between home screen pages. Nothing is perfect, and this is the biggest drawback of the effect.

However, if you choose only to have one home screen page, whether it's because you hid the rest of the pages or banished the other apps to the App Library , the gaps will appear more legit because whenever you swipe to the Today view or the App Library, it blurs the home screen until it disappears, swallowed by the new view.

If you have " Reduce Motion " enabled, those Today view and App Library will slide over the home screen page. If you also have " Prefer Cross-Face Transitions " on, the home screen page will fade out as you swipe to open the other views.

Removing the Blank Icons When Done with Them

Although this feature is fun to have, you may get tired of it eventually. Luckily, getting rid of the blank icons is as easy as deleting apps, folders, bookmarks, shortcuts, and widgets. To remove the blank icons, press down anywhere on the home screen until you enter the editor. Next, tap on each icon's minus (–) button, then on "Delete" when it appears. Delete all of the blank icons to go back to a normal home page.

If you know you'll never use those icon sets again, you can delete the profile instead of deleting the icons one by one. Go to Settings –> General –> Profiles, then choose your icon set. Hit "Remove Profile," enter your passcode, then select "Remove" from the actions menu.

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This is a great hack, but unfortunately I got an error part way through following the steps. And the code looks a bit tricky to manipulate. "Conversion Error. Set Variable failed because Shortcuts couldn't convert from URL to Rich text " assist?

Sorry, I just noticed this is almost two years ago.

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Safari Favorites Icons Missing? 7 Ways to Get Them Back

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Safari favorites icons, or favicons, are a celebrated convenience that allows you to quickly see the website you want in history, bookmarks, or tabs. Unfortunately, these favicons tend to appear incorrectly or go missing. This article shows you how to get back missing favorite icons on your Mac.

Safari Favorites Icons Missing [How To Get Them Back]

If you notice that your Safari favorites icons are missing , clearing your cache and restarting Safari is the fastest way to get them back . There is another alternative way of opening the affected website in a private Safari window; I will look at it in detail later in the article.

How to Find Safari Favorites Icons Missing?

Method 1: Clear Safari favorites icons cache

Method 2: Use Safari Private Window

Method 3: create new user, method 4: verify your preferences, method 5: restore items from time machine, method 6: download updates.

Method 7: Use the safe mode

In Conclusion

If the favorites icons are missing in Safari on your Mac, try going to “Safari” > “Preferences” > “Tabs” and check the box next to “Show website icons in tabs.” If this doesn’t solve the issue, try resetting the Safari browser by going to “Safari” > “Reset Safari” and selecting the appropriate options. If the issue persists, try restarting your Mac or updating the operating system.

How to bring back Safari Favorites Icons

When Apple first introduced the favicon feature on Safari, most people unsurprisingly jumped on it enthusiastically. The convenience of quickly locating your favorite website on a tab or bookmark list was too good to pass up. Precious seconds are saved by that little image appearing in the history list of the Safari browser, while not seeing it can put some people off whatever they are doing on the internet. Even though the Safari favorites icon appears distorted or missing, we’re here to tell you that you can quickly recover the icon by following a few simple steps on your MacBook.

Method 1: Clear Safari favorites icons cache

Clearing the Safari favorites icons cache and starting over is the universal way of solving the problem of incorrect and missing favicons on your computer. Follow the steps below to get your favorite icons back.

Shut or quit Safari.
Go to Finder on your Mac.
Next, click on Go, then select Go To Folder on the visible menu.
A pop-up menu will appear, and you will need to type in/Library/Safari/Favicon Cache/
Once you’ve typed that in, you need to click on Go.
You must send all the items in the folder on your screen to Trash. Pressing the Command and the A key simultaneously selects all the files in the folder, then you can drag them to the trash. You can also right-click the files and select Move To Trash on the menu that appears on the screen.
Empty the entire trash or delete the items from the favicon cache folder only. The simplest way to empty your trash is by right-clicking the trash icon on your dock and selecting Empty Trash.
Open your Safari browser again and visit your saved sites.

The incorrect or distorted images should appear correctly. The favicon cache rebuilds itself as you visit your saved sites. However, in rare cases, some alternatives might help. I’ll now look at some of the methods that you can use. Feel free to try them all, as none take a long time to complete.

Also Read: How to Fix Finder Not Responding on Mac

There is no guarantee that this alternative method will work, but it is worth a try if clearing the favicon cache is not working or if you prefer not to use it. Safari has a private window that does not store browsing history, and you can use this feature to try and refresh your favicons.

Right-click on Safari in the Dock
Select New Private Window
Visit the site with the incorrect or missing favicons
Close Private Window

The favicons should return to normal working conditions after this. You can try these further steps in the Private Window.

Select Preferences and click on Privacy on the Safari menu
Click on Manage Website Data, and a list of sites will appear
Choose the site that is causing issues and click on Remove
Click on Done to finish the process
Go back to the non-private window and open the website again.

Your Mac should be able to rebuild the favicon cache on its own. If you know your way around the device, you can manually make another favicon cache folder, but this is not a recommended route. It is better to contact the Apple Support center.

If you continue having issues with favicons, create a new user on your Mac. This method has worked for others on the Apple Community Forum , where users try to help each other solve various challenges with Mac. One user managed to retrieve all the missing favicons using this method.

Select System Preferences (System Settings on macOS Ventura and above) on your menu and click Users & Groups
Click on Add at the bottom of the dialogue box.
Choose the type of user, preferably the Administrator.
Enter the name of the new user and a password.
Click on Add User.

The first time you open Safari under the new user profile, favicons should all work perfectly. \

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The Mac has a preference setting that allows tabs to display icons when you’re on Safari. Check that your preferences are set correctly by following these simple steps.

Open Safari
Click on Safari in the menu bar
Select Preferences
Click on Tabs, and a list of preferences will show up
Tick the box allowing website icons to be shown.

The image below shows the box that you should tick. You can try doing this a couple of times while restarting your device. Try this method several times, restarting your device each time.

safari favorites icons missing - Verify your preferences

If you use Time Machine to backup files, then you can use it to retrieve files and items. The good thing about Time Machine is that it works with almost all Mac apps. Here is a reminder of how to open Time Machine and retrieve files and items.

Click on the Time Machine icon. If the icon is not there, go to System Preferences (System Settings on macOS Ventura and above) and click Time Machine on the Apple menu.
Click on Show Time Machine in the menu bar to browse backups and local snapshots.
Use the arrows to look through your missing files and items. When you see the files you need, click Restore.

You can restore all the files at once or one by one. When restored, the files return to the original folder. Remember, you need to have already set your device to back up to the Time Machine for this method to work perfectly.

Also Read: How to Turn off Time Machine on a Mac

Your Safari favorites icons missing challenge can also be solved by updating your device. The macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Combo update fixes issues that prevent files from syncing with iCloud and resolves graphics. You can download this update and see if the problem is solved.

Follow these steps to download software updates on your Mac.

Open the Apple menu and choose System Preferences (System Settings on macOS Ventura and above).
Click on Software Update.
Open the Software Update preferences for the Safari folder.

You can also find a list of available updates in the Apple Store or set your device to check for software updates in the System Preferences (System Settings on macOS Ventura and above) automatically. However, for this particular issue of missing favicons, the Catalina 10.15.7 Combo update should be able to help.

Method 7: Use the safe mode

One way of solving issues on your Mac is to restart it in safe mode. The safe mode allows your device to start and run with limited functionality as you try and solve specific issues. You must determine if your device uses Apple silicon, then follow these steps.

Shut down your Mac device.
Turn on your Mac and hold the power tab until the startup options window appears.
Choose the startup disk.
Click the Continue in Safe Mode tab while holding down the shift key.
Log in, and if asked to, do it again.

If your device uses the Intel processor, follow the instructions below.

Turn on the Mac
Press and hold the shift key immediately
Release the shift key when the login window appears
Login as per instruction

All the methods mentioned here should help retrieve missing or distorted favicons. If you continue having issues after everything I have touched on here, you may need to reinstall your macOS to ensure that all the third-party apps are up to date.

What to Do If Your App Icons Are Invisible on iPhone

If you recently unlocked your iPhone to see that some of your app icons are invisible, as if they haven’t fully loaded, you may worry that there is something very wrong with your phone. There is, but it can be fixed. Invisible app icons are a symptom of low storage space.

The thing is, if this is the case for you, you would have been getting low storage warnings for a while now. If you ignore them long enough, you can end up with a phone that can’t function properly. In this article, we’ll tell you how you can fix this problem and get your iPhone’s app icons back.

If only a few seldomly used apps have disappeared, your iPhone simply may have offloaded those apps. If this is the case, you can disable “Offload Unused Apps.”

How to fix low storage causing missing app icons

You will need to open up some storage space on your iPhone. This will be the first step. You need to do this very soon, or else your phone may stop working.

1. Backup your iPhone

If you haven’t backed up your iPhone in a while, this would be a good time to do it. With dangerously low storage, you may end up needing to restore (erase) the phone. You can either use iCloud or your computer. If you are not sure whether you want to back up using iCloud or your computer, you can learn more about the difference between iCloud backups and backups to your computer . There may be an advantage to using Finder/iTunes (your computer) in this situation, as you may need to use it later to update your iPhone or even restore your phone.

If you don’t already use iCloud, consider getting it. It can help you save a significant amount of space on your iPhone. Plus, it makes backing up your phone super easy (it’s automatic). The current monthly prices in the U.S. are 50GB for $0.99, 200GB for $2.99 and 2TB for $9.99.

To backup using iCloud:

Go to Settings and tap on your Apple ID name at the top.
Tap on iCloud . Look to see if iCloud Backup is On .
You can force a backup by tapping on iCloud Backup , then tapping Back Up Now .

You can back up your iPhone to your computer. You can also use your computer to update your iPhone when you are too low on storage. Additionally, if you have any problems with your phone and need to restore it, you can restore it from a backup using your computer.

Mac with macOS Catalina or later

Connect your iPhone to your Mac and open a Finder window.
Click Trust in the Finder window and tap Trust on your iPhone.
Enter your iPhone passcode.
With the General tab selected, click on “Back up all of the data on your iPhone to this Mac.”
Click on Back Up Now .

PC or Mac with Mohave or earlier

Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iTunes .
Find and click on your iPhone.
Click on Summary , then click on Back Up Now .

2. Free up space on your iPhone to get your invisible icons back

To see your iPhone storage, go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage . You can follow the suggestions listed such as:

Offload Unused Apps
Review TV Downloads
Review Downloaded Videos

The apps are listed in descending order based on how much storage they are using. You can do the following to free up some space:

Tap on each app to Offload or Delete the app. Some built-in apps can not be deleted.
For some apps, such as Podcasts and Music, you can remove individual podcasts or songs.
Note, for the Photos app, you need to go into the Photos app to delete photos and videos.

For more on how to free up storage space, see Exclamation Point on Photos; How to Fix Low Disk Space on iPhone .

3. Backup your iPhone again

4. update your iphone.

After you have freed up some space on your phone, you should update it. You may still have low storage (and maybe missing icons). If your storage space is too low to update, you will need to use a computer.

You can update without using a computer if possible. Go to Settings > General > Software Update and download and install the available update. If you can’t update this way, you can use Finder (on Mac with macOS Catalina or later) or iTunes (on a PC or Mac running Mohave or earlier).

Using Finder

Select your iPhone in the sidebar.
With the General tab selected, click on Check for Update .

Using iTunes

Connect your iPhone to your computer and open an iTunes window.
Select your iPhone, then select Summary .
Click on Check for Update .

If you have further trouble with your iPhone, you may want to contact Apple Support or take your device to an Apple Store .

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Dr. Stacey Butler is a tech writer at macReports covering news, how-tos, and user guides. She is a longtime Mac and iPhone user and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She is a former faculty member and a math teacher. Here is her LinkedIn profile , Google Scholar profile and her ResearchGate profile . Email Stacey Butler .

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iPad User Guide

iPad models compatible with iPadOS 17
iPad mini (5th generation)
iPad mini (6th generation)
iPad (6th generation)
iPad (7th generation)
iPad (8th generation)
iPad (9th generation)
iPad (10th generation)
iPad Air (3rd generation)
iPad Air (4th generation)
iPad Air (5th generation)
iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
iPad Pro 10.5-inch
iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
Setup basics
Make your iPad your own
Keep in touch with friends and family
Customize your workspace
Do more with Apple Pencil
Customize iPad for your child
What’s new in iPadOS 17
Turn on and set up iPad
Wake, unlock, and lock
Set up cellular service
Connect to the internet
Sign in with Apple ID
Subscribe to iCloud+
Find settings
Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
Learn the meaning of the status icons
Charge the battery
Show the battery percentage
Check battery usage
Use Low Power Mode to save battery life
Read and bookmark the user guide
Adjust the volume
Learn basic gestures
Learn advanced gestures
Find your apps in App Library
Switch between apps
Zoom an app to fill the screen
Quit and reopen an app
Drag and drop
Open two items in Split View
Switch an app window to Slide Over
View an app’s windows and workspaces
Multitask with Picture in Picture
Move, resize, and organize windows
Access features from the Lock Screen
Perform quick actions
Search on iPad
Get information about your iPad
View or change cellular data settings
Travel with iPad
Change or turn off sounds
Create a custom Lock Screen
Change the wallpaper
Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
Customize the text size and zoom setting
Change the name of your iPad
Change the date and time
Change the language and region
Organize your apps in folders
Add, edit, and remove widgets
Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
Remove or delete apps
Use and customize Control Center
Change or lock the screen orientation
View and respond to notifications
Change notification settings
Set up a focus
Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
Turn a Focus on or off
Customize sharing options
Type with the onscreen keyboard
Dictate text
Move the onscreen keyboard
Select and edit text
Use predictive text
Use text replacements
Add or change keyboards
Add emoji and stickers
Take a screenshot
Take a screen recording
Write and draw in documents
Add text, shapes, signatures, and more
Fill out forms and sign documents
Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos and videos
Lift a subject from the photo background
Subscribe to Apple Arcade
Play with friends in Game Center
Connect a game controller
Use App Clips
Update apps
View or cancel subscriptions
Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
Install and manage fonts
Buy books and audiobooks
Annotate books
Access books on other Apple devices
Listen to audiobooks
Set reading goals
Organize books
Create and edit events in Calendar
Send invitations
Reply to invitations
Change how you view events
Search for events
Change calendar and event settings
Schedule or display events in a different time zone
Keep track of events
Use multiple calendars
Use the Holidays calendar
Share iCloud calendars
Take photos
Take Live Photos
Take a selfie
Take a Portrait mode selfie
Take videos
Change advanced camera settings
Adjust HDR camera settings
View, share, and print photos
Use Live Text
Scan a QR code
Scan documents
See the world clock
Set an alarm
Use the stopwatch
Use multiple timers
Add and use contact information
Edit contacts
Add your contact info
Send Contacts on iPad
Use other contact accounts
Hide duplicate contacts
Export contacts
Get started with FaceTime
Make FaceTime calls
Receive FaceTime calls
Create a FaceTime link
Take a Live Photo
Turn on Live Captions
Use other apps during a call
Make a Group FaceTime call
View participants in a grid
Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
Share your screen in a FaceTime call
Collaborate on a document in a FaceTime call
Use video conferencing features
Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
Change the FaceTime video settings
Change the FaceTime audio settings
Change your appearance
Leave a call or switch to Messages
Block unwanted callers
Report a call as spam
Connect external devices or servers
Modify files, folders, and downloads
Search for files and folders
Organize files and folders
Set up iCloud Drive
Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
Use an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service
Share your location
Add or remove a friend
Locate a friend
Get notified when friends change their location
Notify a friend when your location changes
Turn off Find My
Add your iPad
Get notified if you leave a device behind
Locate a device
Mark a device as lost
Erase a device
Remove a device
Add an AirTag
Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPad
Add a third-party item
Get notified if you leave an item behind
Locate an item
Mark an item as lost
Remove an item
Adjust map settings
Get started with Freeform
Create a Freeform board
Draw or handwrite
Apply consistent styles
Position items on a board
Search Freeform boards
Share and collaborate
Delete and recover boards
Get started with Health
Fill out your Health Details
Intro to Health data
View your health data
Share your health data
View health data shared by others
Download health records
View health records
Log menstrual cycle information
View menstrual cycle predictions and history
Track your medications
Learn more about your medications
Log your state of mind
Take a mental health assessment
Customize your Sleep Focus
Turn Sleep Focus on or off
View your sleep history
Check your headphone audio levels
Use audiogram data
Back up your Health data
Intro to Home
Upgrade to the new Home architecture
Set up accessories
Control accessories
Control your home using Siri
Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
Set up HomePod
Control your home remotely
Create and use scenes
Use automations
Set up security cameras
Use Face Recognition
Configure a router
Invite others to control accessories
Add more homes
Get music, movies, and TV shows
Get ringtones
Manage purchases and settings
Magnify nearby objects
Change settings
Detect people around you
Detect doors around you
Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
Read aloud text and labels around you
Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
Add and remove email accounts
Set up a custom email domain
Check your email
Unsend email with Undo send
Reply to and forward emails
Save an email draft
Add email attachments
Download email attachments
Annotate email attachments
Set email notifications
Search for email
Organize your email in mailboxes
Flag or block emails
Filter emails
Use Hide My Email
Use Mail Privacy Protection
Change email settings
Delete and recover emails
Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
Print emails
Use keyboard shortcuts
Get travel directions
Select other route options
Find stops along your route
View a route overview or a list of turns
Change settings for spoken directions
Get driving directions
Report traffic incidents
Get cycling directions
Get walking directions
Get transit directions
Delete recent directions
Get traffic and weather info
Predict travel time and ETA
Download offline maps
Search for places
Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
Get information about places
Mark places
Share places
Rate places
Save favorite places
Explore new places with Guides
Organize places in My Guides
Clear location history
Look around places
Take Flyover tours
Find your Maps settings
Measure dimensions
View and save measurements
Measure a person’s height
Set up Messages
About iMessage
Send and reply to messages
Unsend and edit messages
Keep track of messages
Forward and share messages
Group conversations
Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
Collaborate on projects
Use iMessage apps
Take and edit photos or videos
Share photos, links, and more
Send stickers
Request, send, and receive payments
Send and receive audio messages
Animate messages
Send and save GIFs
Turn read receipts on or off
Change notifications
Block, filter, and report messages
Delete messages and attachments
Recover deleted messages
View albums, playlists, and more
Show song credits and lyrics
Queue up your music
Listen to broadcast radio
Subscribe to Apple Music
Listen to lossless music
Listen to Dolby Atmos music
Apple Music Sing
Find new music
Add music and listen offline
Get personalized recommendations
Listen to radio
Search for music
Create playlists
See what your friends are listening to
Use Siri to play music
Change the way music sounds
Get started with News
Use News widgets
See news stories chosen just for you
Read stories
Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
Subscribe to Apple News+
Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
Use Offline Mode to read downloaded stories
Manually download Apple News+ issues
Solve puzzles in Apple News
Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles on iPad
Solve Quartiles puzzles
Search for news stories
Save stories in News for later
Subscribe to individual news channels
Get started with Notes
Add or remove accounts
Create and format notes
Draw or write
Add photos, videos, and more
Scan text and documents
Work with PDFs
Create Quick Notes
Search notes
Organize in folders
Organize with tags
Use Smart Folders
Export or print notes
Change Notes settings
Delete, share, or copy a photo
View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
View photos and videos
Play videos and slideshows
Delete or hide photos and videos
Edit photos and videos
Trim video length and adjust slow motion
Edit Live Photos
Edit Cinematic videos
Edit portraits
Use photo albums
Edit, share, and organize albums
Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
Make stickers from your photos
Duplicate and copy photos and videos
Merge duplicate photos
Search for photos
Identify people and pets
Browse photos by location
Share photos and videos
Share long videos
View photos and videos shared with you
Watch memories
Personalize your memories
Manage memories and featured photos
Use iCloud Photos
Create shared albums
Add and remove people in a shared album
Add and delete photos and videos in a shared album
Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
Import and export photos and videos
Print photos
Find podcasts
Listen to podcasts
Follow your favorite podcasts
Use the Podcasts widget
Organize your podcast library
Download, save, and share podcasts
Subscribe to podcasts
Listen to subscriber-only content
Change download settings
Make a grocery list
Add items to a list
Edit and manage a list
Search and organize lists
Work with templates
Use Smart Lists
Print reminders
Use the Reminders widget
Change Reminders settings
Browse the web
Search for websites
Customize your Safari settings
Change the layout
Use Safari profiles
Open and close tabs
Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
View your tabs from another device
Share Tab Groups
Use Siri to listen to a webpage
Bookmark a website
Bookmark a website as a favorite
Save pages to a Reading List
Find links shared with you
Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
Automatically fill in forms
Get extensions
Hide ads and distractions
Clear your cache and cookies
Browse the web privately
Use passkeys in Safari
Check stocks
Manage multiple watchlists
Read business news
Add earnings reports to your calendar
Use a Stocks widget
Translate text, voice, and conversations
Translate text in apps
Translate with the camera view
Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, or an Apple TV channel
Add your TV provider
Get shows, movies, and more
Watch sports
Watch Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass
Watch multiple live sports streams
Control playback
Manage your library
Change the settings
Make a recording
Play it back
Edit or delete a recording
Keep recordings up to date
Organize recordings
Search for or rename a recording
Share a recording
Duplicate a recording
Check the weather
Check the weather in other locations
View weather maps
Manage weather notifications
Use Weather widgets
Learn the weather icons
Find out what Siri can do
Tell Siri about yourself
Have Siri announce calls and notifications
Add Siri Shortcuts
About Siri Suggestions
Change Siri settings
Set up Family Sharing
Add Family Sharing members
Remove Family Sharing members
Share subscriptions
Share purchases
Share locations with family and locate lost devices
Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
Set up parental controls
Set up a child’s device
Get started with Screen Time
Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
Set up Screen Time
Set communication and safety limits and block inappropriate content
Set up Screen Time for a family member
Set up Apple Pay
Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
Track your orders
Use Apple Cash
Use Apple Card
Use Savings
Manage payment cards and activity
Power adapter and charge cable
Use AirPods
Use EarPods
Use headphone audio-level features
Apple Pencil compatibility
Pair and charge Apple Pencil (1st generation)
Pair and charge Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
Pair and charge Apple Pencil (USB-C)
Pair and charge Apple Pencil Pro
Enter text with Scribble
Draw with Apple Pencil
Take and mark up a screenshot with Apple Pencil
Quickly write notes
Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
Connect to a display with a cable
HomePod and other wireless speakers
iPad keyboards
Switch between keyboards
Enter characters with diacritical marks
Use shortcuts
Choose an alternative keyboard layout
Change typing assistance options
Connect Magic Trackpad
Trackpad gestures
Change trackpad settings
Connect a mouse
Mouse actions and gestures
Change mouse settings
External storage devices
Bluetooth accessories
Apple Watch with Fitness+
Polishing cloth
Share your internet connection
Make and receive phone calls
Use iPad as a second display for Mac
Use iPad as a webcam
Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
Hand off tasks between devices
Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPad
Use AirDrop to send items
Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
Transfer files between devices
Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
Transfer files or sync content with the Finder or iTunes
Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
Get started with accessibility features
Turn on accessibility features for setup
Change Siri accessibility settings
Open features with Accessibility Shortcut
Enlarge text by hovering
Change color and brightness
Make text easier to read
Reduce onscreen motion
Customize per-app visual settings
Hear what’s on the screen or typed
Hear audio descriptions
Turn on and practice VoiceOver
Change your VoiceOver settings
Use VoiceOver gestures
Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
Control VoiceOver using the rotor
Use the onscreen keyboard
Write with your finger
Keep the screen off
Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
Use a braille display
Type braille on the screen
Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
Use VoiceOver for images and videos
Use VoiceOver in apps
Use AssistiveTouch
Use an eye-tracking device
Adjust how iPad responds to your touch
Auto-answer calls
Change Face ID and attention settings
Use Voice Control
Adjust the top or Home button
Use Apple TV Remote buttons
Adjust pointer settings
Adjust keyboard settings
Control iPad with an external keyboard
Adjust AirPods settings
Adjust double tap and squeeze settings for Apple Pencil
Intro to Switch Control
Set up and turn on Switch Control
Select items, perform actions, and more
Control several devices with one switch
Use hearing devices
Use Live Listen
Use sound recognition
Set up and use RTT
Flash the indicator light for notifications
Adjust audio settings
Play background sounds
Display subtitles and captions
Show transcriptions for Intercom messages
Get live captions of spoken audio
Type to speak
Record a Personal Voice
Lock iPad to one app with Guided Access
Use built-in privacy and security protections
Set a passcode
Set up Face ID
Set up Touch ID
Control access to information on the Lock Screen
Keep your Apple ID secure
Use passkeys to sign in to apps and websites
Sign in with Apple
Share passwords
Automatically fill in strong passwords
Change weak or compromised passwords
View your passwords and related information
Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
Automatically fill in verification codes
Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
Two-factor authentication
Use security keys
Control app tracking permissions
Control the location information you share
Control access to information in apps
Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
Control access to hardware features
Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
Use a private network address
Use Advanced Data Protection
Use Lockdown Mode
Receive warnings about sensitive content
Use Contact Key Verification
Turn iPad on or off
Force restart iPad
Update iPadOS
Back up iPad
Reset iPad settings
Restore all content from a backup
Restore purchased and deleted items
Sell, give away, or trade in your iPad
Install or remove configuration profiles
Important safety information
Important handling information
Find more resources for software and service
FCC compliance statement
ISED Canada compliance statement
Apple and the environment
Class 1 Laser information
Disposal and recycling information
Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
ENERGY STAR compliance statement

Clear your cache and cookies on iPad

Note: Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn’t clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited, or your browsing history in other apps.

An open webpage. Safari browsing history is open on the left side of the screen, displaying a list of recently visited websites, with the Clear button below.

Below Clear Timeframe, choose how much of your browsing history to clear.

Note: If you have Safari profiles set up, select a profile to clear only the history of that profile, or select All Profiles.

Tap Clear History.

Microsoft really wants you to start using its Edge web browser

Microsoft is adding an AI feature to its Edge web browser in an apparent bid to win more users.
Rival web browsers Chrome and Safari are far more popular than Edge, StatCounter data shows.
Google added AI features for its browser in January, and Apple is rumored to roll some out too.

Microsoft might be the most valuable listed company, but it's failed to get very many people to abandon Chrome or Safari in favor of its own web browser.

However, Edge may become a little more enticing with the addition of a new AI feature.

Microsoft plans to launch an "AI theme generator" next month that will let users create their own browser themes by using a text prompter to create images.